Richard Morthland (born November 10, 1959) is an American politician who is a member of the

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Board and was a Republican member of the Illinois General Assembly for a single term from 2011 to 2013. Morthland served on the Rock Island County Board from 2008 to 2011 and was reelected to the County Board in 2016. Morthland has a bachelor's degree from

St. Ambrose University St. Ambrose University (SAU) is a private university, private Catholic university in Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was founded as a school of commerce for young men in 1882. History Foundation St. Ambrose was founded as a seminary and scho ...

, master's degrees from

Denver Seminary Denver Seminary is a private, evangelical Christian seminary with its main campus in Littleton, Colorado. It includes a campus in Colorado, an extension campus in Washington, DC, and an online campus. It offers Masters programmes in Arts, D ...

and

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, and is a

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student at Denver Seminary. In addition to politics, Morthland is a former assistant professor at

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and is a farmer on his family's farm that dates back to 1842 when it was homesteaded in Coe Township. On October 28, 2017, it was announced that Morthland would be the running mate of State Representative

Jeanne Ives Jeanne M. Ives (née Remmes, born October 4, 1964) is an American politician. A Republican, she is a former member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 42nd district. She was a candidate for governor of Illinois and U.S. representat ...

in the 2018 Republican primary against incumbent governor

Bruce Rauner Bruce Vincent Rauner (; born February 18, 1956) is an American businessman, venture capitalist, and politician who served as the 42nd governor of Illinois from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he had a decades-long career in inves ...

and incumbent lieutenant governor Evelyn Sanguinetti. The Ives-Morthland ticket lost receiving 48.60% of the vote to Rauner-Sanguinetti's 51.40% of the vote.

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Jeanne Ives for Governor/Rich Morthland for Lt. GovernorRock Island County BoardIllinois General Assembly bio
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