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{{USState
{{USState
|name="Illinois
|name="Illinois
|flag=Illinois_State_Flag.gif
|flag=Illinois_State_Flag.gif
|motto="State" Sovereignty; National Union"
|motto="State" Sovereignty; National Union"
|nick=The Prairie State
|nick=The Prairie State
|capital=Springfield
|capital=Springfield
The population distribution has led Illinois to lean politically to the [[left]] in most recent non-local elections. Many consider Illinois to be a liberal stronghold, especially in regard to [[presidential]] elections.
The population distribution has led Illinois to lean politically to the [[left]] in most recent non-local elections. Many consider Illinois to be a liberal stronghold, especially in regard to [[presidential]] elections.
Currently, Illinois has a [[Democratic]] governor, [[Patrick Joseph Quinn]], but has elected [[Republican]] governors in the recent past, such as [[George Ryan]], who controversially emptied the state's death row after an investigation by [[Northwestern University]] law students proved that one death row inmate was innocent.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/01/11/illinois.death.row/</ref> Critics charged that he only did so to gain sympathy because he was about to be tried for [[corruption]] and selling [[commercial driver's license]]s when he was the [[Illinois Secretary of State]].
Currently, Illinois has a [[Democratic]] governor, [[Patrick Joseph Quinn]], but has elected [[Republican]] governors in the recent past, such as [[George Ryan]], who controversially emptied the state's death row after an investigation by [[Northwestern University]] law students proved that one death row inmate was innocent.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/01/11/illinois.death.row/</ref> Critics charged that he only did so to gain sympathy because he was about to be tried for [[corruption]] and selling [[commercial driver's license]]s when he was the [[Illinois Secretary of State]].
===Elected Officials===
===Elected Officials===
==References==
==References==
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