GOP Senators Pick Radogno

RadognoFrom the GOP Senate Caucus — Radogno’s their choice.

State Sen. Christine Radogno will become the first woman in Illinois history to lead a legislative caucus. Radogno (R-Lemont) was selected Nov. 19 by her fellow Republican Senators to be the next Senate Republican Leader.

She will replace Senator Frank Watson (R-Greenville) who announced recently that he would not seek another term as Senate Republican Leader, following a stroke in October. Watson, who has been undergoing rehabilitation therapy attended the caucus meeting and participated in the vote for Radogno.

Under Watson, Senator Radogno has been the Deputy Republican Leader, the number two slot in the Senate Republican leadership. She is also the Republican Spokesman on the Senate Rules Committee and the Human Services Committee, and serves on all three Senate Appropriations Committees, Executive Committee and the Public Health Committee.For the past several years, Radogno has served as the Senate Republicans’ chief budget negotiator and has also been a leader in ethics, open government and budget reforms. She has traveled the state promoting reforms to restore discipline and accountability to the state’s borrowing and contracting practices. In 2008, Senator Radogno sponsored Medicaid Reform legislation advocating commonsense changes to bring the state’s skyrocketing public health costs under control.

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Radogno has served in the Illinois Senate since 1997. She currently represents the 41st District in Cook, DuPage and Will counties.

Senator Radogno also serves on the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, and is a member of the Illinois Conference of Women Legislators, and previously served as Co-Chair.Before running for the Senate, Christine Radogno served as a Village of LaGrange trustee (1989-1996), on the Village of LaGrange Economic Development Commission (1988), and worked as a social worker at Mercy Center for Health Care Services.

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