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Signature. Patrick Joseph Quinn Jr. (born December 16, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 41st governor of Illinois from 2009 to 2015. A Democrat, Quinn began his career as an activist by founding the Coalition for Political Honesty. [ 1] He was elected lieutenant governor in 2002 and served under governor Rod Blagojevich.
v. t. e. The 2010 Illinois gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor Pat Quinn was elected to a full term in office, having become governor in 2009 following the impeachment and removal of Governor Rod Blagojevich. [1] Quinn was elected as the Democratic nominee, [2] the Illinois Green Party nominee ...
Incumbent Democratic Governor Pat Quinn ran for re-election to a second full term in office. Quinn, then the lieutenant governor, assumed the office of governor on January 29, 2009, upon the impeachment and removal of Rod Blagojevich. He narrowly won a full term in 2010. Primary elections were held on March 18, 2014. [1]
Illinois thus had no lieutenant governor during the two-year interim between Pat Quinn's elevation to the governor's office upon Rod Blagojevich's impeachment conviction, and Sheila Simon's election and inauguration as lieutenant governor. Like the governor, the lieutenant governor has suites of offices in both Springfield and Chicago.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is taking on a challenge of sorts just two months ahead of the midterm elections. "He's challenging himself to spend no more than $79 on food and other recreational ...
Sheila J. Simon (born March 13, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 46th lieutenant governor of Illinois, from 2011 to 2015. In 2014, she was the Democratic nominee for Illinois State Comptroller, losing to Republican incumbent Judy Baar Topinka. Simon is the daughter of former U.S. Senator Paul Simon, who had previously served as ...
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is taking on a challenge of sorts just two months ahead of the midterm elections. ... it will mark the first time a Democrat has not lived at the governor's mansion in ...
Blagojevich's lieutenant governor was Pat Quinn. Quinn and Blagojevich publicly disagreed over [20] Blagojevich's proposed Gross Receipts Tax to increase revenue for schools and other projects within Illinois. [51] Quinn said in December 2008 that he had last spoken to Blagojevich in the summer of 2007. [52]