(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — One of Illinois’ top lawmakers says one more year will be quite enough.
House Majority Leader Greg Harris, D-Chicago, on Monday said by the end of 2022 he will have served 16 years and will not seek another term.
He said it’s time to move on and let other people rise to the top of House leadership.
Harris has the distinction of being the first member of the LGBTQ community to serve as majority leader, and he does not take that lightly.
“Illinois is 203 years old,” said Harris. “My predecessor in the majority leader job, Barbara Flynn Currie, was the first woman to hold this job.
“I’m the first gay person, and I think it says a lot about the Democratic caucus and about our state that the top person in the House of Representatives, Speaker Chris Welch, is the first African-American ever to hold the top spot.”
Harris said the announcement gives people in his Chicago district a chance to prepare to run to succeed him.
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