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Bill Brady

Republican Bill Brady has been a state senator since 2002 and served in the state House from 1993-2000. He ran for governor in 2006. Brady owns his family's home construction business, a real estate agency and several other small businesses.

Governor

ILLINOIS

Republican

Pat Quinn

Democrat Pat Quinn served as state treasurer from 1991-95 and lieutenant governor from 2003-09 before becoming governor when Rod Blagojevich was removed from office. He was a tax attorney before he got into politics.

Governor

ILLINOIS

Democrat

Incumbent

Rich Whitney

Governor

ILLINOIS

Green

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Latest Illinois Governors Race News

Republican Bill Brady Concedes to Democratic Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn

By Lynn Sweet

GOP Illinois governor candidate Bill Brady on Friday conceded to Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn, agreeing that his 19,000-plus vote lead made him the winner. Though the Associated Press called the ...

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Associated Press: Democrat Pat Quinn Wins Illinois Governor's Race

By Lynn Sweet

Democratic Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, ahead of GOP rival Bill Brady on Thursday by 19,400 votes, said his lead is "insurmountable" with 100 percent of all precincts reporting. An analysis by the ...

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Democrat Kitzhaber Wins Oregon Governor; 5 Other Key Races Undecided

By Tom Diemer

Oregon gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber, the state's Democratic former two-term governor hoping to return after a seven-year hiatus, was declared the winner over Republican Chris Dudley ...

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Pat Quinn Leads Bill Brady in Illinois Governor Race Cliffhanger

By Lynn Sweet

The Illinois governor race remained a cliffhanger Wednesday morning, with Democrat Gov. Pat Quinn narrowly ahead of Republican Bill Brady. Quinn declared victory early Wednesday, but Brady declined to ...

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What Religion Is Bill Brady?

By Dan Gibson

Bill Brady, Illinois state senator and real-estate developer, is running for governor of Illinois against Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn. As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about ...

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Alexi Giannoulias

Republican

Mark Kirk

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Lealan Jones

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Pat Quinn

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Republican

Bill Brady

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Rich Whitney

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Latest From the Web

May 27, 2012

Week in Review: Medicaid Reform, Eavesdropping Limbo, Respite for Rep. Accused of Bribery

Source: Lemont Patch - Lemont IL

This article was created by aggregating news articles fro m Illinois Statehouse News that were written by various Illinois Statehouse News reporters.

May 26, 2012

Illinois To Solve Medicaid Deficit By Hoping People Smoke More

Source: Outside the Beltway

llinois' Medicaid program faces a $2.7 billion shortage that its governor has promised to deal with.

May 25, 2012

Lawmakers: Cut Illinois regional superintendents

Source: The Telegraph - Alton IL

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Illinois lawmakers want to cut the number of regional school superintendents by 20 percent.

May 25, 2012

Bill Allowing Recording of Police Officers Passes House

Source: St. Charles Patch - St. Charles IL

Illinois House voted 71-45 May 22 to allow civilians to make audio recordings of police officers exercising their public duties in public places, the State Journal-Register is reporting.

May 25, 2012

Bill Protecting Job Applicants' Facebook Passwords Sent to Governor

Source: Downers Grove Patch - Downers Grove IL

Your employer can see whatever embarrassing photos you publically post on Facebook, but you won't have to surrender access to your account, if Gov. Pat Quinn signs a bill that is on his desk.