26 Facts About Jeanne Ives

Jeanne Ives was a candidate for governor of Illinois and US representative for Illinois's 6th congressional district.

Jeanne Ives served three terms in the Illinois House, from 2013 to 2018.

Jeanne Ives ran in the Republican primary in the 2018 Illinois gubernatorial election, narrowly losing to incumbent governor Bruce Rauner.

Jeanne Ives was a candidate in the 2020 election for US House in Illinois's 6th congressional district.

Jeanne Ives graduated from Vermillion High School in South Dakota in 1983.

Jeanne Ives attended the United States Military Academy and served as an officer in the United States Army.

Jeanne Ives was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 2012.

When she ran for governor, Jeanne Ives advocated consolidating school districts in Illinois to save money.

Jeanne Ives pointed out that Florida has 100 districts, while Illinois has 852 districts.

Jeanne Ives sponsored legislation that prohibited college boards from giving departing presidents more than one year's salary and benefits, as well as limiting standard contracts to four years and requiring public notice.

Jeanne Ives has called for Illinois' TRUST Act, signed into law in August 2017, to be repealed, saying it creates a "sanctuary state", something that Politifact Illinois said was false.

In March 2013, Jeanne Ives said in an interview that same-sex marriages are a "completely disordered relationship" and said LGBT people were trying to "weasel their way" into acceptability.

In 2014, Jeanne Ives joined the majority of her colleagues in the House in rejecting a ban on gay conversion therapy.

Jeanne Ives opposed a 2017 bill that would make it easier for transgender people to change their birth certificates to reflect their gender identity.

In May 2016, Jeanne Ives voted against the extending the sunset date of the program that legalized cannabis for medical purposes.

In May 2017, Jeanne Ives voted against legislation in May 2017 that would have raised the minimum wage in Illinois to $15 per hour by the year 2022.

On October 28,2017, Jeanne Ives announced that she would challenge incumbent governor Bruce Rauner in the Republican primary to become Illinois Governor.

Jeanne Ives's running mate was former state representative Richard Morthland of Cordova, Illinois.

Jeanne Ives agreed with Rauner on traditional Republican issues like pension reform, term limits, and lower property taxes; her major policy differences with Rauner were on social issues.

In July 2019, Jeanne Ives announced that she would run for the US House in Illinois's 6th congressional district.

Jeanne Ives was opposed in the primary by Evelyn Sanguinetti, who dropped out of the race in October 2019, and surgeon Jay Kinzler.

In March 2020, Jeanne Ives won the Republican nomination, setting up a general election against Democratic incumbent Sean Casten.

In October 2020, the New York Times reported that Jeanne Ives had paid $55,000 over the preceding three years to Locality Labs, a company running purported news sites, for articles that included verbatim copies of her news releases.

Jeanne Ives was listed by the company as one of its "story watchers", or clients.

Jeanne Ives said that the payments were to create her website and to monitor her Wikipedia page.

Casten received 213,777 votes and Jeanne Ives received 183,891 votes, with Libertarian Bill Redpath getting 7,079 votes.