Corruption in Illinois

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Corruption in Illinois has been a problem from the earliest history of the state. [1] Electoral fraud in Illinois pre-dates the territory's admission to the Union in 1818. [2] Illinois had the third most federal criminal convictions for public corruption between 1976 and 2012, behind New York and California. A study published by the University of Illinois Chicago in 2022 ranked Illinois as the second most corrupt state in the nation, with 4 out of the last 11 governors serving time in prison. [3]

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Federal

Several members of Illinois's delegation to the United States Congress have been convicted of crimes.

U.S. Senate

U.S. House of Representatives

State

Governors

State officials

Municipal

Chicago aldermen

According to The Economist's profile of Edward Burke, "Criminality among the city's 50 aldermen is also astonishingly common." [84] Dozens of Chicago aldermen (city council members) have been convicted of corruption-related crimes. [2] [85] [86] [87] [88]

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