Gwenn Klingler (born May 28, 1944) is a former

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member of the

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representing the 100th district from 1995 until 2003. Gwenn Klingler was born on May 28, 1944, in

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. She earned a

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from

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and a J.D. from

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. She also earned an

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from the

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. Klingler, then a member of the Springfield City Council, was initially slated to face Democratic incumbent

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. However, in August, Curran dropped out of the race, citing his inability to buy a new house after Republicans gerrymandered him out of the old 100th district. Marylou Lowder Kent, a

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trustee, replaced Curran on the ballot. Klinger won the 100th district with 20,890 votes to Lowder Kent's 19,581 votes. At the time, the 100th district, centered on

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, was located entirely in

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. After the 2001 decennial redistricting process, Klingler was drawn into the same district as fellow Republican Jonathan C. Wright. Wright chose not to run for reelection. The new 100th district became substantially more rural adding more of rural

, southwestern

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, and all of Menard County. Klinger, a moderate, was defeated by conservative

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of Petersburg in that cycle's Republican primary. In 2003, Klingler lost a race for Springfield City Treasurer to Jim Langfelder. During the

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, Klingler endorsed the

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