Richard Morthland (born November 10, 1959) is an American politician who is a member of the

Rock Island County Rock Island County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois, bounded on the west by the Mississippi River. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 147,546. Its county seat is Rock Island; its largest city is neighboring ...

Board and was a Republican member of the Illinois General Assembly for a single term from 2011 to 2013. Morthland served on the Rock Island County Board from 2008 to 2011 and was reelected to the County Board in 2016. Morthland has a bachelor's degree from St. Ambrose University, master's degrees from

Denver Seminary Denver Seminary is a private, Evangelical Christian seminary with its main campus in Littleton, Colorado, an online global campus, and an extension campus in Washington, DC. It offers Master of Arts (MA), Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Doctor of M ...

and

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, and is a doctoral student at Denver Seminary. In addition to politics, Morthland is a former assistant professor at

Black Hawk College Black Hawk College is a public community college in Illinois with campuses in Moline and Galva. History Black Hawk College is a community college with campuses located in Moline and in Kewanee ( south of Kewanee). Founded in 1946 as Moline ...

and is a farmer on his family's farm that dates back to 1842 when it was homesteaded in Coe Township. On October 28, 2017, it was announced that Morthland would be the running mate of State Representative

Jeanne Ives Jeanne M. Ives (née Remmes, born October 4, 1964) is an American politician. A Republican, she is a former member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 42nd district. She has run for governor of Illinois, and for U.S. Representative ...

in the 2018 Republican primary against incumbent governor Bruce Rauner and incumbent lieutenant governor

Evelyn Sanguinetti Evelyn Sanguinetti (née Pacino; born November 12, 1970) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 47th lieutenant governor of Illinois from 2015 to 2019. She previously served on the Wheaton City Council. Sanguinetti announced her ...

. The Ives-Morthland ticket lost receiving 48.60% of the vote to Rauner-Sanguinetti's 51.40% of the vote.

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Jeanne Ives for Governor/Rich Morthland for Lt. GovernorRock Island County BoardIllinois General Assembly bio
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