A Look At The Candidates For Illinois Attorney General

Eight Democrats and two Republicans are vying for the Attorney General spot following the surprise announcement Lisa Madigan will not a fifth term. Here are all the candidates, at a glance, in the order they appear on the ballot.

DEMOCRATS
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Pat Quinn
Hometown: Chicago
Age: 69
Occupation: Attorney
Education: Bachelor's degree, Georgetown University; law degree, Northwestern University School of Law
Public offices held: Illinois governor, 2009-2015; Illinois lieutenant governor, 2003-2009; state treasurer, 1991-1995; commissioner of the Cook County Board of Tax Appeals, 1982-1986
Previous professional experience: Founder of Coalition for Political Honesty; revenue director for the city of Chicago
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Renato Mariotti
Hometown: Chicago
Age: 41
Occupation: Attorney, partner at Thompson Coburn since 2016
Education: Bachelor's degree, University of Chicago; law degree, Yale Law School
Public offices held: None
Previous professional experience: federal prosecutor; associate at Heller Ehrman
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Scott Drury
Hometown: Highwood
Age: 45
Occupation: State representative; adjunct professor at Northwestern University School of Law; attorney, founder of Drury Law, LLC
Education: Bachelor's degree, University of California, Berkeley; law degree, Northwestern University School of Law
Public offices held: Illinois state representative since 2013
Previous professional experience: counsel at Reed Smith LLP; federal prosecutor; litigation associate at Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd.; litigation associate at Holleb & Coff
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Nancy Rotering
Hometown: Highland Park
Age: 56
Occupation: Highland Park Mayor
Education: Bachelor's degree, Stanford University; master of business administration, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management; law degree, University of Chicago Law School
Public offices held: Mayor of Highland Park since 2011, city councilwoman of Highland Park City Council, 2009-2011; appointed planning commissioner for Highland Park, 2006-2009; appointed environmental commissioner for Highland Park, 2005-2006
Previous professional experience: Founder of Highland Park-Highwood Legal Aid Clinic; legislative aide of Rep. Karen May; attorney with McDermott Will & Emery; benefits analyst at General Motors
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Kwame Raoul
Hometown: Chicago
Age: 53
Occupation: State senator; partner at the health law group Quarles & Brady
Education: Bachelor's degree, DePaul University; law degree, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Public offices held: State senator since 2004
Previous professional experience: Partner at Quarles & Brady; prosecutor in the Cook County State's Attorney's office; in-house counsel for City Colleges of Chicago; senior counsel for Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone Law Firm
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Jesse Ruiz
Hometown: Chicago
Age: 53
Occupation: Partner at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP; Board of Commissioners President of the Chicago Park District
Education: Bachelor's degree, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; law degree, University of Chicago Law School
Public offices held: none
Previous professional experience: chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education; Vice President of the Chicago Board of Education; Commissioner for the U.S. Department of Education Equity and Excellence Commission; associate at Booz Allen & Hamilton
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Sharon Fairley
Hometown: Chicago
Age: 57
Occupation: Attorney
Education: Bachelor's degree, Princeton University; master of business administration, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School; law degree, University of Chicago Law School
Public offices held: Chief Administrator of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, 2016-2017; chief administrator of the Independent Police Review Authority, 2015-2017
Previous professional experience: General Counsel, City of Chicago Office of Inspector General; assistant U.S. States attorney; assistant attorney general
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Aaron Goldstein
Hometown: Chicago
Age: 43
Occupation: Attorney supervisor, Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender's Office; adjunct instructor at North Park University
Education: Bachelor's degree, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; law degree, University of Iowa College of Law
Public offices held: 33rd Ward Democratic Committeeman
Previous professional experience: adjunct professor at DePaul University; founder of the Goldstein Firm, P.C.; assistant public defender for the Cook County Public Defender's Office
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REPUBLICANS
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Erika Harold
Hometown: Urbana
Age: 38
Occupation: Attorney at Meyer Capel, P.C.
Education: Bachelor's degree, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; law degree, Harvard Law School
Public offices held: none
Previous professional experience: attorney for Sidley Austin LLP; attorney for Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C.; member of the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Equality
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Gary Grasso
Hometown: Burr Ridge
Age: 66
Occupation: Litigation attorney, founder of Grasso Bass, P.C.
Education: Bachelor's degree, Georgetown University; law degree, Fordham University School of Law
Public offices held: Mayor of Burr Ridge, 2005-2012; DuPage County Board member since 2012; DuPage 911 Emergency Telephone System Board chairman since 2014
Previous professional experience: hearing officer for the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission; member of the Defense Research Institute-Lawyers' Professionalism & Ethics