A number of controversies related to Rod Blagojevich, formerly the Governor of Illinois, were covered in the press during and after his administration...

Blagojevich corruption scandal In December 2008, then-Democratic Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff John Harris were charged...

Patricia Mell "Patti" Blagojevich (born April 9, 1965), née Mell, is the former First Lady of Illinois and wife of Rod Blagojevich, the former Governor...

relationships with now-convicted former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. (See Rod Blagojevich controversies.) Her father Michael Madigan, Speaker of the Illinois...

investigations, including those which led to convictions of Illinois Governors Rod Blagojevich and George Ryan, media mogul Conrad Black, several aides to Chicago...

Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich won re-election to a second four-year term scheduled to have ended on January 10, 2011. However, Blagojevich did not complete...

under governor Rod Blagojevich, and as of 2024 he is the most recent male to serve as Illinois's Lieutenant Governor. After Blagojevich was impeached and...

After becoming a major contributor to Rod Blagojevich's successful election for governor, Rezko assisted Blagojevich in setting up the state's first Democratic...

2008, recorded telephone conversations revealed Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich trying to "sell" an appointment to the Senate seat that Barack Obama...

has unsuccessfully run for office four more times. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich appointed Burris to replace President-elect Barack Obama as the junior...

Portugal, Romania, Spain, and the United Kingdom. In December 2008, Rod Blagojevich, the then Governor of Illinois, was accused of influence peddling in...

state government – Madigan feuded with leading Democrats Governor Rod Blagojevich and Senate President Emil Jones. Some political observers were critical...

has been an ally of impeached ex-Governor Rod Blagojevich. Jones teamed with fellow Chicago Democrat Blagojevich to propose plans for health care and education...

meeting that Jackson described as his first meeting with Blagojevich in years, the Rod Blagojevich federal corruption scandal became public when the Governor...

nomination and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Illinois against Rod Blagojevich in 2002. Ryan was born in Chicago on February 21, 1946 and grew up...

Annual Video Game Report Card. In December 2004, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich introduced legislation that restricted retailers from selling or renting...

governor of Illinois. She lost the election to Democratic incumbent Rod Blagojevich. In 2010, she successfully ran for the office of Illinois Comptroller...

it was threatened with closure. Negotiations with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich over his proposed budget for 2006 led to an agreement to fund the center...

funding so that all Illinoisans can receive good health care. Governor Rod Blagojevich incorporated some of the AHCTF's recommendations into a legislative...

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when they passed through the anus. The official reporting on the Petar Blagojevich case speaks of "other wild signs which I pass by out of high respect"...

Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration". The allegations of pay-to-play in Illinois became a national scandal after the arrest of Gov. Blagojevich in December...

personal appeals or campaigns in conservative media, as in the cases of Rod Blagojevich, Michael Milken, Joe Arpaio, Dinesh D'Souza, and Clint Lorance, as...

Funding Reform Committees. During his speech supporting the removal of Rod Blagojevich from office, Meeks reprised the governor's now-infamous quote about...

Governor Rod Blagojevich's scandal erupted. In a December 31, 2008, New York Times article, Davis said that he turned down an offer from Blagojevich's representatives...

relationship between House and Senate Democrats and Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich. During the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Cross served...

was thought that his replacement would be named by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Since the term for the seat expired in January 2011, it would come...

political contributor to then-governor Rod Blagojevich. In one email, White wrote to Urbana chancellor Herman that Blagojevich "has expressed his support, and...

improved schools and education infrastructure. In 1999, Ryan sparked controversy by becoming the first sitting U.S. Governor to meet with Cuban President...

these two offices. He was sentenced to six and a half years in prison. Rod Blagojevich (D) was the 40th Governor of Illinois, serving from 2003 to 2009. He...