William M. "Bill" Corrigan Jr., is an American

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and

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. He served as one of the youngest presidents of the

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State

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and he won the 2010

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for

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Early life and career

Corrigan grew up in

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and attended

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. Bill Corrigan is the son of St. Louis County Circuit Judge William Corrigan. Bill Corrigan worked at a

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assembly plant in order to put himself through college at the

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. After obtaining his bachelor's degree he attended

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at the

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where he obtained his

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degree. Since law school Corrigan has received several awards recognizing his success as a lawyer. Bill Corrigan is currently a lawyer at

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. In addition he serves on the

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of several private and public companies. He has received a 40 under 40 award from the

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. Corrigan is also involved in many charity organizations and he is a

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teacher at the Immacolata parish. He is a former president of the Edgewood Children's Center Development Board and a former vice president of the Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Development Board. In addition he helped lead an effort to give free legal advice to victims of the

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Political career

On June 2, 2009, Bill Corrigan announced that he would be running for county executive. As a candidate for county executive, Corrigan supported tax reform and property tax reduction. He also supported reducing the spending of the county and making the county government more accountable and transparent. Corrigan won the Republican primary with 88.59 percent of the vote. He obtained 17,844 more votes than

Charlie Dooley Charlie A. Dooley is an American politician. A Democrat, he served as the County Executive of St. Louis County, Missouri until January 1, 2015. Dooley was the first African American to hold this position. Early life and career Dooley grew up ...

, the

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and the winner of the Democratic primary, obtained in the Democratic primary. After announcing his candidacy for county executive, Corrigan was immediately supported by

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, Missouri State Senator

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, Missouri State Senator

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, former Missouri State Senator Michael R. Gibbons, and former Missouri State Senator

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. Dooley narrowly defeated Corrigan on November 7, 2010, with a 51% to 47% margin of victory.

Electoral history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Corrigan, Bill Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Politicians from St. Louis Missouri Republicans University of Notre Dame alumni University of Missouri alumni Chaminade College Preparatory School (Missouri) alumni

Early life and career

Political career

Electoral history

See also

References