Carl Hawkinson is a former state legislator, States Attorney, and Deputy Chief of Staff for Public Safety in the State of Illinois.
Public Offices
Carl Hawkinson served as Knox County States Attorney from 1976 to 1983. He left the office of States Attorney when elected State Representative as a Republican representing Illinois' 94th District from 1983 to 1987, after two terms as State Represntative, Hawkinson successfully ran for Senate where he served as Illinois State Senator representing Illinois' 47th District from 1987-2003. In 2000 he made an unsuccessful run for the Illinois State Supreme Court, wining the Republian party primary but losing in the general election to Thomas Kilbride. Carl Hawkinson served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Public Safety for the State of Illinois from 2003 to 2005. While holding this position he was the top Republican in the Blagojevich administration. Knox County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... The Republican Party was established in 1854 by a coalition of former Whigs, Northern Democrats, and Free-Soilers who opposed the expansion of slavery and held a Hamiltonian vision for modernizing the United States. ... The Republican Party was established in 1854 by a coalition of former Whigs, Northern Democrats, and Free-Soilers who opposed the expansion of slavery and held a Hamiltonian vision for modernizing the United States. ...
Lieutenant Governor campaign
In 2002 Carl Hawkinson ran for Lieutenant Governor as Attorney General Jim Ryan's running mate; both men won in the Republican primary where Hawkinson received 47% of the vote defeating State Representative William O'Connor, Jack McInerney, and Charles Owens, but lost to Rod Blagojevich and Pat Quinn in the general election. A Lieutenant Governor is a government official who is the subordinate or deputy of a Governor or Governor-General. ... Jim Ryan served as Illinois Attorney General from 1994 to 2002. ... Rod R. Blagojevich ( ▶ (help· info), born December 10, 1956) is an American politician from the state of Illinois. ... Pat Quinn (1948-) is a United States politician from the state of Illinois. ...
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