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Preceded by
  
Frank Watson

Name
  
Christine Radogno

Children
  
Lisa Radogno

Religion
  
Roman Catholicism

Party
  
Republican Party

Political party
  
Republican

Spouse
  
Nunzio Radogno

Preceded by
  
Robert Raica

Role
  
Legislator


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Born
  
December 21, 1952 (age 71) Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. (
1952-12-21
)

Alma mater
  
Loyola University, Chicago

Residence
  
Lemont, Illinois, United States

Education
  
Loyola University Chicago, Lyons Township High School

Senate republican leader christine radogno resigns from legislature


Christine Radogno (born December 21, 1952) is a former Republican member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 41st Legislative District in Cook, DuPage, and Will Counties from 1997 to 2017. Radogno served as the Minority Leader, the first female leader of a political party in the Illinois Legislature. She resigned from the Illinois State Senate on July 1st, 2017 amid the Illinois budget crisis.

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Early life, education and career

Radogno was educated in the Chicago area. She graduated from Lyons Township High School. She received both her Bachelor's and Master's degree in Social Work from Loyola University Chicago.

Before entering politics, she worked as a social worker at Mercy Center for Health Care Services. Her interest in politics began when she decided to prevent the opening of a fire station on her street, and Radogno ran successfully for Village of LaGrange Trustee (1989–1996). In 1996, she ran for the Illinois State Senate and narrowly defeated incumbent Robert Raica in the Republican primary. In 2006, she was the Republican nominee for Illinois State Treasurer and was defeated by Democrat Alexi Giannoulias.

Illinois Senate

Her committee memberships includes:

  • Committee on Rules (Minority Spokesperson)
  • Human Services (Minority Spokesperson)
  • Appropriations I
  • Appropriations II
  • Appropriations III
  • Executive
  • Public Health
  • Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability
  • Personal life

    Radogno lives with her husband, Nunzio, in Lemont, Illinois. They have three adult daughters, one of whom, Lisa, was struck by a car on May 8, 2014 in Washington, D. C. and died on June 18.

    References

    Christine Radogno Wikipedia