Speaker Welch told lawmakers he backed Harry Benton’s reelection to prevent loss of union support
- Posted on August 6, 2026
- By Chicago Tribune
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Speaker Welch told lawmakers he backed Harry Benton’s reelection to prevent loss of union support
Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch told some lawmakers last month of his concerns in 2024 that Harry Benton, the former Plainfield lawmaker and a union ironworker, had been bashing Welch to labor, a powerful and wealthy Democratic ally.
