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Patrick Joseph Quinn was born December 16, 1948. He is the 41st Governor of Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party. Quinn became governor of the state of Illinois on January 29, 2009 when the previous governor, Rod Blagojevich, was removed from office after an impeachment conviction.
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Quinn won the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor in March 2002 and subsequently won the general election on the Democratic ticket alongside gubernatorial nominee Rod Blagojevich. In Illinois, candidates for lieutenant governor and governor run in separate primary elections, but are conjoined as a single ticket for the general election. This same ticket won re-election in 2006, where Quinn was unopposed in the primary. While lieutenant governor, according to his official biography, his priorities were consumer advocacy, environmental protection, health care, broadband deployment, and veterans' affairs.
On December 14, 2008, when David Gregory asked Quinn on NBC's Meet The Press about his relationship with Blagojevich, he said, "Well, he's a bit isolated. I tried to talk to the governor, but the last time I spoke to him was in August of 2007. I think one of the problems is the governor did sort of seal himself off from all the statewide officials... Attorney General Madigan and myself and many others....". Quinn has consistently stressed that his relationship with Blagojevich has been estranged at best, often pointing out that Blagojevich officially announced that Quinn was not part of his administration in 2006.
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On January 29, 2009 Rod Blagojevich was convicted and removed from office by a vote of 59-0 by the Illinois State Senate. Quinn was sworn in as Governor of Illinois, after earlier signing a written oath, at the chambers of the Illinois State House of Representatives by Illinois Supreme Court Associate Justice Anne M. Burke at 5:40 p.m. Central Standard Time.
On the morning of December 9, 2008, Blagojevich was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, and for solicitation of bribery for several instances of illegal acts, including attempting to sell the United States Senate seat being vacated by Barack Obama's election to the presidency.
On December 12, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a motion with the Illinois Supreme Court to have them declare Blagojevich "unable to serve" and have Quinn installed as the acting governor of Illinois.
Due to Blagojevich's single digit approval rating, and Quinn's known rivalry with Blagojevich, the likely transfer of power was welcomed by many Illinois citizens and politicians, including attorney general Madigan and former Republican governor Jim Edgar. Such popularity has birthed a variety of faux election garb, such as "Pat Quinn for Governor '08" stickers and other such items circulated mostly via the internet.
On January 29, 2009, Blagojevich was convicted by the State Senate, having previously been impeached by the State House, and Quinn became the Governor of Illinois. info (c) wikipedia.org