1. Al Salvi served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and was a Republican nominee for the United States Senate and Illinois Secretary of State.
12 Facts About Al Salvi
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Al Salvi was born in Evanston, Illinois, into a large family well known for their success in law and music.
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Al Salvi received his Bachelor of Arts in government from the University of Notre Dame in 1982 and his JD from the University of Illinois College of Law in 1985.
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Al Salvi was admitted to the Illinois State Bar the same year.
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Al Salvi was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1987 and became licensed in Wisconsin in 2015.
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In 1986, Salvi ran for the United States House of Representatives in Illinois's 19th congressional district, but lost to Terry L Bruce.
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Al Salvi was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1992, representing the 52nd district, which was based in western Lake County.
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Al Salvi served as Representative until 1996, when he left his seat to run for the US Senate seat being vacated by two-term Democrat Paul Simon.
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Al Salvi defeated State Representative Robert W Churchill in the Republican primary, but lost in the general election to Democrat Jesse White.
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Al Salvi has donated to several Republican Party candidates, including Alan Keyes, Dan Quayle, and Peter Roskam.
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Al Salvi was the host of The Al Salvi Show, an issues-oriented radio talk show which aired on WKRS AM 1220 in Waukegan, Illinois, when this station aired a news-talk format.
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In 2007, Al Salvi temporarily returned to WKRS and was on the air two days a week.