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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=John Robert "Big John" Illg, Sr.
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for<br> District 78 (Jefferson)
| term_start=January 13, 2020
| preceded=[[Kirk Talbot]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Jeanne Abadie Illg (married 1994)
| children=John Illg, Jr.
|birth_date=December 1, 1966
| birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>
Resident of Metairie in Jefferson Parish
| occupation=[[Business]]man
| alma_mater=<br>Jesuit High School ([[New Orleans]])<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
'''John Robert Illg''', known as '''Big John Illg''' (born December 1, 1966),<ref>{{cite web|title=John Robert Illg|publisher=MyLife.com|accessdate=December 2, 2019|url=https://www.mylife.com/john-illg/john-illg?valid=true&}}</ref>
is a [[business]]man from Metairie, [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] incoming state representative for [[suburb]]an Jefferson Parish south of [[New Orleans]]. The district includes Harahan, River Ridge as well a part of Metairie.
To win his seat, Illg defeated another Republican, William Wallis. Illg polled 7,436 votes (59 percent) to Wallis' 5,266 (41 percent) in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 12, 2019.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref> He will succeed the term-limited Republican [[Kirk Talbot]], an incoming state senator, on January 13, 2020.
Illg is affiliated with Summit Design Services, LLC. He carried the endorsement of the Jefferson Parish Republican Executive Committee, of which he is a former member, as well as support from various municipal and parish officials in the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voteforbig.com/|title=District 78 State Representative Race|publisher=voteforbig.com|accessdate=December 2, 2019}}</ref>
He and his wife, the former Jeanne Abadie, have a son, John Illg, Jr. He graduated in 1984 from the [[Roman Catholic]] Jesuit High School in New Orleans and then attended [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pg/BigJohnIllg/about/?ref=page_internal|title=John Illg District 78 "Vote for Big"|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=December 2, 2019}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]
| name=John Robert "Big John" Illg, Sr.
| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for<br> District 78 (Jefferson)
| term_start=January 13, 2020
| preceded=[[Kirk Talbot]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Jeanne Abadie Illg (married 1994)
| children=John Illg, Jr.
|birth_date=December 1, 1966
| birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>
Resident of Metairie in Jefferson Parish
| occupation=[[Business]]man
| alma_mater=<br>Jesuit High School ([[New Orleans]])<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
'''John Robert Illg''', known as '''Big John Illg''' (born December 1, 1966),<ref>{{cite web|title=John Robert Illg|publisher=MyLife.com|accessdate=December 2, 2019|url=https://www.mylife.com/john-illg/john-illg?valid=true&}}</ref>
is a [[business]]man from Metairie, [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] incoming state representative for [[suburb]]an Jefferson Parish south of [[New Orleans]]. The district includes Harahan, River Ridge as well a part of Metairie.
To win his seat, Illg defeated another Republican, William Wallis. Illg polled 7,436 votes (59 percent) to Wallis' 5,266 (41 percent) in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 12, 2019.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref> He will succeed the term-limited Republican [[Kirk Talbot]], an incoming state senator, on January 13, 2020.
Illg is affiliated with Summit Design Services, LLC. He carried the endorsement of the Jefferson Parish Republican Executive Committee, of which he is a former member, as well as support from various municipal and parish officials in the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voteforbig.com/|title=District 78 State Representative Race|publisher=voteforbig.com|accessdate=December 2, 2019}}</ref>
He and his wife, the former Jeanne Abadie, have a son, John Illg, Jr. He graduated in 1984 from the [[Roman Catholic]] Jesuit High School in New Orleans and then attended [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pg/BigJohnIllg/about/?ref=page_internal|title=John Illg District 78 "Vote for Big"|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=December 2, 2019}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Illg, John}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]