Lisa Madigan

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Lisa Madigan (born July 30, 1966 in Chicago, Illinois) is the current and 41st Attorney General of Illinois, and the first woman to hold the post. She is a Democrat.

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Education

Madigan attended The Latin School of Chicago for her secondary education, and received her bachelor's degree from Georgetown University in 1988. She graduated from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Political career

Madigan was an Illinois Senator from 1998 through 2002. In 2002 she decided to run for Attorney General, and narrowly defeated Joe Birkett in 2002 with 50.4% of the vote. In 2006 she was re-elected with 72.4% of the vote against State's Attorney Stewart "Stu" Umholtz of Tazewell County.

She is considered a potential candidate for Governor of Illinois or the United States Senate in the near future. If Senator Barack Obama is elected President in 2008, she is considered a possible candidate to be appointed to Obama's seat.

She was also cited by the New York Times to be among the seventeen most likely women to become the first female President of the United States of America.

Madigan received the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award in 2005.[1]

FOIA workshops


Sunshine Review has an article on:

The Illinois Attorney General's office plans to host a series of 12 free seminars starting Jan. 1 that will be a workshop about the Freedom of Information Act and the Open Meetings Act.[2]





Personal life

Lisa Madigan's adoptive father is Michael Madigan, the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. She is married to cartoonist Pat Byrnes, and they have two daughters.

Electoral history

  • 2006 election for Attorney General
    • Lisa Madigan (D) (inc.), 72%
    • Stewart Umholtz (R), 25%

Contact Info

Chicago Main Office
100 West Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 814-3000
TTY: (312) 814-3374

Springfield Main Office
500 South Second Street
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-1090
TTY: (217) 785-2771

Carbondale Main Office
1001 East Main Street
Carbondale, IL 62901
(618) 529-6400/6401
TTY: (618) 529-6403

References

  1. ↑ New Frontier Award Recipients John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, 2005
  2. ↑ Illinois A.G. Hosting Workshops on FOIA/OMA Law, Galesburg Radio, November 11, 2009

External links

Adapted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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