Jack Franks
| Jack Franks | |
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| Chairman of the McHenry County Board | |
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Assumed office December 5, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Gottemoller (appointed) |
| Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 63rd district |
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In office January 1999 – January 11, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Michael J. Brown |
| Succeeded by | Steve Reick |
| Personal details | |
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October 2, 1963 Belvidere, Illinois |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Marengo, Illinois |
| Alma mater |
University of Wisconsin Washington College of Law |
| Profession | Attorney, politician |
Jack D. Franks (born October 2, 1963) is the Chairman of the McHenry County Board, serving since December 2016. Previously, Franks served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 63rd district from 1999 to 2017. His McHenry area district included all or parts of Harvard, Marengo, , Bull Valley, Wonder Lake, Illinois, Greenwood, McHenry, Fox Lake, Spring Grove, Johnsburg and Lakemoor.
While in the Illinois House of Representatives, Franks served as chairman of the State Government Administration, beginning in 2003.
Franks was first elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1998 defeating the incumbent by 138 votes to become one of the first Democrats to represent the largely Republican McHenry area in the Illinois General Assembly.
When Franks initially ran for office, he pledged to serve only three terms, however he broke his term limit promise and ultimately served nine terms.
As Chair of the State Government Administration Committee, Franks called for the first audits of a sitting governor in the history of Illinois and was the first Democrat to openly criticize Rod Blagojevich. Blagojevich's team questioned Franks' integrity and whether his impeachment hearing request was politically motivated. The Governor's Office released a 2003 memo in which Franks requested patronage hires for family and friends.
At one point during his tenure, Franks served on the Illinois Aging Committee, Public Utilities Committee, Chairman of the State Government Administration Committee, Chairman of the International Trade & Commerce Committee, and Vice-Chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee.
Franks and a fellow Democrat, Representative Scott Drury, voted against a plan to tax people with seven-figure incomes, called by some a "millionaire's tax", along with every Republican lawmaker, leaving the Democrats two votes shy of the 71 they need to move it forward.
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