The Chairman of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission is running for Circuit Court Judge in Madison County Illinois. The Chairman runs the Commission and sometimes decides cases at the appeal level. If elected Judge he would not leave the Commission until the end of 2008. The effect would be limited in terms of the way cases are decided. The Chairman to a limited extent drives the agenda for legislation and how fast cases move. The bottom lines is that I do not think a change in the Chairman will speed up or slow down how fast cases will move or whether decisions become more liberal or conservative.