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Encyclopedia > Pat Quinn (politician)

Pat Quinn (born 1948), is a United States politician from the state of Illinois. A career Democrat, he currently serves as the 45th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, elected in 2002 and took office in 2003. The governor of Illinois during this term is Rod Blagojevich. Quinn served as the elected Treasurer of Illinois from 1991 to 1995. Previous to state service, Quinn worked Cook County government. 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... The Lieutenant Governor of Illinois is the secondary chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the lieutenant governor has specific jurisdiction. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Milorad Rod R. Blagojevich (pronounced IPA: , born December 10, 1956) is an American politician from the state of Illinois. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cook County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. ...


In 1980, Quinn successfully led the statewide campaign for the Cutback amendment to the Illinois Constitution, which reduced the size of the Illinois House of Representatives from 177 to 118 members. Before the Cutback amendment, 3 state representatives had been elected from each of 59 3-seat districts. After the Amendment, representatives were elected from 118 single member districts. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The Cutback Amendment is an amendment to the Illinois Constitution that abolished multi-member districts the Illinois House of Representatives and the process of cumulative voting. ... The Illinois Constitution is the governing body of the state of Illinois. ... The Illinois House of Representatives convenes at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. ...


Before becoming lieutenant governor, Quinn was a tax attorney with an undergraduate degree form Georgetown and a law degree from Northwestern. He is seeking a second term as lieutenant governor of Illinois. In the Illinois primary election in March 2006, he ran unopposed as a Democrat. There are numerous places around the world named Georgetown. ... The Arch, the main entrance to Northwesterns Evanston campus Northwestern University is a private university seated in Evanston, Illinois, on a 240 acre (970,000 m²) campus along the shores of Lake Michigan. ... The examples and perspective in this article do not represent a worldwide view. ...


His brother, John Quinn, is a US history teacher at Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois.


Electoral history

Preceded by:
Corrine Wood
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
2003 – Present
Succeeded by:
Incumbent
Current lieutenant governors (and first in lines of succession) of states of the United States

AK: Loren Leman
AL: Lucy Baxley
AR: Winthrop Paul Rockefeller
AZ: Jan Brewer (SS)
CA: Cruz Bustamante
CO: Jane Norton
CT: Kevin Sullivan
DE: John C. Carney, Jr.
FL: Toni Jennings
GA: Mark Taylor
HI: James Aiona
IA: Sally Pederson
ID: Mark Ricks
Milorad Rod R. Blagojevich (pronounced IPA: , born December 10, 1956) is an American politician from the state of Illinois. ... Jim Ryan served as Illinois Attorney General from 1994 to 2002. ... Carl Hawkinson is a former state legislator, States Attorney, and Deputy Chief of Staff for Public Safety in the State of Illinois. ... Corrine Wood is a former Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. ... The Lieutenant Governor of Illinois is the secondary chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the lieutenant governor has specific jurisdiction. ... Current party control of Lieutenant Governors offices. ... This is a list of people who have served as lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Alaska since statehood in 1959. ... Loren Leman (born December 02, 1950) is is the first person of Alaska Native ancestry to be elected to statewide office in Alaska and is the current Lieutenant Governor of Alaska and a member of the Republican Party. ... Lucy Baxley Lucy Baxley is the current Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, elected in 2002 and the Democratic candidate for Governor in 2006. ... October 10, 2003 Winthorp Rockefeller Unveiling the new Boy Scouts License Plate Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (born September 17, 1948), is currently Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... This a List of Lieutenant Governors of the State of California, 1850-present. ... Cruz Miguel Bustamante (born January 4, 1953) is an American politician. ... The lieutenant governor of Colorado is the second-highest-ranking member of the executive department of the Colorado state goverment, below only the Governor of Colorado. ... Kevin Sullivan, a Democrat, is Connecticuts 106th lieutenant governor. ... The Lieutenant Governor of Delaware is the second ranking Executive officer of the U.S. state of Delaware. ... John C. Carney, Jr. ... The position of lietuenant governor was created in the 1968 Florida state constitution (See Article IV, Section 2). ... Toni Jennings is the 16th lieutenant governor of Florida. ... The Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is a constitutional officer of the state, elected to a 4-year term by popular vote. ... Mark Taylor Mark Fletcher Taylor, is currently serving his second term as lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Lieutenant Governors of Hawaii have been administering their duties from the Hawaii State Capitol since 1969. ... An infamous drug court judge, James Aiona became the first Republican elected Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii in forty years. ... Sally Pederson is the current Lieutenant Governor of the state of Iowa. ... Lieutenant Governor of Idaho is a constitutional statewide elected office in the State of Idaho. ... Mark Ricks Mark G. Ricks (born July 4, 1924 in Rexburg, Idaho) is a Republican politician from Idaho. ...

IL: Pat Quinn
IN: Becky Skillman
KS: John E. Moore
KY: Steve Pence
LA: Mitch Landrieu
MA: Kerry Healey
MD: Michael Steele
ME: Beth Edmonds (SP)
MI: John D. Cherry
MN: Carol Molnau
MO: Peter Kinder
MS: Amy Tuck
MT: John Bohlinger
The Lieutenant Governor of Illinois is the secondary chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the lieutenant governor has specific jurisdiction. ... Becky Skillman Rebecca Becky Skillman is the 50th and current Lieutenant Governor of the State of Indiana. ... The Governor of Kansas holds the supreme executive power of the State as provided by the first article of the Kansas Constitution. ... John E. Moore, born in Charleston, West Virginia, is an American politician and the current Lieutenant Governor of Kansas. ... The office of Lieutentant Governor of Kentucky has existed under the last three of Kentuckys four constitutions, beginning in 1797. ... Steve Pence (born in Louisville, Kentucky on December 22, 1953) is a Republican politician from the commonwealth of Kentucky, currently serving as the lieutenant governor and as as the Secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. ... Lt. ... John Hancock, first Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the United States Commonwealth of Massachusetts. ... Kerry Murphy Healey (born April 30, 1960) is an American politician who has served as the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts since 2003 with Governor Mitt Romney. ... Current Lt. ... Michael Steele Michael S. Steele (born October 19, 1958) is the current Lieutenant Governor of Maryland, having been elected on the same ticket as Governor Robert L. Ehrlich in 2002. ... Betheda Edmonds is a Democratic Party State Senator in Maine representing District 10, which includes the towns of Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell and Pownal. ... The Lieutenant Governor of Michigan is the second-ranking executive officer in the U.S. state of Michigan, behind the governor. ... John D. Cherry (1951 - ) is the current Lieutenant Governor of the State of Michigan. ... This is a list of Lieutenant Governors of the U.S. state of Minnesota. ... Lt. ... Peter D. Kinder is an American politician from the State of Missouri. ... The Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi is the second-highest ranking executive officer in Mississippi, right below the governor. ... Amy Tuck is currently the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, a Republican. ... John Bohlinger is the current Lieutenant Governor of Montana. ...

NC: Beverly Perdue
ND: Jack Dalrymple
NE: Rick Sheehy
NH: Theodore Gatsas (SP)
NJ: Richard Codey (SP)
NM: Diane Denish
NV: Lorraine Hunt
NY: Mary Donohue
OH: Bruce Johnson
OK: Mary Fallin
OR: Bill Bradbury (SS)
PA: Catherine Baker Knoll
RI: Charles J. Fogarty
The Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina is the second highest elected official in the U.S. state of North Carolina. ... Beverly Eaves Perdue is the current lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina. ... This is a list of Lieutenant Governors of North Dakota: Categories: | ... Jack Dalrymple (born October 16, 1948) in Casselton, North Dakota, is the current and 35th lieutenant governor of North Dakota. ... List of Nebraska Lieutenant Governors See also List of Governors of Nebraska External links Nebraska Blue Book (PDF) Category: ... Rick Sheehy is an American Republican politician and the current Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska. ... ... ... The New Jersey Senate is the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature. ... Richard Codey, Governor of New Jersey Richard James Codey (born November 27, 1946 in Orange, New Jersey) is an American politician. ... The New Jersey Senate is the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature. ... Diane Denish is the Lieutenant Governor to Bill Richardson(D) of New Mexico. ... Lorraine T. Hunt is the current Lieutenant Governor of the U.S State of Nevada. ... The Lieutenant Governor of New York is the second highest ranking official in state government. ... Mary Donohue is the Lieutenant Governor of New York State. ... The position of lieutenant governor of Ohio was established in 1852. ... Oink Oink Oink OInk Bruce Edward Johnson (born May 25, 1960) is an American lawyer and Republican politician who became the State of Ohios sixty-third lieutenant governor on January 5, 2005. ... Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma Mary Fallin, the 13th and current Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma The Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma is the second-highest executive official of the state government of Oklahoma. ... Mary Fallin is the Lt. ... Bill Bradbury (born 1949) is the Oregon secretary of state. ... Catherine Baker Knoll (born September 3, 1930 in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania) is the present lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. ... Charles J. Fogarty is the current Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. State of Rhode Island. ...

SC: André Bauer
SD: Dennis Daugaard
TN: John S. Wilder
TX: David Dewhurst
UT: Gary R. Herbert
VA: Bill Bolling
VT: Brian Dubie
WA: Brad Owen
WI: Barbara Lawton
WV: Earl Ray Tomblin (SP)
WY: Joe Meyer (SS) R. André Bauer (born March 20, 1969) is an American politician who has been the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina since 2003. ... Dennis Daugaard is the current Lt. ... Dennis M. Daugaard, born June 11, 1953 is the current Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota. ... The Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee is the Speaker of the Tennessee State Senate and first in line in the succession to the office of Governor of Tennessee in the event of the death, resignation, or removal from office through impeachment and conviction of the Governor. ... John Shelton Wilder (born 1921) has served as Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee since 1971. ... Lieutenant Governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in state government. ... David Dewhurst is a Republican politician from the state of Texas Dewhurst was born in Houston, Texas on August 18, 1945. ... List of Utah Lieutenant Governors since the office was created Please Note: The Office of the Lieutenant Governor in Utah was created in 1976. ... Gary Richard Herbert is a Republican and was elected as Lieutenant Governor of Utah on November 2, 2004. ... The Lieutenant Governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia. ... Bill Bolling is the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. ... Brian Dubie (born March 9, 1959) is the 85th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont. ... Brad Owen (born 1950) is an American politician. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature. ... Lt. ... The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature. ...


SP=Senate President
SS=Secretary of State


  Results from FactBites:
 
Pat Quinn (politician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (156 words)
Pat Quinn (1948-) is a United States politician from the state of Illinois.
Quinn served as the elected Treasurer of Illinois from 1991 to 1995.
In 1980, Quinn successfully led the statewide campaign for the Cutback Amendment to the Illinois Constitution, which reduced the size of the Illinois House of Representatives from 177 to 118 members.
Pat Quinn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (758 words)
Pat Quinn (born January 29, 1943) in Hamilton, Ontario, is head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs since the 1998 NHL Season and former National Hockey League defenceman.
Pat Quinn was also a finalist for the Jack Adams Award but failed to win because the sports media outside Toronto diskike the Maple Leafs media and their fans.
Quinn is the winningist active coach in the NHL and 4th all time with 616 wins and is recognized by the hockey community as one of the top if not the top coach in the NHL.
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