Post by Logan on Jul 6, 2016 2:20:18 GMT -6
CHICAGO (AP) — Abner Mikva, an influential liberal from Illinois who served in Congress, the federal judiciary and as a White House adviser to President Bill Clinton, has died. He was 90.
Mikva died Monday of cancer in hospice care at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Brian Brady, national director of Mikva Challenge, told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Mikva Challenge is a nonprofit leadership organization that the statesman founded. Brady said he learned of the death from Mikva's daughters.
Mikva, a stalwart of Illinois' political landscape for decades, was most recently active in pushing for the U.S. Senate to consider the nomination of Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland.
Mikva often told of how he initially tried to get involved in Chicago politics but was told: "We don't want nobody nobody sent."
Read more: www.news-gazette.com/news/state/2016-07-05/abner-mikva-liberal-voice-illinois-dies-90.html
Mikva died Monday of cancer in hospice care at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Brian Brady, national director of Mikva Challenge, told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Mikva Challenge is a nonprofit leadership organization that the statesman founded. Brady said he learned of the death from Mikva's daughters.
Mikva, a stalwart of Illinois' political landscape for decades, was most recently active in pushing for the U.S. Senate to consider the nomination of Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland.
Mikva often told of how he initially tried to get involved in Chicago politics but was told: "We don't want nobody nobody sent."
Read more: www.news-gazette.com/news/state/2016-07-05/abner-mikva-liberal-voice-illinois-dies-90.html