Gary Hannig

Politician

1952 –

71

Who is Gary Hannig?

Gary Hannig is a former Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation, having served in that post from 2009 to 2011, and was previously a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 98th District from 1979 to 2009.

Hannig, from Litchfield, was the Deputy House Majority Leader in the later years of his legislative career. and is one of House Speaker Michael Madigan's top lieutenants in the negotiation of budget legislation. In August 2008, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich blamed Hannig, who opposed Blagojevich's proposed capital bill, for House Democrats' not passing Blagojevich's budget. Blagojevich asked, “How can Gary Hannig, a good guy, stand in the way and work aggressively to kill jobs in Christian County. How can he justify standing in the way and being part of a leadership team that is prohibiting Route 29 from going from two lanes to four lanes. I love Gary Hannig, but Gary Hannig is a leader in this effort to kill jobs for downstate Illinois and central Illinois.”

Hannig replied, “Is he running against me for state representative, and no one told me yet? I’m going to challenge the residency requirements.

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Born
Jul 22, 1952
Litchfield
Spouses
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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