Posted by Tribune staff at 5 a.m.
A look at what’s going on in Illinois politics on Friday:
*Gov. Pat Quinn continues his campaign theme of construction and jobs just a few days before Tuesday’s primary by appearing with Mayor Richard Daley and Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Springfield at Union Station this morning. They’ll talk about Illinois’ high-speed rail funding. While the trio of politicians are likely to sing Washington’s praises, Illinois is getting less money than some anticipated.
*Quinn’s Democratic governor rival, Comptroller Dan Hynes is set to announce endorsements from African-American leaders this morning. The campaign event comes after Thursday’s encounter between Quinn and Hynes on a radio station that’s popular in the African-American community.
*On the Republican side of the governor’s contest, Adam Andrzejewski is scheduled to formally get the endorsement of Poland President Lech Walesa at a fundraiser.
*Chicago Board of Elections officials will hold a morning event to brief the media on the finer points of Tuesday’s primary. They’ll talk about early voting numbers, voter registration totals on ward-by-ward basis and some new software they say is in place for this election, among other things.
*Today marks one year to the day that the Illinois Senate voted to remove Rod Blagojevich from the governor’s office.