Ruth Munson is a former
Republican member of the
Illinois House of Representatives
The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...
.
She is the founder and owner of EveryWare Inc., a software development firm in Elgin, and served on the Elgin city council. Her House committee assignments at the beginning of her tenure were the Appropriations—Human Services, Computer Technology, Health Care Availability & Access, Housing & Urban Development, and Tourism Committees.
Upon the death of Republican incumbent
Douglas Hoeft, Munson was appointed by local Republican leaders to serve as a member of the Illinois House from the 43rd district. She was sworn in on December 30, 2002. The 43rd district, at the time, included parts of
Elgin,
Barrington Hills
Barrington Hills is a village located about northwest of Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois. Per the 2020 census, the population was 4,114. It straddles approximately over four counties, Cook, Kane, Lake, and McHenry. The Village of Barrin ...
,
Carpentersville, and
East Dundee
East Dundee is a village in Kane County with a small section in Cook County. The population was 3,152 at the 2020 census.
Geography
East Dundee is located at .
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, East Dundee has a total area of , of ...
.
In the 2008 general election, Munson lost to
Keith Farnham
Keith Farnham (September 22, 1947 – June 18, 2017) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic former member of the Illinois House of Representatives who resigned from office and pleaded guilty of distributing child pornography in 2014.
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by a margin of 322 votes.
References
External links
BillsCommitteesProject Vote Smart - Representative Ruth Munson (IL)
profile
*''Follow the Money'' - Ruth Munson
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campaign contributions
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1958 births
Living people
American people of Armenian descent
People from Waukegan, Illinois
Northern Illinois University alumni
Businesspeople from Illinois
Women state legislators in Illinois
Illinois city council members
Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
Women city councillors in Illinois
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