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Peter G. Fitzgerald (born October 20, 1960) was the junior United States Senator from Illinois from 1999 until 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Illinois State Senate from 1992 to 1998, where he was a member of the 'Fab Five' group of conservative state senators who often challenged the leadership of the Illinois Republican party. The group also included Steve Rauschenberger, Dave Syverson, Patrick O'Malley, and Chris Lauzen. Official picture from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. ...
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Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ...
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Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun (born August 16, 1947) is an American politician and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999. ...
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The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ...
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October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...
Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Politics Portal The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral United States Congress, the...
Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area Ranked 25th - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²) - Width 210 miles (340 km) - Length 390 miles (629 km) - % water 4. ...
Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...
Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ...
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The Fab Five may refer to the following: Duran Duran, 1980s pop band The starters on the University of Michigan mens basketball team that played in the NCAA championship game as freshmen in 1992 and again as sophomores in 1993, losing both times: Chris Webber Jalen Rose Juwan Howard...
Steve Rauschenberger is the popular State Senator for the 22nd Senate District in the state of Illinois. ...
Dave Syverson (born June 29, 1957) is a Republican member of the Illinois State Senate representing the 34th district, where he is currently serving his fourth term. ...
Patrick OMalley (born October 22, 1950 in Evergreen Park, Illinois) is a former Illinois State Senator, gubernatorial candidate and served as elected member of the board of trustees and Chairman of the Finance Committee for Moraine Valley Community College from 1989 to 1992. ...
Chris Lauzen is a Republican member of the Illinois State Senate representing the 25th district. ...
Born in Illinois, Fitzgerald graduated from Portsmouth Abbey School, a Catholic boarding school on the shores of Rhode Island, in 1978, Dartmouth College in 1982, completed his post-graduate studies as a Rotary Scholar at Aristotelian University in Greece, and earned his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1986. Portsmouth Abbey School is a private, coeducational high school located in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. ...
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Political career
Fitzgerald defeated the well-known Democratic incumbent, Carol Moseley Braun in 1998, and served for one term in the Senate. He was the first Republican in Illinois to win a Senate race in 20 years, and the only Republican challenger in the country to defeat an incumbent Democratic senator in the 1998 election cycle. Even though Moseley Braun was dogged by corruption charges, Fitzgerald only defeated her by four points — a result that some consider an example of the problems that the Illinois Republican Party has faced in the past decade. The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ...
Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun (born August 16, 1947) is an American politician and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999. ...
Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
Results -- Republican holds in light red, pickups in dark red, Democratic holds in light blue, pickups in dark blue The U.S. Senate election, 1998 was a roughly even contest between the Republican and Democratic parties. ...
Fitzgerald is difficult to peg ideologically. Some consider him a conservative, pointing to his views on abortion and federal spending. Fitzgerald has some views that are more liberal, particularly on environmental issues — he opposed drilling in ANWR throughout his tenure in the US Senate. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Map The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge covers about 19,600,000 acres (79,318 km²) in northeastern Alaska, in the North Slope region. ...
Throughout his tenure in the Senate, Fitzgerald battled with the state Republican Party leadership. He insisted on the appointment of an out-of-state US attorney, Patrick Fitzgerald (no relation), to investigate corruption in the Illinois state government, which led to several indictments, including that of former Republican Governor George Ryan, who has since been convicted of several criminal abuses of authority. Fitzgerald declined to run for reelection largely because many Republican insiders who had failed to support him in his first run in 1998 had made it clear he would not have their support again, in what he knew would be a much tougher race. United States Attorneys (also known as federal prosecutors) represent the U.S. federal government in United States district court and United States court of appeals. ...
Patrick J. Fitzgerald (born December 22, 1960) is an American attorney and the current United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. ...
The Governor of Illinois is the chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution. ...
George Ryan George Homer Ryan (born February 24, 1934 in Maquoketa, Iowa) was the Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1999 until 2003. ...
Fitzgerald had two major moments in the spotlight in the Senate, the first in 2000 when he filibustered a massive federal spending bill because it included funds for the Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield. He did it to bring light to the Republican-controlled Illinois state government's failure to promise competitive bidding for the project. As a form of obstructionism in a legislature or other decision making body, a filibuster is an attempt to extend debate upon a proposal in order to delay or completely prevent a vote on its passage. ...
His second major moment was following the September 11th attacks, when Congress quickly passed a massive bailout measure for most of the major airlines, which were in trouble financially. Standing alone out of all members of the US Senate, Fitzgerald delivered a speech entitled 'Who will bail out the American taxpayer,' arguing that the airlines would simply go through the money and remain financially unstable. The bill passed 99 to 1.
Citing problems dealing with the state party leadership and family issues, Fitzgerald retired from the Senate at the end of his term; Democratic State Senator Barack Obama defeated Republican Alan Keyes in a landslide to take the open seat. “Obama†redirects here. ...
Dr. Alan Keyes (born August 7, 1950) is a public speaker, former diplomat, and conservative political activist. ...
The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ...
Electoral history - 1998 Race for U.S. Senate
Carol Moseley Braun (born August 16, American politician and lawyer, was the first (and to date only) black woman elected to the United States Senate (representing Illinois). ...
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