Illinois State Sen. Runs for Office . . . In Mexico
"If state Sen. Martin Sandoval succeeds in his next election Saturday, he will serve
in Mexico City as well as Springfield. Sandoval is running for a seat on an advisory council created by Mexico President Vicente Fox in 2002 to incorporate Mexicans living in the United States into his government's policymaking. Sandoval would be the first elected official in the U.S. to serve on the advisory council. That raises the peculiar prospect of the Cicero Democrat offering policy advice in an official capacity to Mexican Cabinet members while creating laws in Illinois," the Chicago Tribune writes.
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