Governor Jim Edgar Project Interviews
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Governor Jim Edgar Project Interviews
Former Illinois Governor (1991-1999)
Governor Jim Edgar Series
Legislative liaison for Governor Jim Edgar
Long-time News Director for WUIS, Springfield's public radio station
Engineer and IDOT secretary under governors Edgar and Ryan
Director of Personnel and Labor Relations for Governor Jim Edgar
State Senator and former Chief of Staff for Governor Jim Edgar
Wife of Governor Jim Edgar and First Lady of Illinois
Older brother of former Governor Jim Edgar
Gov. and Mrs. Edgar discuss their life together in the public eye
Campaign Manager and Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Jim Edgar
Campaign Manager and Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Jim Edgar
Worked with Jim Edgar in the offices of Secretary of State and Governor
Former Illinois Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and 1990 gubernatorial candidate
Campaign Manager for Jim Edgar
Governor Jim Edgar's first chief counsel (1990-1992)
An IL statehouse reporter for several radio stations from the 1970s thru 2000s
Governor Jim Edgar's lieutenant governor (1991-1999)
Personal friend of Jim and Brenda Edgar and Managing Editor of the Mattoon Journal-Gazette
Life-long journalist and Jim Edgar's Press Secretary from 1987 to 1997
Travel aide, scheduler, then advisor on the policy staff for Governor Jim Edgar
Head of Gov. Edgar's special task force on welfare reform
Former Director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (1991-2003)
Personal Assistant to Governor Jim Edgar
Director of the Department of MHDD and Director of DCFS for Governor Edgar
Democratic Candidate for Governor in 1994
Executive assistant for Edgar on Human Services issues from 1991 to 1994
Journalist and author reporting on the Illinois Political Scene
Director of the Dept of Corrections and Secretary of Human Services
Chief of Staff for Governor Jim Thompson (1983-1989) and Jim Edgar (1994)
Reineke worked for ten years in various capacities in the Jim Thompson and Jim Edgar administrations
Served as Governor Jim Edgar's chief legal counsel from 1995 to 1997
Illinois State Senator (1970-1993)
Governor Edgar's director of CMS (1991-1994)
Statehouse reporter shares his impressions of contemporary IL politics
Personal Assistant to Governor Jim Edgar
A lawyer and lifelong friend of Governor Jim Edgar
Jim Edgar's Budget Director, and Chief of Staff during his tenure as Secretary of State
Eighteen years of service with Sec. of State, then Gov. Jim Edgar