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The Secretary of State Police also maintains the Illinois State Capitol Police, responsible for policing the Illinois State Capitol Complex in Springfield, including both the Capitol and 16 surrounding state buildings. The force was created following a 2004 incident in which an unarmed security guard was shot and killed.
The 2022 Illinois Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the next Illinois Secretary of State. Incumbent Democrat Jesse White did not seek re-election to a seventh term. Alexi Giannoulias , a former state treasurer , won the open seat.
Alexander Giannoulias (/ ə ˈ l ɛ k s i dʒ ə ˈ n uː l i ə s / jə-NOO-lee-əs; born March 16, 1976) is an American financier and politician who is the Secretary of State of Illinois. He previously served as the 72nd Illinois Treasurer from 2007 to 2011.
Jesse Clark White (born June 23, 1934) is an American educator, politician and former athlete from the State of Illinois. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 37th Secretary of State of Illinois from 1999 to 2023. He was the longest-serving American to hold this office.
In North Dakota, the secretary of state is a member of, and ex officio secretary to, the Emergency Commission. [38] In Ohio, the secretary of state is a member of the Apportionment Board, which meets every decade following the decennial census to redraw boundaries for each of the 99 Ohio House and 33 Ohio Senate districts. Other members of the ...
Michael J. Elston (born 1969) is a United States lawyer who serves as acting secretary of the board of governors for the United States Postal Service (USPS), in Washington, D.C. [1] Elston has served as the associate general counsel and chief ethics and compliance officer for the USPS since 2014. [1]
Paul Taylor Powell (January 21, 1902 – October 10, 1970) was an American Democratic politician from Illinois, and Illinois Secretary of State from 1965 until his death in 1970, after which he was discovered to have been corrupt and became known for his saying "There's only one thing worse than a defeated politician, and that's a broke one."
The Illinois State Board of Elections reported that this general election turnout rate was the third-highest for a midterm election over the past forty years. [4] The Illinois State Board of Elections also reported that the total number of votes cast set a record high. [4] Voter registration, at 8.1 million, also sat at a record high. [4]