Topinka, 70, had been elected to her second term as comptroller in November, and was preparing to be sworn in next month. She was the first woman to serve in statewide office, and the first female Republican to win her party’s nomination for governor.
“She was one of a kind,” former Gov. Jim Thompson said.
Topinka was also the first woman to serve as chair of the Illinois Republican Party.
(link below)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/12/10/illinois-state-comptroller-judy-baar-topinka-dies-at-70/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
NEWS: ILLINOIS STATE COMPTROLLER JUDY BAAR TOPINKA PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 70
Illinois State Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka, a brash pioneer for women in Illinois politics, died early Wednesday, less than a day after suffering a stroke.
Topinka, 70, had been elected to her second term as comptroller in November, and was preparing to be sworn in next month. She was the first woman to serve in statewide office, and the first female Republican to win her party’s nomination for governor.
“She was one of a kind,” former Gov. Jim Thompson said.
Topinka was also the first woman to serve as chair of the Illinois Republican Party.
(link below)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/12/10/illinois-state-comptroller-judy-baar-topinka-dies-at-70/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Topinka, 70, had been elected to her second term as comptroller in November, and was preparing to be sworn in next month. She was the first woman to serve in statewide office, and the first female Republican to win her party’s nomination for governor.
“She was one of a kind,” former Gov. Jim Thompson said.
Topinka was also the first woman to serve as chair of the Illinois Republican Party.
(link below)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/12/10/illinois-state-comptroller-judy-baar-topinka-dies-at-70/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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