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  Martin, Lynn Morley
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AffiliationRepublican  
<-  1990-01-02  
 
NameLynn Morley Martin
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Loves Park, Illinois , United States
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Born December 26, 1939 (84 years)
ContributorWishful Thinking
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May 25, 2020 09:38am
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Info1980-1990 U.S. Congresswoman
1990, Republican nominee for U.S. Senate.

a Representative from Illinois; born Lynn Morley, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., December 26, 1939; attended the public schools; B.A., University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill., 1960; teacher; member, Winnebago County Board, 1972-1976; member, Illinois House of Representatives, 1977-1979; Illinois Senate, 1979-1980; delegate, Illinois State Republican Convention, 1980; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1991); was not a candidate for reelection in 1990 to the One Hundred Second Congress but was an unsuccessful nominee for the United States Senate; appointed Secretary of Labor by President George Bush and took the oath of office February 22, 1991, and served until January 20, 1993; is a resident of Chicago, Ill.




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DISCUSSION
Importance? 7.00000 Average

FAMILY
Husband Harry D. Leinenweber 00, 1987-
Stepson John D. Leinenweber 0000-

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RACES
  02/21/1991 Secretary of Labor Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/06/1990 IL US Senate Lost 34.93% (-30.14%)
  03/20/1990 IL US Senate - R Primary Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/08/1988 IL District 16 Won 63.93% (+27.86%)
  11/00/1988 House Republican Conference Chairman Lost 49.10% (-1.80%)
  11/04/1986 IL District 16 Won 66.86% (+33.72%)
  11/00/1986 US House Republican Conference Vice Chair Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/06/1984 IL District 16 Won 58.43% (+16.86%)
  11/00/1984 US House Republican Conference Vice Chair Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  03/20/1984 IL District 16-R Primary Won 81.56% (+63.13%)
  11/02/1982 IL District 16 Won 57.21% (+14.41%)
  11/04/1980 IL District 16 Won 67.41% (+34.84%)
  03/18/1980 IL District 16 - R Primary Won 44.97% (+19.39%)
  11/07/1978 IL State Senate 34 Won 53.76% (+7.51%)
  11/02/1976 IL State House 034 Won 27.89% (+0.00%)
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