By Russell Lissau | Daily Herald
For the second time in a month, Barrington Hills Trustee Darby Hills on Friday was named the new state senator for the 26th District.
Republican Party leaders representing various parts of the district chose Hills to succeed Republican Dan McConchie of Hawthorn Woods, who resigned Feb. 2.
The same GOP group first selected Hills for the job Feb. 14 from a field of four applicants, but the appointment was challenged in court by an Algonquin woman who claimed that meeting wasn’t properly advertised to the public.
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