Terry Link

Terry Link
Illinois State Senate District 30
Incumbent
In office
1997 - Present
Term ends
January 14, 2015
Years in position	16
Party	Democratic
Leadership
Assistant Majority Leader
Compensation
Base salary	$67,836/year
Per diem	$111/day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	1996
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Education
Bachelor's	Stout State University
Personal
Birthday	March 20, 1947
Place of birth	Waukegan, Illinois
Websites
Office website
Personal website
Campaign website

Terry Link is a Democratic member of the Illinois State Senate. He has represented District 30 since 1997 and currently serves as a Majority Whip. Link was re-elected in November of 2008 with his term expiring in 2012.

Link graduated with his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stout (Formerly Stout State). Link is a former business owner and Director of Government Affairs for Johnson Controls.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Link served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Link served on these committees:

• Subcommittee on Public Safety, Vice Chair
• Subcommittee on Special Issues (Human Services)

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Link served on these committees:

Issues

Gaming license

On December 1, 2010, the Illinois Senate voted 31-20 in favor of a plan that allows for five additional casinos and electronic gaming at horse track facilities, increasing the number of licenses for casinos in the state to 15.

Under the plan, new casinos would operate in Chicago, southern Cook County, Danville, Rockford and Waukegan.

"Is it a huge expansion? Yes, I'm not going to deny it. But we have a huge deficit in the state of Illinois, we have got huge problems in the state of Illinois, so you don't look at little things to fix it, you look at big things to fix it," said the bill's sponsor, Sen. Terry Link, D-Waukegan.

Elections

2012

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2012

Link won re-election to the Illinois State Senate in District 30 in the 2012 election. Link was unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 20, 2012 and defeated Don Castella (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.

Illinois State Senate, District 30, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Terry Link	66.6%	44,274
	Republican	Don Castella	33.4%	22,173
Total Votes				66,447

2008

On November 4, 2008, Democrat Terry Link won re-election to the Illinois State Senate District 30 receiving 42,407 votes, ahead of Republican Keith Gray receiving 30,771 votes.

Illinois State Senate, District 30 (2008)
Candidates		Votes
Terry Link (D)		42,407
Keith Gray (R)		23,141

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2008

In 2008, Link collected $540,931 in donations.

Listed below are those that contributed most to his campaign.

Donor	Amount
Citizens for James M. Houlihan	$30,000
Associated Beer Distributors of Illinois	$28,000
Illinois Credit Union League	$12,572
Illinois Education Association	$11,000
Abbott Laboratories	$7,000
Harrahs	$7,000
Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois	$6,900
Midwest Energy	$6,900
Community Bankers Association of Illinois	$6,500
Midwest Energy	$6,000
Lake County Federation of Teachers Local 504	$5,900
Comed	$5,650
Illinois Trial Lawyers Association	$5,500
Altria	$5,500
Illinois Health Care Association	$5,500
Illinois State Bar Association	$5,250
Agents Insurance Services	$5,000
Cottonwood Financial LTD	$5,000
Illinois Association of Mortgage Bankers	$4,825
Bluestar Energy Services	$4,650

Scorecards

Illinois Opportunity Project

See also: Illinois Opportunity Project's Legislative Vote Card

The Illinois Opportunity Project, "an independent research and public policy enterprise that promotes legislative solutions in advance of free markets and free minds," annually releases its Legislative Vote Card, grading all members in both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly on the basis of their support of "pro-growth economic policies that increase personal freedom and reign in expansive government."

2012

Link received a score of 37.50 out of 100 in 2012 for a grade of F according to the IOP’s grading scale. His score was tied for the 37th highest among all 59 members of the Illinois State Senate included in the Vote Card.

Recent news

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Terry Link News Feed

• Press conference scheduled for May 19 on Illinois Senate Resolution in support ... - Order of St. Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
• Gambling expansion advances from Illinois Senate - The State Journal-Register
• Campus smoking ban snuffed in Illinois Senate - Pantagraph.com - Bloomington Pantagraph
• Senator Link presented award by YouthBuild Coalition - Lake County News Sun
• 9 holes with: Alexi Giannoulias - Chicago Tribune
• Senate OKs voting age change - Quad-City Times - Quad City Times
• Illinois Poised To Lower Voting Age To 17, Latinos Growing Part Of Young Voters - Fox News Latino
• Senate Rekindles College Smoking Ban - NBC Chicago (blog)
• Illinois could allow 17-year-olds to vote in primaries - Chicago Tribune
• Changes coming to Illinois gambling plan - Chicago Daily Herald

District 30

Link represents Illinois Senate District 30. District 30 includes the Northeast Chicago suburbs of Lake Bluff and Libertyville.

Personal

Terry is married to Susan Link. They have four children and reside in Vernon Hills, Illinois.

External links

Suggest a link

• Campaign website
• Legislative website
• Biography, bills and committees at the Illinois General Assembly

• Summary, biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions at Follow The Money
• Profile at Wikipedia

References

Political offices
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