Jim Ryan
Politician, Person
1946 –
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Who is Jim Ryan?
James E. Ryan is an American politician who served two four-year terms as Illinois Attorney General. A career Republican, he received his party's nomination and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Illinois against Rod Blagojevich in 2002. He has been a professor at Benedictine University since 2003. He again ran for Governor in 2010 and led incumbent Governor Pat Quinn in aggregate polling; but he failed to gain his party's nomination, coming in fourth in a field of seven candidates.
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- Born
- Feb 21, 1946
Illinois - Also known as
- James E. Ryan
- Ethnicity
- Irish American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Benedictine University
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on July 23, 2013
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