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Senator Sandoval Resigns Effective 1/1/2020


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Illinois state Sen. Martin Sandoval resigns amid federal corruption investigation

By Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune

 

CHICAGO - Illinois State Sen. Martin Sandoval, the Southwest Side Democrat whose statehouse offices were raided by federal agents in September, is resigning his legislative seat effective with the new year, State Board of Elections officials said Wednesday.

 

Sandoval, in his 16th year as a state lawmaker, had previously resigned his chairmanship of the powerful Senate Transportation Committee. He has been a member of the leadership team of Senate President John Cullerton, who is retiring in January.

 

"It is with a heavy heart, I, Martin A. Sandoval, do hereby resign the office of state senator" effective Jan. 1 at 12:01 p.m., Sandoval, who has not responded to requests for comments since the raids, said in a letter to the office of the secretary of the Illinois Senate.

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Federal agents raided Sandoval's Springfield office on Sept. 24 with a search warrant seeking a vast array of information involving construction, transportation and power company officials, lobbyists, gambling interests, a red-light camera company and at least three suburban mayors. Agents also were at his Cicero office and his home. The Sandoval raid was quickly followed by federal law enforcement actions in McCook, Lyons and Summit - all towns in the senator's district.

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