1. Daniel W Hynes was born on July 20,1968 and is an American politician, formerly serving as the Illinois Comptroller.
19 Facts About Daniel Hynes
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Daniel Hynes attended St Ignatius College Prep in Chicago, where he graduated in 1986.
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Daniel Hynes received his Juris Doctor degree with honors from Loyola University Chicago's School of Law in 1993.
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Daniel Hynes served as a health care attorney at the Chicago law firm of Hogan, Marren and McCahill, Ltd.
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Daniel Hynes was first elected Illinois Comptroller in 1998, at the age of 30.
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Daniel Hynes spearheaded bipartisan reform of laws governing the state's private cemeteries and funeral homes in 2001, the most extensive overhaul of these industries in 25 years.
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Dan Daniel Hynes has sponsored new legislation that prohibited tax scofflaws from receiving state contracts.
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Daniel Hynes introduced legislation in 2003, that would do the same to corporations that have falsified their financial reports.
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Daniel Hynes expanded the office's commercial direct deposit program, encouraging state vendors to receive payments electronically, which saves taxpayer money and improves efficiency.
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Daniel Hynes was elected to a second term as Comptroller in 2002, with a margin of more than one million votes.
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Daniel Hynes was elected to a third term in 2006, by a similarly large margin.
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In March 2004, Daniel Hynes was an unsuccessful candidate in the Democratic primary election, for his party's nomination for the United States Senate, finishing second to State Senator Barack Obama, who went on to win the general election in November.
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In September 2006, in an open letter published in the Chicago Sun-Times, Daniel Hynes endorsed drafting Obama into the presidential race of 2008.
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Daniel Hynes spoke on the first day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, lauding Obama.
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Daniel Hynes challenged Governor Pat Quinn for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Illinois, formally announcing his campaign on September 2,2009.
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Daniel Hynes's campaign received the endorsement of former United States Senator Adlai E Stevenson III.
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On January 19,2012, it was reported that Daniel Hynes would be joining Ariel Investments, a Chicago investment management firm, as a senior vice president to aid in client services, marketing and business development.
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In 2016, Daniel Hynes was the sole superdelegate supporting former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley.
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In 2018, Dan Hynes was appointed by J B Pritzker as one of four Deputy Governors.