Rosemary Mulligan
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Rosemary Mulligan is a Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 member of the Illinois House of Representatives
Illinois House of Representatives
The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The state House of Representatives is made of 118 representatives elected from...

, representing the 65th District since 1993.

Mulligan first ran for the was Illinois House of Representatives
Illinois House of Representatives
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 in 1990, losing the Republican primary to conservative incumbent Penny Pullen by five votes. In 1992, Mulligan ran again and won http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-04-20/news/ct-met-lake-county-coin-toss-20110420_1_coin-voter-apathy-silver-dollar. On January 12, 2011 Rep. Mulligan was sworn in for her tenth term as state representative. In her 18 years in the Illinois House, she has become a leader on state budget issues (particularly human service appropriations), family issues, health care
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, and early childhood education
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.

She is recognized for her expertise in prescription drugs, problem and compulsive gambling
Gambling
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, health insurance
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 coverage and reforms, welfare to work and victims’ rights. She has served as majority chair or minority spokesman of the Illinois House Human Services Appropriations Committee for 10 years. She has received numerous awards and honors and was named “One of the Top 100 Women Making a Difference” by Today's Chicago Woman.

In the fall of 2009 Mulligan announced her intention to run for Republican Committeeman of Maine Township Maine Township, Cook County, Illinois
Maine Township, Cook County, Illinois
Maine Township is one of thirty townships in Cook County, Illinois. The population was 135,623 at the 2000 census. The township was founded in 1850....

 against incumbent Mark Thompson. Mulligan gained the support and endoresement of almost all locally elected Republican officials in the Maine Township area. All three of the immediate past presidents of the Maine Township Regular Republican Organization, Sean Sullivan, Jim Smith and Nicholas Milissis, publicly declared their support of Mulligan in a letter to the press.http://www.pioneerlocal.com/mortongrove/news/politics/2015126,park-ridge-mainecom-012810-s1.article.

Mulligan won the race on February 2, 2010 http://www.pioneerlocal.com/parkridge/news/2026117,pioneer-press-mainecomm-020210-s1.article and currently holds both the positions of State Representative of the 65th district and Republican Committeeman of Maine Township.

Mulligan stated that she hopes to bring "unity and organization" back to the Republican Party in Maine Township, something she believes was lacking during Thompson's tenure. She also plans to reinstate many of the precinct captains Thompson let go in recent years and "build bridges" with local Republicans who have not been involved with the organization for some time." http://www.pioneerlocal.com/parkridge/news/2026117,pioneer-press-mainecomm-020210-s1.article

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