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Carol Ronen is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of both houses of the Illinois General Assembly.


Early life

Ronen was born March 28, 1945. She earned a bachelor's in political science at
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and a master of public administration from
Roosevelt University Roosevelt University is a private university with campuses in Chicago and Schaumburg, Illinois. Founded in 1945, the university was named in honor of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The unive ...
. Ronen served as the legislative and community affairs director of the Chicago Department of Human Services, as an assistant commissioner of the Chicago Department of Planning and Development, and an assistant commissioner of the Chicago Department of Planning. She also served as the executive director of the Chicago Commission on Women from 1989 to 1990. For a period, she served as the President of the Illinois Task Force on Child Support.


Illinois General Assembly

In the 1992 Democratic primary, Ronen ousted seven-term incumbent Lee Preston in the 17th district. Incumbent Senator
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announced he would not run for reelection in the 2000 general election. Ronen was the only candidate to file to run in the Democratic primary for the seat. Berman resigned from the Illinois Senate on January 2, 2000 in order to take a position directing mediation services for the Chicago Board of Education. The Democratic Legislative Committee of the 9th Legislative District appointed Ronen to the vacancy. In that year's general election, Ronen was elected to the Illinois Senate from the 9th district.
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was appointed to succeed Ronen in the Illinois House. In 2005 she was inducted into the
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as a Friend of the Community. Ronen announced her retirement in October 2007. After Ronen's retirement, Heather Steans won the special election to succeed here.Official election results
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Democratic Party positions

Carol is an active player in Democratic politics at the local, state and federal level. In her role as 9th C.D. Committeewoman, in 2008, she organized volunteers to travel to Iowa in support of her former state senate colleague Barack Obama. On November 4, 2008, she coordinated an election day phone back to Indiana voters. Unopposed in each race, she was elected to a four-year term as the 48th Ward Democratic Committeeman in February 2008 and to a four-year term (her fourth) in February 2010 as Democratic State Central Committeewoman for the 9th congressional District where she works closely with longtime friend and ally Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky. At the national level Carol was elected as a delegate to the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Democratic Conventions. In 2004 she was appointed to represent Illinois on the Democratic National Committee. In 2008 Carol was a super delegate at the Democratic convention that nominated her friend and former Senate colleague Barack Obama. Helping women get elected to office is a driving interest. To further this goal Carol helped found Women's Voices, Women's Votes, an Illinois state political action committee that supports the election of progressive Democratic women in the Illinois General Assembly and she is on the Advisory Board of Illinois Women in Leadership, a group which mentors young women who seek to run for office.


Other

In 2005 she was inducted into the
Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame The Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame (formerly Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame) is an institution founded in 1991 to honor persons and entities who have made significant contributions to the quality of life or well-being of the LGBT community in Chic ...
as a Friend of the Community.


References


External links


Senator Ronen
official website
Illinois General Assembly - Senator Carol Ronen (D) 7th District
official IL Senate website
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profile * https://web.archive.org/web/20081201224314/http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/06/19/opinion/doc4859c24d9ffee689496863.txt {{DEFAULTSORT:Ronen, Carol 1945 births Democratic Party Illinois state senators Women state legislators in Illinois Roosevelt University alumni Bradley University alumni New Trier High School alumni Living people Politicians from Chicago Jewish American state legislators in Illinois