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1990 Illinois Elections
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 6, 1990. Primaries were held on March 20, 1990. All statewide offices saw their incumbents forgo seeking reelection. However, no statewide office saw a change in party composition, with Republicans retaining the governorship and lieutenant governorship in their joint election, as well as the office of Secretary of State, and Democrats retaining the offices of Attorney General, Comptroller, and Treasurer. Democrats retained their control of both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly. Election information 1990 was a midterm election year in the United States. Turnout For the primaries, turnout was 32.62%, with 1,962,284 ballots cast (with 1,123,972 Democratic ballots, 805,381 Republican ballots, 525 Illinois Solidarity, 21 Independent Progressive, and 32,385 nonpartisan ballots cast). For the general election, turnout was 56.71%, with 3,420,720 ballots cast. Straight-ticket voting Illinois had a straight-ticket vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria metropolitan area, Illinois, Peoria and Rockford metropolitan area, Illinois, Rockford, as well Springfield, Illinois, Springfield, its capital. Of the fifty U.S. states, Illinois has the List of U.S. states and territories by GDP, fifth-largest gross domestic product (GDP), the List of U.S. states and territories by population, sixth-largest population, and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 25th-largest land area. Illinois has a highly diverse Economy of Illinois, economy, with the global city of Chicago in the northeast, major industrial and agricultural productivity, agricultural hubs in the north and center, and natural resources such as coal, timber, and petroleum in the south. Owing to its centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Edgar
James Edgar (born July 22, 1946) is an American politician who was the 38th governor of Illinois from 1991 to 1999. Previously he served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1976 to 1979 and as Illinois Secretary of State from 1981 to 1991. Though still popular, he surprised many by retiring from elected office after his second term as governor, claiming that heart problems he had during his tenure as governor were not a factor in his decision. Political life Illinois House of Representatives A Republican, Edgar was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1976 and re-elected in 1978. Illinois Secretary of State In April 1979, Edgar resigned his state House seat to accept an appointment from Governor Jim Thompson as his legislative liaison. In early 1981, when then-Secretary of State Alan Dixon moved to the U.S. Senate, Thompson named Edgar to fill the vacancy. He won the office on his own in 1982 and 1986 and served until 1991. Governor of Il ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Baise
Gregory W. Baise (born April 13, 1952) is an American politician. He previously served as the longtime President and CEO of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association. Before that, Baise served in many political and governmental roles, including as Illinois Secretary of Transportation, in which role he was director of the Illinois Department of Transportation. Baise has been involved in a number of political action committees (PACs). Early life and education Baise was born April 13, 1952 in Jacksonville, Illinois. He grew up on a farm nearby. He graduated from Triopia High School in 1970, and went on to attend Illinois College in Jacksonville. He graduated from Illinois College in 1974. Career Baise spent his final two summers of college as an intern at the United States House of Representatives at the time of the Watergate hearings. After graduating from college, Baise was elected an alderman in Jacksonville. He served as alderman from 1975 through 1978. His employment outside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Quinn (politician)
Patrick Joseph Quinn Jr. (born December 16, 1948) is an American lawyer and 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. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Quinn is a graduate of Georgetown University and Northwestern University School of Law. Quinn began his career as a tax attorney in private practice before working as an aide to then-Illinois Governor Dan Walker. He was elected to one term as a commissioner on the Cook County Board of Appeals, serving from 1982 to 1986; he later served as revenue director in the administration of Chicago Mayor Harold Washington. Quinn served as Treasurer of Illinois from 1991 to 1995. In Illinois' 2002 gubernatorial election, Quinn won the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in the primary and was paired with then-U.S. Representative Rod Blagojevich in the general election. He was sworn into office a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kane County, Illinois
Kane County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 515,269, making it the fifth-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Geneva, and its largest city is Aurora. Kane County is one of the collar counties of the metropolitan statistical area designated "Chicago–Naperville– Elgin, IL– IN– WI" by the US Census. History Kane County was formed out of LaSalle County in 1836. The county was named in honor of Elias Kane, United States Senator from Illinois, and the first Secretary of State of Illinois. File:Kane County Illinois 1836.png, Kane County from the time of its creation to 1837, when DeKalb County was split off File:Kane County Illinois 1837.png, Kane County between 1837 and 1841 File:Kane County Illinois 1841.png, Kane County in 1841, reduced to its present size Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county's area was , of which is land and (0.8%) is water. Its largest cities are alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woody Bowman
Henry Woods "Woody" Bowman (December 31, 1941 – July 10, 2015) was an American politician and educator. Born in Ravenna, Ohio, Bowman received his bachelor's degree in economic and physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his master's degree in public administration and his doctorate in economics from Syracuse University. Bowman moved to Chicago, Illinois and was an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank; he also taught economics at DePaul University and University of Chicago. Bowman served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1977 to 1991 and was a Democrat. Bowman then became chief financial officer for Cook County, Illinois. Bowman was killed in an automobile accident on Interstate Highway 94 near Mattawan, Michigan.'Illinois Blue Book 1989-1990, Biographical Sketch of Woody Bowman, pg. 65 In 1990, Bowman unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for Illinois Comptroller The Comptroller of Illinois is a constitutional officer in the executive bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Clark Netsch
Dawn Clark Netsch (September 16, 1926 – March 5, 2013) was an American professor of law at Northwestern University and an Illinois politician. A member of the Democratic Party in the United States, she served in the Illinois State Senate from 1972 to 1990, and as the Illinois Comptroller from 1991 through 1994. In 1994 she was the first woman to be nominated by a major political party to run for Governor of Illinois. 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 National College Senior Honor Society in her junior year. She then attended the university's law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome Cosentino
Jerome "Jerry" Cosentino (June 13, 1931 – April 3, 1997) was an American politician from the state of Illinois. He was a Democrat who served as state Treasurer from 1979 until 1983, and again from 1987 until 1991. Life and politics Cosentino was born in Chicago. A trucker, he owned Fast Motor Service, a transport company. His first elective office was Metropolitan Sanitary District Commissioner in Cook County, an office he held from 1975 to 1979. Cosentino also held partisan offices, serving as the Democratic committeeman of Palos Township and as a member of the state central committee of the Illinois Democratic Party. Cosentino was elected to the office of Illinois Treasurer in November 1978, becoming the first Italian-American to be elected to statewide office in Illinois. In 1982, Cosentino did not seek renomination for his position, electing instead to run for the post of Illinois Secretary of State; he lost to Jim Edgar. After four years in the private sector, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ryan
George Homer Ryan (born February 24, 1934) is an American former politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the 39th governor of Illinois from 1999 to 2003. Elected in 1998, Ryan received national attention for his 1999 moratorium on executions in Illinois and for commuting more than 160 death sentences to life sentences in 2003. He chose not to run for reelection in 2002 in the wake of a scandal. He was later convicted of federal corruption charges and spent more than five years in federal prison and seven months of home confinement. He was released from federal prison on July 3, 2013. Early life George Homer Ryan was born in Maquoketa, Iowa to Jeannette (née Bowman) and Thomas Ryan, a pharmacist. Ryan grew up in Kankakee County, Illinois. After serving in the U.S. Army in Korea, he worked for his father's two drugstores. He attended Ferris State College of Pharmacy (now Ferris State University) in Big Rapids, Michigan. Eventually, he built his father's p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Ryan (politician)
James E. Ryan (February 21, 1946 – June 12, 2022) was an American lawyer and politician who served two four-year terms as Illinois Attorney General. A career Republican, he received his party's nomination and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Illinois against Rod Blagojevich in 2002. Education Ryan was born in Chicago on February 21, 1946 and grew up in the suburb of Villa Park, Illinois. His father, Edward Ryan, was a construction worker while his mother was an Italian immigrant housewife. As a youth, he was active in boxing and won the middleweight title in the 1963 Chicago Golden Gloves tournament when he was 17 years old. He attended a Benedictine-run high school, Saint Procopius Academy (now Benet Academy). Upon graduating, Ryan went on to study at Saint Procopius College (now Benedictine University), where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1968. He then went on to Chicago-Kent College of Law where he obtained his J.D. in 1971. Career in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Burris
Roland Wallace Burris (born August 3, 1937) is an American politician and attorney who is a former United States Senator from the state of Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party. In 1978, Burris was the first African American elected to statewide office in Illinois, when he was elected Illinois Comptroller. He served in that office until his election as Illinois Attorney General in 1990. Since then, he has unsuccessfully run for office four more times. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich appointed Burris to replace President-elect Barack Obama as the junior senator from Illinois. The appointment was controversial, as the governor was already under investigation and there were rumors of him being paid for the appointment. Burris succeeded Obama as the U.S. Senate's only African American member. He was briefly a candidate for election to a full term but withdrew before the Democratic primaries in the 2010 elections. Personal life and education Burris was born and raised i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Burns (basketball)
James B. Burns (September 21, 1945 – December 11, 2020) was an American lawyer who served as the inspector general for the Illinois Secretary of State. He was also a professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA). A native of McLeansboro, Illinois, Burns was an all-state player who led McLeansboro High School to a fourth-place finish in the 1962 State Championship Tournament. He then played collegiately for Northwestern University, 1964–67, where he led the team in scoring all three seasons, was both All-American and Academic All-American in 1967, was All-Big Ten and Academic All-Big Ten in 1966 and '67, and is still Northwestern's 12th all-time scorer, 3rd in scoring average, 10th in both field goals and free throws made, and 6th in points in a game (40). He was inducted into the Northwestern Athletics Hall of Fame in 1992. He was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the fourth round (34th pick overall) of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
