Editing Richard M. Daley (section)

=== Illinois State Senate (1972–1980) ===
After Edward Nihill stepped down, Daley, with the support of the Democratic political organization, was elected to the [[Illinois Senate]], serving from 1972 to 1980.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rakove|first=Milton L.|title=Don't Make No Waves, Don't Back No Losers|location=[[Bloomington, Indiana]]|publisher=[[University of Indiana Press]]|page=53|isbn=978-0-253-20202-4|year=1976|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0253202027}}</ref> State Senator Daley rarely spoke to reporters and didn't hold a news conference for six years.<ref name=whatsinaname/> Daley chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee. Daley was named one of Illinois' ten worst state legislators by ''[[Chicago Magazine]]'' "for arrogance, for sharklike qualities, for living off his father's name, and for pulling puppet strings attached to some of the worst members of the Senate." He was considered "too shrewd to be one of the worst, but he controls so many of the worst senators that he belongs on the list to represent all of them."<ref name=cassel/><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] Sunday Magazine |date=August 25, 1996 |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-960825kass-daley-story,0,4568356.story |title=The New Mayor Daley |first=John |last=Kass |author-link=John Kass }}</ref> After the Spring 1975 state legislative session, Chicago Democrat [[Dawn Clark Netsch]], who served with Daley as Illinois Constitutional Convention delegates and as State Senators, blamed "dirty little Richie" for frustrating her [[good government]] legislative agenda in the state legislature.<ref>{{cite news |title=Springfield '75: Winners and losers: Behind the blizzard of bills--the uncommon seven |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=June 22, 1975}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A New Dawn |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=November 18, 1979 |last=Harty |first=Rosalynne}}</ref>