Lisa Madigan

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Lisa Madigan (2011)

Lisa Madigan (born July 30, 1966 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party . From 2003 to 2019 she was Attorney General for the state of Illinois.

Life

Lisa Madigan's adoptive father, Michael Madigan, is a longtime Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives . She attended the private Latin School of Chicago and studied at Georgetown University ( Bachelor of Arts in 1988) and Loyola University Chicago School of Law , where she received a Juris Doctor degree . She worked as a teacher, temporarily also in South Africa , and as a lawyer. Lisa Madigan is married to cartoonist Pat Byrnes . The couple has two daughters.

Political career

Madigan was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1998 , to which she served until 2002. In 2002 she ran for the Democrats for the office of Attorney General of Illinois and narrowly won the election to succeed Jim Ryan against the Republican candidate Joe Birkett . She is the first woman in this position. In 2006 she was re-elected with a large majority. She is considered a possible future candidate for the governorship of Illinois and was at times named as the successor to Barack Obama in the United States Senate . In July 2009, however, she announced that she would not run for governor or for Obama's former seat in the Senate in 2010. Instead, she wants to run for a third term as Attorney General of Illinois. She was re-elected in November 2010 against Republican Steve Kim. She was re-elected in 2014; In 2018 she did not run again.

After Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald accused the Democratic Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich , of corruption in December 2008 - including seeking consideration for the appointment of a successor to Obama in the US Senate - Madigan petitioned the Illinois Supreme Court, Blagojevich provisionally dismissed from office, as he was no longer able to exercise his office. However, this application was rejected by the court. Later Blagojevich was impeached by a unanimous decision of the State Senate.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Mercurio: An appointment to keep. Who might replace McCain or Obama in the Senate? , Article on msnbc.msn.com dated May 22, 2008, accessed May 26, 2008.
  2. ↑ Press release from July 8th, 2009  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 12, 2009@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.lisamadigan.org  
  3. ^ Illinois AG asks court to declare gov. unfit , www.msnbc.msn.com from December 12, 2008, accessed December 13, 2008.
  4. ^ The court rejects Blagojevich's suspension. Spiegel Online from December 18, 2008, accessed December 22, 2008.

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personal data
SURNAME Madigan, Lisa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Democratic Party politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois