Rod Blagojevich Official Bio

Rod Blagojevich

Rod Blagojevich , often referred to by his nickname "Blago" is an American former politician, political commentator, and convicted felon who served as the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. He was impeached, removed from office, convicted, and incarcerated for eight years on federal charges of public corruption. A member of the Democratic Party, Blagojevich previously worked in both the state and federal legislatures. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Rod Blagojevich has 80 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1996 Convention as a U.S. Representative Candidate. The year with the most videos was 1997 with 24 videos as a Democratic Representative for Illinois's 5th district. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 1998 with an average of 7,104 views per program. Most appearances with Dick Durbin (4), Jim Ryan (3), Tom Harkin (2). Most common tags: Illinois, Governor, Impeachment.

Appearances by Title:c. October 4, 2002 - Present Gubernatorial Candidate, Illinois
D-Illinois


Videos: 3

Previously

Governor,
D-Illinois c. January 7, 2003 - c. January 29, 2009 Videos: 18 U.S. Representative, D-IL 5th January 3, 1997 - January 3, 2003 Videos: 58 U.S. Representative Candidate,
D c. August 28, 1996 - c. November 5, 1996 Videos: 1 U.S. Representative Candidate,
D-5 c. January 1, 1996 - c. November 2, 1996 Videos: 0

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Historical Member of Congress Record

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Former Ideology Rankings
Past Elections

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

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