Rep. Jim Durkin announces his resignation from the General Assembly.
State Rep. Jim Durkin, who said in November he was giving up his post as Illinois House Republican leader, is now saying he is resigning from the House of Representatives altogether.
One of his last acts was voting in favor of a bill that would ban the sale and manufacture of certain high-powered weapons in Illinois. He was the lone Republican to vote for the bill, which the Senate is taking up before the new General Assembly convenes."After 22 years in the General Assembly, 9 as the minority leader, it is time to give this great responsibility to the next generation of public servants," he wrote.
Durkin was named the GOP House minority leader in 2013. He was first elected to the state legislature's lower chamber in 1995. He left the House in 2003 when redistricting put him in a fellow GOP incumbent's district, but he ran successfully again in 2006. "I began this journey as a voice of moderation and conclude this journey the same way I started, a voice of moderation," he said."I am proud of all our campaigns who fought hard over the last year. I congratulate all of the Republicans who will now represent these important voices in the General Assembly and fight against the Democratic Party of Illinois."
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