Bill Brady (politician)
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| Member of the Illinois Senate from the 44th district |
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Assumed office May 2002 |
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| Preceded by | John Maitland |
| Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 88th district |
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In office January 1993 – January 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Gordon L. Ropp |
| Succeeded by | Dan Brady |
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May 15, 1961 Bloomington, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Brady |
| Children | Three |
| Alma mater | Illinois Wesleyan University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
William E. "Bill" Brady, Jr. (born May 15, 1961) is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate who has represented the 44th Legislative District since his appointment in May 2002.
Brady previously served in the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 88th District from 1993 to 2001. He also ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Illinois in 2006, 2010, and 2014.
Brady was born on May 15, 1961, in Bloomington, Illinois. He graduated from Central Catholic High School and Illinois Wesleyan University.
A millionaire real estate developer and broker, Brady is a co-owner of Brady Homes, one of Central Illinois’ largest home builders, founded by his father, Bill Brady Sr. In early 2014, it was reported that Brady’s real estate development business had been sued twice for defaulting on loans.
In 1992, Bill Brady defeated seven term incumbent Gordon Ropp by a razor thin margin in the Republican primary. Ten years later, Brady was appointed to the Illinois Senate in 2002 to succeed John Maitland.
Brady serves on the following committees:
Brady ran for Governor of Illinois three times and was the Republican Nominee in 2010, but was ultimately unsuccessful in each run.
Brady ran for governor in 2006. He finished third in the Republican primary, getting about 18% of the vote.
In the 2010 gubernatorial election, he defeated his closest competitor, State Senator Kirk Dillard, by 193 votes in the GOP primary, and faced incumbent Democratic Governor Pat Quinn and Green Party candidate Rich Whitney in November. Brady's running mate was 28-year-old Jason Plummer, past Chairman of the Madison County Republican Party and, at the time, an intelligence officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve and vice president in his father's lumber business. Despite winning 98 of Illinois's 102 counties, Brady lost to Quinn by around 32,000 votes out of 3,700,000.
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