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Hokkien POJ. iông tì oán. Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang ( Chinese: 楊致遠; pinyin: Yáng Zhìyuǎn; born Yang Chih-Yuan; November 6, 1968) is an American billionaire computer programmer, internet entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo! Inc. and founding partner of AME Cloud Ventures.
J. B. Pritzker. Jay Robert "J.B." Pritzker (born January 19, 1965) is an American businessman, politician, philanthropist, and attorney serving since 2019 as the 43rd governor of Illinois . Pritzker is from Chicago and a member of the wealthy Pritzker family that owns the Hyatt hotel chain. He has started several venture capital and investment ...
The first Illinois Constitution, ratified in 1818, provided that a governor be elected every 4 years for a term starting on the first Monday in the December following an election. The constitution of 1848 moved the start of the term to the second Monday in January starting in 1849, thus shortening the term won in the 1844 election to 2 years. [20]
On election day, Pritzker won re-election with 54.9% of the vote, 0.4% higher than his 2018 performance, and the best raw vote percentage for a Democrat for governor since 1960. However, his margin of victory declined from 15.7% in 2018 to just 12.5% in 2022.
The November election comes four months after the June 28 primary — the quickest turnaround since at least the Great Depression. On Nov. 8, Illinois voters will elect their governor, junior U.S ...
In 1980, Brown challenged Carter for renomination. The press had anticipated his candidacy ever since he won re-election as governor in 1978 over the Republican Evelle Younger by 1.3 million votes, the largest margin in California history. But Brown had trouble gaining traction in both fundraising and polling for the presidential nomination.
2002 Illinois gubernatorial election; Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic: Rod Blagojevich/Pat Quinn: 1,818,823 : 52.19% +4.5 : Republican: Jim Ryan/Carl Hawkins 1,582,604 45.07% -5.8 Libertarian: Cal Skinner/James Tobin 73,404 2.1 +2.09 Independent: Marisellis Brown 22,803 0.65 +0.7 Majority 236,219 6.8 Total votes 3,497,634 : 100.00 ...
The 2018 Illinois gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Illinois, concurrently with the 2018 Illinois general election and other midterm elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Bruce Rauner ran for re-election to a second term in office, but was defeated by Democratic nominee J. B. Pritzker.