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Dan Rutherford  

Illinois State Treasurer

When examining his resume, one quickly realizes that there are very few elected officials in the state of Illinois with the professional and governmental experience of Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford, not to mention his love of life and eagerness to make a difference in the lives of others.

As a company executive and an accomplished State Legislator, Dan has positively changed the office of State Treasurer.

Dan has worked his entire life. He was eight years old when his mom and dad opened a pizza restaurant in the small central Illinois town of Pontiac. He worked there through grade and high school. He missed some football games on Friday nights because he, his sis and his parents all needed to work in the family business. In college, he worked at the pizza place on campus and during the summers he worked road construction. Dan saved his money and paid his own way through college after his parents helped with the first semester. He graduated from college with no loans and no debt. His family is from modest means, but they did well because they worked hard. As a young man, Dan joined the ServiceMaster Company, based in the suburbs, and was responsible for international expansion. Dan learned from, and worked with, many people of different religions, skin colors, customs and cultures. That experience helped him be more tolerant and accepting of diversity.

As a legislator, Dan did not leave the private sector. He worked long hours and fulfilled his responsibilities in both.

When Dan decided to run for State Treasurer in 2010, every constitutional officer in Illinois was a Democrat from Chicago.

He wasn't supposed to win, but he did. He worked hard and spoke directly to what was important to the people of Illinois. That was the state's debt, the state's economy and, most important-jobs.

If one is not a Chicago Democrat, Illinois is a hard state to win, but as State Treasurer, Dan received 50% of the vote in a four person race and received 66,000 more votes as State Treasurer than Pat Quinn got winning the Governor's race.

In June 2013, Dan Rutherford announced his candidacy for the office of Illinois Governor. Dan is the only Republican in the race for Governor who has actually won a state-wide race.

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