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A special election for Illinois Comptroller took place on November 8, 2016. After comptroller Judy Baar Topinka died shortly after her reelection in 2014 , Republican Governor Bruce Rauner appointed Leslie Munger , a former business executive and unsuccessful 2014 nominee for the Illinois House of Representatives , to fill her seat at the ...
The Comptroller of Illinois is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of government of the U.S. state of Illinois.Ten individuals have held the office of Comptroller since the enactment of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, replacing the prior office of Auditor of Public Accounts that was first created in 1799.
Topinka was a candidate for the office of Illinois State Comptroller in the 2010 election, facing conservative radio host William J. Kelly and Orland Park Village Trustee Jim Dodge in the Republican primary. She won the nomination with 59% of the vote.
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On that date, registered voters in the State of Illinois elected officeholders for U.S. Congress, to six statewide offices (Governor/Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of States, Treasurer and Comptroller), as well as to the Illinois Senate and Illinois House.
The Illinois general election was held on November 8, 2016. Primaries were held March 15. In addition to federal races for president, Senate, and House, all 118 seats of the Illinois House of Representatives and 40 seats (out of 59) of the Illinois Senate were up for election, a special election was held for Illinois Comptroller , judicial ...
Didrickson was elected comptroller in 1994, succeeding Democrat Dawn Netsch, [3] who was the Democratic nominee for governor. Her Democratic opponent was State Senator Earlean Collins . Before being elected comptroller, Didrickson served for three years, under Governor Jim Edgar , as the Director of the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
Comptroller was a newly formed office, created by the 1970 Constitution of Illinois to replace the office of Auditor of Public Accounts, of which the outgoing incumbent was Democrat Michael Howlett, who instead opted to run for Secretary of State. Republican George W. Lindberg was elected the inaugural Illinois Comptroller.