Lisa Madigan

Infobox Politician
name= Lisa Madigan


order= 41^st
office= Illinois Attorney General
term_start= 2003
governor= Rod Blagojevich
predecessor= Jim Ryan
successor= Incumbent
birth_date= birth date and age|1966|7|30
birth_place= Chicago, IL
party= Democratic
spouse= Pat Byrnes

Lisa Madigan (born July 30, 1966 in Chicago) is the current and 41st Attorney General of the U.S. state of Illinois, and the first woman to hold the post. She is a Democrat.

Education

Madigan attended The Latin School of Chicago for her secondary education, and received her bachelor's degree from Georgetown University in 1988. She graduated from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Political career

Madigan was an Illinois Senator from 1998 through 2002. In 2002 she ran for Attorney General and narrowly defeated Joe Birkett in 2002 with 50.4% of the vote. In 2006 she was re-elected with 72.4% of the vote against Tazewell County State's Attorney Stewart "Stu" Umholtz.

She is considered a potential candidate for Governor of Illinois or the United States Senate in the near future. If Senator Barack Obama is elected President in 2008, she is considered a possible candidate to be appointed to Obama's seat.

She was also cited by the "New York Times" to be among the seventeen most likely women to become the first female President of the United States should Hillary Clinton fail in achieving the office.

Awards and honors

Madigan received the John F. Kennedy "New Frontier Award" in 2005. [ [http://www.jfklibrary.org/Education+and+Public+Programs/New+Frontier+Award/Award+Recipients/ New Frontier Award Recipients ] "John F. Kennedy Library Foundation", 2005]

Personal life

Lisa Madigan's adoptive father is Michael Madigan, the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. She is married to cartoonist Pat Byrnes, and they have two daughters.

Electoral history

*2006 election for Attorney General
**Lisa Madigan (D) (inc.), 72%
**Stewart Umholtz (R), 25%

References

External links

* [http://www.ag.state.il.us/ Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan] official government website
* [http://www.lisamadigan.org/ Lisa Madigan for Attorney General] official campaign website
** [http://www.ag.state.il.us/about/bio.html biography]
*"Follow the Money" - Lisa Madigan
** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=96982 2008] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=79797 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=71062 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=3846 2002] Attorney General campaign contributions
** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=30506 2000] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=30156 1998] Illinois Senate campaign contributions
* [http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=CIL64178 Project Vote Smart - Lisa Madigan (IL)] profile