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DuPage County (/ d uː ˈ p eɪ dʒ / doo-PAYJ) is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, and one of the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census , the population was 932,877, making it Illinois' second-most populous county .
Illinois was admitted to the Union on December 3, 1818, consisting of the southern portion of Illinois Territory; the remainder was assigned to Michigan Territory. [17]The first Illinois Constitution, ratified in 1818, provided that a governor be elected every 4 years [18] for a term starting on the first Monday in the December following an election. [19]
40th Attorney General of Illinois; In office January 9, 1995 – January 13, 2003: Governor: Jim Edgar George Ryan: Preceded by: Roland Burris: Succeeded by: Lisa Madigan: State's Attorney of DuPage County; In office 1984 – January 9, 1995: Preceded by: Joseph Fitzsimmons: Succeeded by: Anthony Peccarelli: Personal details; Born February 21, 1946
The 2018 Illinois gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the governor of Illinois, concurrently with the 2018 Illinois general election and other midterm elections. Incumbent Republican governor Bruce Rauner ran for re-election to a second term in office, [1] but was defeated by Democratic nominee J. B. Pritzker.
This was the first time Gallatin County went Republican for the governor level since 1920. The election marked the first time since 1852 that the Democrats won three consecutive gubernatorial elections in Illinois. [4] This is also the first gubernatorial election since 1990 in which the winner was of the same party as the incumbent president.
CHICAGO — The national furor over alleged voter fraud has come to DuPage County, with a group fronted by Republican politician Jeanne Ives claiming that more than 1,000 people voted in the ...
Clark County: John Edgar (c. 1750–1832), Illinois delegate to the Northwest Territory legislature; at the time, wealthiest man in Illinois 16,334: 623 sq mi (1,614 km 2) Edwards County: 047: Albion: 1814: Gallatin County and Madison County: Ninian Edwards (1775–1833), third Governor of the State of Illinois and only governor of the Illinois ...
Incumbent first-term Republican governor Richard B. Ogilvie lost reelection in an upset to the Democratic nominee, Dan Walker. This was the first election in which each party's nominee for lieutenant governor of Illinois ran on a ticket with the gubernatorial nominee for the general election. Previously, there had been two separate elections ...