Published 11/28/2022 3:17:07 a.m.

Tim Degnan, Daley top gun and state senator, dies at 82

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Tim Degnan was a former state senator and longtime top advisor to former Mayor Richard M. Daley. He played an important role in obtaining state legislative approval for the $1 billion expansion of McCormick Place. He was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1980, and during his time there was the chief sponsor of legislation that provided public funds for the new Comiskey Park.

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Tim Degnan, Daley top gun and state senator, dies at 82

Timothy Degnan sought consensus between state and city officials to move Mayor Richard M. Daley’s agenda forward. He “really protected Daley’s priorities,” said political strategist David Axelrod.Sun-Times archivesTim Degnan, a former state senator and longtime top advisor to former Mayor Richard M. Daley, died last week at his home in Oak Brook. He was 82. In a 1995 Sun-Times profile, Degnan was described as big-shouldered with a square jaw and…

11/28/2022 3:17:07 a.m.·Chicago, United States

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