Current Governor
Pat Quinn (D)
Summary
Since taking office, Governor Pat Quinn has acted on his priorities for the state of Illinois: reform, responsibility and recovery. Governor Quinn has taken the lead on government ethics reform through the Illinois Reform Commission. Quinn’s Jump Start Capital Plan has invested $3 billion into sorely needed transportation projects that will create jobs across the state as well as repair and improve Illinois’s infrastructure.
State of Play
- Democrats hold every statewide elected office in Illinois, with strong majorities in both the Illinois Senate and Illinois House of Representatives. Both U.S. Senators are Democrats and President Obama carried the state with 62 percent of the vote.
Lineup
- Democrat Patrick Quinn, Governor
- Republican Bill Brady, State Senator
