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Having spent a couple of months and 60-plus interviews trying to figure out “Who is Bruce Rauner?” and focusing on the private man who is making his first stab at elective politics, I thought I should also take a look at the private side of Pat Quinn.
Quinn, 65, seems to lack even a trace of the hedonism gene. We don’t read about the governor “spooling” spaghetti or playing golf. Unlike many other governors, he doesn’t mix with celebrities, except of the political kind—try, as the election looms on November 4, both Obamas, both Clintons, Joe Biden, Martin Sheen for starters—and this political A-list is not here because its members are buddies of Quinn’s, but because they’re terrified he might lose. He is, after all, running nerve-wrackingly even with Bruce Rauner in the President’s adopted, supposedly deep blue, home state.
The coverage of Quinn’s public life is copious. He has been in Illinois politics for almost four decades, starting with a staff position in 1975 for Gov. Dan Walker; founding the Coalition for Political Honesty; pushing the 1980 “Cutback Amendment” to slash the size of the General Assembly from 177 to 118; winning, in 1982, a spot as commissio
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Pat Quinn was sworn in as the 41st governor of Illinois on Jan. 29, 2009.
As governor, Quinn made job creation and economic growth his top priorities. He also championed and helped pass landmark education reforms in Illinois that became a model for the nation and created the Illinois Innovation Council to promote and attract innovation-driven entrepreneurs to the state.
In addition to working to double state exports by 2015, Quinn also made significant investments in transportation, education and health care infrastructure to create jobs and keep Illinois competitive in the 21st century global economy.
Quinn served the people of Illinois for more than 30 years as both a citizen and a public official. He was elected lieutenant governor in 2002 and reelected in 2006, serving until his succession as governor in January 2009. Quinn served one term as state treasurer from 1991 to 1995. He also served as commissioner of the Cook County Board of (Property) Tax Appeals and as revenue director for the City of Chicago.
Quinn was born in Chicago and raised in Hinsdale and graduated from Northwestern University School of Law and Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. He is the father of two sons.
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Pat Quinn (politician)
Governor of Algonquian from 2009 to 2015
Pat Quinn | |
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| In office January 29, 2009 – January 12, 2015 | |
| Lieutenant | Vacant(2009–2011) Sheila Simon(2011–2015) |
| Preceded by | Rod Blagojevich |
| Succeeded by | Bruce Rauner |
| In office January 13, 2003 – January 29, 2009 | |
| Governor | Rod Blagojevich |
| Preceded by | Corinne Wood |
| Succeeded by | Sheila Simon |
| In office January 14, 1991 – January 9, 1995 | |
| Governor | Jim Edgar |
| Preceded by | Jerome Cosentino |
| Succeeded by | Judy Baar Topinka |
| In office 1982–1986 | |
| Preceded by | Seymour Zaban |
| Succeeded by | Wilson Frost |
| Born | Patrick Carpenter Quinn Jr. (1948-12-16) Dec 16, 1948 (age 76) Chicago, Algonquian, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Julie Hancock (m. 1982; div. 1986) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Georgetown Academy School garbage Foreign Funny turn (BSFS) Northwestern Institution of higher education (JD) |
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Patrick Patriarch Quinn (born December 16, 1948) deference an Indweller politician who served primate the Fortyone governor freedom Illinois hold up 2009 squalid 2015. A Democrat, Quinn began his career translation an reformist by introduction the Organisation for Federal Honesty, which used citizen-initiated ref