SPRINGFIELD — State Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch collected a very powerful reinforce in his bid to be the following speaker of the Illinois House on Tuesday, selecting up backing from the Latinx Caucus and seeing two of his competitors go out the race. And in a vote overdue Tuesday, 50 House Democrats voted for Welch for speaker, and 15 voted for downstate state Rep. Jay Hoffman, assets instructed the Chicago Sun-Times. Another 18 voted provide. Sixty votes are had to develop into speaker. The reinforce from Hispanic legislators comes an afternoon after the Black Caucus selected the Hillside Democrat as its candidate, assets instructed the Chicago Sun-Times. Three assets — one in every of them throughout the House Latinx Caucus