Republican primary for Attorney General of Illinois Erika Harold defeated Gary Grasso in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Illinois on March 20, 2018. Candidate
Jan 14, 2022 · Deerfield lawyer Steve Kim, a Republican candidate for Illinois attorney general. kimforag.com
Feb 23, 2022 · Deerfield lawyer Steve Kim, a Republican candidate for Illinois attorney general. kimforag.com
Feb 23, 2022 · Thomas DeVore, lawyer known for COVID lawsuits, is running for Illinois attorney general. Thomas DeVore, the Greenville attorney behind several high-profile legal challenges to the state's COVID ...
Kwame Raoul (Democratic Party)Illinois / Attorney generalKwame Raoul is an American lawyer and politician who has been the 42nd Attorney General of Illinois since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Raoul represented the 13th district in the Illinois Senate from 2004 to 2019. Wikipedia
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The Constitution of 1818, adopted on August 26, 1818, by a Constitutional Convention held in Kaskaskia, authorized the General Assembly to appoint an Attorney General and to regulate his duties by law. (Ill....Attorneys General of Illinois.Daniel Pope Cook1819Lisa Madigan2003-2019Kwame Raoul2019-Present39 more rows
Originally an appointed office, it is now an office filled by election through universal suffrage. Based in Chicago and Springfield, he or she is responsible for providing legal counsel for the various state agencies including the Governor of Illinois and Illinois General Assembly.
State executive salariesOffice and current officialSalaryAttorney General of Illinois Kwame Raoul$160,800/yearIllinois Secretary of State Jesse White$156,541Illinois Superintendent of Education Carmen AyalaIllinois Director of Natural Resources Colleen Callahan5 more rows
Attorneys generalAttorneys general are the top legal officers of their state or territory. They advise and represent their legislature and state agencies and act as the “People's Lawyer” for the citizens. Most are elected, though a few are appointed by the governor.
Founded in 1818, the Illinois Supreme Court is the state's highest court and has seven judgeships. The current chief of the court is Anne M. Burke....Justices.JudgeAppointed ByMary Jane TheisElectedAnne M. BurkeElectedP. Scott NevilleIllinois Supreme CourtDavid K. OverstreetElected3 more rows
The governor appoints the chief minister of a state, the Advocate General and the chairman and members of the State Public Service Commission. Apart from this, State Election Commissioner is also appointed by the Governor (though removed by the President).
450 Assistant Attorneys GeneralMore than 450 Assistant Attorneys General and over 300 employees serve in the Office of the Attorney General in offices in Chicago, Springfield and Carbondale as well as regional offices in Rockford, Quincy, Champaign-Urbana and Belleville.
(c) Each county shall elect a sheriff, county clerk and treasurer and may elect or appoint a coroner, recorder, assessor, auditor and such other officers as provided by law or by county ordinance.
On January 14, 2019, Illinois inaugurated Governor JB Pritzker and Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton to lead Illinois into a new century as we enter our 201st year.
Jesse White is Illinois' 37th Secretary of State. White was first elected to the office in 1998 and won landslide victories in 2002, in which he won all 102 counties, and again in 2006, 2010 and 2014.