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Corruption in Illinois has been a problem from the earliest history of the state. [1] Electoral fraud in Illinois pre-dates the territory's admission to the Union in 1818. [ 2 ] Illinois had the third most federal criminal convictions for public corruption between 1976 and 2012, behind New York and California .
Political party. Republican. Education. Illinois Central College Bradley University (BS) Aaron Jon Schock (born May 28, 1981) [ 1 ] is a former American politician who was Republican U.S. Representative for Illinois's 18th congressional district from 2009 until 2015. The district is based in Peoria and includes part of Springfield.
Darin McKay LaHood (/ l ə ˈ h ʊ d / lə-HOOD; born July 5, 1968) [1] is an American attorney and politician who has served as a U.S. representative from Illinois since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, LaHood has represented the 16th district since 2023, and previously represented the 18th district from 2015 to 2023.
Operation Greylord. Operation Greylord was an investigation conducted jointly by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the IRS Criminal Investigation Division, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Chicago Police Department Internal Affairs Division and the Illinois State Police into corruption in the judiciary of Cook County, Illinois (the ...
Former President Donald Trump should be removed from Illinois' primary ballot, but the decision should be left to the courts, a retired judge recommended Sunday to the state's election board ...
U.S. Attorney Dan K. Webb prosecuted voter fraud in the 1982 Illinois elections. In the 1982 Illinois elections, there were 62 indictments and 58 convictions for election fraud, many involving precinct captains and election officials. A grand jury concluded that 100,000 fraudulent votes had been cast in Chicago.
A federal grand jury in Illinois returned an indictment against Blagojevich and five other defendants on April 2, 2009. [3] Blagojevich is the seventh Illinois Governor to have been arrested or indicted; [26] and became the fourth, [clarification needed] following Dan Walker, who was jailed from 1987 to 1989. [27]
The 1960 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose 27 [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. In the nation's second-closest race following Hawaii, Illinois was won by ...