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Barbara Flynn Currie - Governor Jim Thompson Project

Barbara Flynn Currie, a liberal Democrat from the Hyde Park district of Chicago, has represented that area in the Illinois House of Representatives from January, 1979 to the time of this posting in 2017. These interviews cover Currie's career in the Illinois House from 1979 through Governor Jim Thompson's administration, which ended in January, 1991. Thompson, a moderate Republican, served as governor for fourteen years.  ​