The Illinois State Board of Elections deadlocked Tuesday on whether to slap a nearly $10 million fine on Illinois Senate President Don Harmon’s political committee for allegedly accepting donations beyond campaign financing limits.

The eight-member panel, evenly split along party lines, couldn’t even decide whether their agency has officially issued the fine that is being appealed by the powerhouse Oak Park Democrat, whose election board case is likely to end up in Cook County Circuit Court.

The board agreed to return next month to try again for a resolution in Harmon’s legal fight over how and when campaign contribution limits apply to big-money Illinois campaigns.

Staffers for the election board fined the Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate committee earlier this year for allegedly

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