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Alma mater
  
Blackburn College

Spouse
  
Vicki McCann

Name
  
Sam McCann


Religion
  
Catholic

Occupation
  
Business Owner

Political party
  
Republican Party

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Preceded by
  
Deanna Demuzio (49th District) Larry Bomke (50th District)

Born
  
November 4, 1969 (age 54) West Hamlin, West Virginia (
1969-11-04
)

Residence
  
Plainview, Illinois, United States

Education
  
Blackburn College, Lewis and Clark Community College

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William "Sam" McCann (born November 4, 1969) is the Republican member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 50th district in the central Illinois. He was first elected in 2010 in the 49th district, defeating incumbent Democrat Deanna Demuzio.

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Early life and education

Sam McCann's father died when he was only 7 years old. He attended Lewis & Clark Community College and Blackburn College.

Work

Starting in 1993, McCann was the President of his own construction company. The McCann Construction Company was named Builder of the Year in Springfield by the SAHBA in 2004 and Builder of the Year for Illinois by HBAI in 2005. Records from the Illinois Secretary of State's Office show that "the agency dissolved the corporate status of McCann Construction Services Inc. as of December 2013 for failure to file an annual report and pay an annual franchise tax. McCann Construction Co. was also dissolved as a corporation by the secretary of state on Nov. 14 for the same reasons." As of May 20, 2015, McCann's two companies: McCann Construction and McCann Construction Services faced tax liens from the Internal Revenue Services totaling $185,000.

Elections

McCann was first elected in 2010, narrowly defeating incumbent Democrat Deanna Demuzio. It was one of the most expensive and competitive legislative races in the Illinois that year. In 2012, he was re-elected without Democratic opposition in the redrawn 50th district.

Controversies

In early 2016, a complaint was filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections alleging that McCann had given himself too much money from his campaign fund for mileage reimbursements that were in excess of the amount that McCann actually traveled, and that McCann had also given himself money from the same fund for "grouped expenditures" which were not properly documented. The "grouped expenditures" totaled $46,719. The total amount for the challenged mileage reimbursements and "grouped expenditures" that McCann personally received from his campaign fund was $85,019.65. After hearing from the complainant and McCann, the board voted unanimously to hold a public hearing. A day before the public hearing was to take place in September of 2016, the complaint was dropped, but the complainant, through his attorney, pledged to refile it and include more allegations. In September 2017, McCann came under fire again when he used campaign funds to purchase a 2017 Ford Expedition XLT for $61,146 and a new jeep engine on a personally owned vehicle.

Family

McCann is married to his wife Vicki. They have a son, Trayton, and a daughter, Katherine.

References

Sam McCann Wikipedia