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A number of controversies related to Rod Blagojevich, formerly the Governor of Illinois, were covered in the press during and after his administration...

Blagojevich corruption scandal In December 2008, then-Democratic Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff John Harris were charged...

Patricia Mell "Patti" Blagojevich (born April 9, 1965), née Mell, is the former First Lady of Illinois and wife of Rod Blagojevich, the former Governor...

relationships with now-convicted former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. (See Rod Blagojevich controversies.) Her father Michael Madigan, Speaker of the Illinois...

Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich won re-election to a second four-year term scheduled to have ended on January 10, 2011. However, Blagojevich did not complete...

elected lieutenant governor in 2002 and served under governor Rod Blagojevich. After Blagojevich was impeached and removed from office in 2009, Quinn assumed...

investigations, including those which led to convictions of Illinois Governors Rod Blagojevich and George Ryan, media mogul Conrad Black, several aides to Chicago...

has unsuccessfully run for office four more times. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich appointed Burris to replace President-elect Barack Obama as the junior...

voters under 40 to the Democratic Party. Appointed by then-Governor Rod Blagojevich, Pritzker chaired the Illinois Human Rights Commission from 2003 to...

After becoming a major contributor to Rod Blagojevich's successful election for governor, Rezko assisted Blagojevich in setting up the state's first Democratic...

2008, recorded telephone conversations revealed Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich trying to "sell" an appointment to the Senate seat that Barack Obama...

nomination and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Illinois against Rod Blagojevich in 2002. Ryan was born in Chicago on February 21, 1946 and grew up...

has been an ally of impeached ex-Governor Rod Blagojevich. Jones teamed with fellow Chicago Democrat Blagojevich to propose plans for health care and education...

Annual Video Game Report Card. In December 2004, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich introduced legislation that restricted retailers from selling or renting...

meeting that Jackson described as his first meeting with Blagojevich in years, the Rod Blagojevich federal corruption scandal became public when the Governor...

funding so that all Illinoisans can receive good health care. Governor Rod Blagojevich incorporated some of the AHCTF's recommendations into a legislative...

Portugal, Romania, Spain, and the United Kingdom. In December 2008, Rod Blagojevich, the then Governor of Illinois, was accused of influence peddling in...

state government – Madigan feuded with leading Democrats Governor Rod Blagojevich and Senate President Emil Jones. Some political observers were critical...

was thought that his replacement would be named by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Since the term for the seat expired in January 2011, it would come...

it was threatened with closure. Negotiations with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich over his proposed budget for 2006 led to an agreement to fund the center...