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Jim Edgar (comics)
James Robert Edgar (born July 22, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 38th governor of Illinois from 1991 to 1999. A Moderate Republican (modern United States), moderate Republican Party (United States), Republican, he previously served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1977 to 1979 and as the 35th Illinois Secretary of State, Secretary of State of Illinois from 1981 to 1991. Edgar was born in Vinita, Oklahoma and raised in Charleston, Illinois, Charleston, a city in Central Illinois. Beginning his political career as a legislative aide, he was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1976 and reelected in 1978. In 1979, while still in his second term, Edgar would be appointed as the director of legislative affairs for Governor of Illinois, Illinois Governor Jim Thompson (Illinois politician), Jim Thompson. Following Secretary of State Alan J. Dixon's election to the U.S. Senate in 1980 United States Senate election in Illinois, 1980, Thomps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Kustra
Robert Walter Kustra (born March 21, 1943) is an American politician and academic administrator who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois from 1991 to 1998, President of Eastern Kentucky University from 1998 to 2001, and President of Boise State University from 2003 to 2018. Education Kustra received his Bachelor of Arts in political science from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, his Master of Arts, master's degree in Public Administration from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and his PhD in political science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Career Politics Kustra served in both houses of the Illinois General Assembly. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives, House of Representatives, representing the 4th district, from January 14, 1981, to January 12, 1983, when he began representing the 28th district in the Illinois Senate, Senate, which he did until he resigned to become the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, Lieutenant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Illinois
Central Illinois is a region of the U.S. state of Illinois that consists of the entire central third of the state, divided from north to south. Also known as the ''Heart of Illinois'', it is characterized by small towns and mid-sized cities. Agriculture, particularly corn and soybeans, as well as educational institutions and manufacturing centers, figure prominently. A total of 45 counties are typically considered to be within Central Illinois, with a population of 1,874,635 . Major cities include Peoria, Springfield (the state capital), Decatur, Quincy, Champaign– Urbana, Bloomington– Normal, Galesburg, and Danville. Geography Historically prairie, Central Illinois is generally flat and includes Douglas County, the state's flattest. The region also hosts a variety of man-made lakes, including Lake Shelbyville, Lake Springfield, Clinton Lake and Lake Decatur. Major rivers in the region include the Illinois, Middle Fork of the Vermilion, Kaskaskia, Sangamo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cook County
Cook County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Illinois and the second-most-populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, California. More than 40 percent of all residents of Illinois live within Cook County. the population was 5,275,541. The county seat is Chicago, the most populous city in Illinois and the third most populous city in the United States. The county is at the center of the Chicago metropolitan area. Cook county is also the sixth largest county in Illinois by area. Cook County was incorporated in 1831 and named for Daniel Pope Cook, an early Illinois statesman. It achieved its present boundaries in 1839. Within a century, the county recorded explosive population growth, going from a trading post village with a little over six hundred residents to four million, rivaling Paris by the Great Depression. During the first half of the 20th century it had the absolute majority of Illinois's population. There are more than 800 local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Clark Netsch
Dawn Clark Netsch (born Patricia Dawn Clark; September 16, 1926 – March 5, 2013) was an American politician and Northwestern University law professor. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she served in the Illinois State Senate from 1973 to 1991, and as the Illinois Comptroller from 1991 through 1995. In 1994 Illinois gubernatorial election, 1994, she was the first woman to be nominated by a major political party to run for Governor of Illinois. In addition to being a professor, she co-authored the legal textbook ''State and Local Government in a Federal System.'' Early career She was born Patricia Dawn Clark in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her father, William Keith Clark, was a manufacturer of building materials until his business failed during the Great Depression. Her mother, Hazel Dawn Clark (née Harrison), was a social worker. Netsch graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Northwestern University in 1948. She was selected for membership in Mortar Board Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Illinois Gubernatorial Election
The 1994 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994. Incumbent Republican Governor Jim Edgar won reelection in the largest landslide in well over a century, after the elections of 1818 and 1848. Edgar carried 101 of the state's 102 counties over the Democratic nominee, State Comptroller Dawn Clark Netsch, with Netsch only winning Gallatin County by a narrow margin. This was the first time in Illinois that a woman was a major party's nominee for governor, with 2006 being the only other time. To date, this is the most recent statewide election in which Cook County voted for a Republican candidate, a Republican governor won a second term in Illinois, and the last time any gubernatorial candidate received over 60% of the vote. Clark Netsch's 34% of the vote was the worst performance for a Democratic gubernatorial nominee in almost a century. Background The primaries and general elections coincided with those for congress, as well as those for other state of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Revolution
The "Republican Revolution", "Revolution of '94", or "Gingrich Revolution" are political slogans that refer to the Republican Party's (GOP) success in the 1994 U.S. midterm elections, which resulted in a net gain of 54 seats in the House of Representatives, and a pick-up of eight seats in the Senate. It was led by Newt Gingrich. This was the first time the GOP had taken control of the House in 48 years, since 1946. History Rather than campaigning independently in each district, Republican candidates chose to rally behind a single national program and message fronted by Georgia congressman and House Republican whip Newt Gingrich. They alleged that President Bill Clinton was not the " New Democrat" he claimed to be during his 1992 campaign, but was a " tax and spend" liberal. The Republicans offered an alternative to Clinton's policies in the form of the Contract with America. The gains in seats in the mid-term election resulted in the Republicans gaining control of both th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Hartigan
Cornelius Francis Hartigan (born May 4, 1938) is an American politician, lawyer, and judge who served as the 38th Attorney General of Illinois and the 40th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. He is a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. Born into a politically active Chicago family, Hartigan began his political career under Mayor Richard J. Daley. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 1972 Illinois gubernatorial election, 1972 alongside Dan Walker (politician), Dan Walker. Although he won renomination for a second term, Hartigan and Michael Howlett, Michael Howlett lost the 1976 Illinois gubernatorial election, 1976 election. Hartigan went on to be elected attorney general in 1982 Illinois Attorney General election, 1982 and was reelected in 1986 Illinois Attorney General election, 1986. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Illinois in 1990 Illinois gubernatorial election, 1990, but he narrowly lost the race to Republican Jim Edga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois Attorney General
The Illinois attorney general is the highest legal officer of the state of Illinois in the United States. Originally an appointed office, it is now an office filled by statewide election. Based in Chicago and Springfield, the attorney general is responsible for providing legal counsel for the various state agencies including the governor of Illinois and Illinois General Assembly, as well as conducting all legal affairs pertaining to the state. The office of Illinois Attorney General was established on December 3, 1818, based on guidelines adopted by a state constitutional convention. The attorney general is second (behind the lieutenant governor) in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Illinois. The first person to fulfill the duties of the office was Daniel Pope Cook who only served eleven days, and was later elected to the United States Congress. Cook County was named in his honor. The current holder of the office is Kwame Raoul. Role Under the Constitu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Illinois Gubernatorial Election
The 1990 Illinois gubernatorial election occurred on November 6, 1990 to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Illinois. Republican Jim Edgar, the Illinois Secretary of State, narrowly defeated Democrat Neil Hartigan, the Illinois Attorney General, by about 80,000 votes out of the over 3.2 million cast. The incumbent Republican governor, Jim Thompson, chose not to seek a fifth term, making this the first open-seat gubernatorial election in Illinois since 1952. As of 2024, this is the second-closest Illinois gubernatorial election in the last 40 years, with only the 2010 race having a narrower margin. Background The primaries and general elections coincided with those for federal elections (Senate and House), as well as those for other state offices. The election was part of the 1990 Illinois elections. For the primaries, turnout for the gubernatorial primaries was 26.11%, with 1,570,596 votes cast and turnout for the lieutenant gubernatorial primaries was 21.67% w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Party Of Illinois
The Democratic Party of Illinois is the affiliate of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the oldest extant state party in Illinois and one of just two recognized parties in the state, along with the Illinois Republican Party, Republican Party. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling the majority of Illinois' United States House of Representatives, U.S. House seats, both United States Senate, U.S. Senate seats, both houses of the Illinois General Assembly, state legislature, and the Governor of Illinois, governorship. History The Democratic Party of Illinois took shape during the late 1830s. Prior to that time, Illinois did not have organized political parties; instead, political competition in the state was more personalist, with prominent factions centered on Governors Ninian Edwards and Shadrach Bond. As the Democratic and Whig Party (United States), Whig parties began to form at the national level d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LaRouche Movement
The LaRouche movement is a political and cultural network promoting the late Lyndon LaRouche and his ideas. It has included many organizations and companies around the world, which campaign, gather information and publish books and periodicals. LaRouche-aligned organizations include the National Caucus of Labor Committees, the Schiller Institute, the Worldwide LaRouche Youth Movement and, formerly, the U.S. Labor Party. The LaRouche movement has been called "cult-like" by ''The New York Times''. The movement originated within the radical leftist student politics of 1960s U.S.. In the 1970s and 1980s hundreds of candidates ran in state Democratic primaries in the United States on the 'LaRouche platform', while Lyndon LaRouche repeatedly campaigned for presidential nomination. From the mid-1970s, the LaRouche network would adopt viewpoints and stances of the far-right. During its peak in the 1970s and 1980s, the LaRouche movement developed a private intelligence agency and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Illinois Secretary Of State Election
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 4, 1986. Primaries were held March 18, 1986. Election information 1986 was a midterm election year in the United States. Creation of the Illinois Solidarity Party After LaRouche movement disciples won the Democratic primaries for Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State, Adlai Stevenson III created the Solidarity Party primarily to run Democratic candidates against them in the general election. He himself dropped off of the Democratic ticket for Governor, which he had won the primary for, and ran instead as the Solidarity Party candidate for Governor. The two Lyndon LaRouche-affiliated candidates, Mark J. Fairchild for Lieutenant Governor and Janice Hart for Secretary of State, had not seen their affiliations with LaRouche well-publicized until after they won their upset primary defeats over Stevenson-backed candidates George Sangmeister and Aurelia Pucinski. Illinois law required any unestablished party to run a full ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
