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Emil Jones Jr. (born October 18, 1935) is an American politician who was the President of the Illinois Senate from 2003 to 2009. A Democrat, Jones served in the Illinois Senate from 1983 to 2009, where he served as President of the Illinois Senate from 2003 to the end of his term.
Alice J. Palmer (née Roberts, June 20, 1939 – May 25, 2023) was an American educator and politician who served as a member of the Illinois Senate. [1] Known as a longtime progressive activist, Palmer represented the state's 13th Senate District from June 6, 1991, until January 8, 1997. [2]
Sandoval was elected in 2002 as state senator and was then sworn into office in 2003. [5] Sandoval questioned the work ethic of Governor Rod Blagojevich during the 2007 budget crisis, as Blagojevich returned to Chicago rather than staying in Springfield for the remainder of the session. [7] Sandoval was part of the Illinois Senate leadership. [8]
Kimberly Ann Lightford (born May 10, 1968) is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 4th district since 1998.She is Senate Majority Leader and also serves on Labor, Education, Executive, Financial Institutions and Redistricting committees.
Ryan was born in Chicago on February 21, 1946 and grew up in the suburb of Villa Park, Illinois. [1] [2] His father, Edward Ryan, was a construction worker while his mother was an Italian immigrant housewife. [2] As a youth, he was active in boxing and won the middleweight title in the 1963 Chicago Golden Gloves tournament when he was 17 years old.
Charles Chew, Jr. (October 9, 1922 – July 3, 1986) was an American politician in Illinois. [1] He served in the Illinois Senate from 1967-1986.. Born in Greenville, Mississippi, Chew served in the United States Navy during World War II.
Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps is a government funding school in which was named after him. PSCJC is located in the city of Chicago in Little Village on South Kedzie Ave and is available to people between the ages of 16–24 who are looking to better themselves and create a positive future for themselves.
Keyes lost to Barack Obama by the largest margin for the Illinois U.S. Senate race in history. [12] Oberweis's 2004 campaign was notable for a television commercial in which he flew in a helicopter over Chicago's Soldier Field and claimed enough illegal immigrants came into America in a week (10,000 a day) to fill the stadium's 61,500 seats. [13]