Peoria Pundit

Turns out, it’s going to be Joan Krupa after all.

This is wonderfully sweet revenge. Krupa has been appointed by 92nd District Republicans to replace Aaron Schock, who resigned to take his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois’ 18th District. Of course, she’ll serve just nine days until Jehan Gordon takes over.

And it’s official, not some honorary appointment. Even though she’ll serve a little more than a week, she IS a member of the Illinois General Assembly, and the history books will record Krupa as replacing Schock and Gordon as replacing Krupa. And if all goes according to plan, history will record Krupa as being among the people who voted to have the Senate impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Gordon, on the other hand, got her job in part because Blago sent campaign workers to Peoria during the primary to help Gordon defeat Allen Mayer.

This just occurred to me: Blago backed Gordon. Blago won’t be around much longer. Will Blago’s enemies — House Speaker Mike Madigan chief among them — seek to punish Jordon, or ignore her and the needs of the 92nd District?

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