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| News Date | Wednesday, March 16, 1994 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | JACOBS ABSORBS BIG LOSS
Jacobs: We gave it the old college try
By Amy Argetsinger
Staff writer
MOLINE -- After a year-long campaign, Denny Jacobs suffered a crushing defeat Tuesday in his bid to become Illinois secretary of state.
And in classic Denny style, he faced up to his loss early in the evening and wasted no words about it:
``We gave it the old college try,'' he said. ``We got our asses kicked.''
State Sen. Jacobs, D-East Moline, was the first Rock Island County politician to seek statewide office in 30 years. He garnered only 16 percent of the vote, losing the Democratic nomination to state Treasurer Pat Quinn. With 97 percent of the vote in, the count was 616,024 for Mr. Quinn, 136,598 for Mr. Jacobs and 118,212 for Rose-Marie Love, a Lyndon LaRouche-linked candidate.
Mr. Quinn will now face Republican incumbent George Ryan in the November election.
``Four years ago I was up until 3:30 a.m. waiting for final returns,'' Mr. Quinn said. ``This time it was a lot easier.''
Mr. Quinn said he wants to make the secretary of state's office more than just a distributor of license plates and vehicle registrations.
``The agency deals with more people than any other agency,'' he said. ``I want to make sure you're not getting gouged by auto-repair shops. I want to be the No. 1 consumer advocate for people who drive cars.''
Mr. Quinn, 45, successfully led referendum drives to cut the size of the Illinois House and create the Citizens Utility Board, a utility watchdog. He once was Chicago's revenue director and also served on the Cook County Board of Tax Appeals.
While running for secretary of state, Mr. Quinn also is trying to get a referendum on the Nov. 8 ballot to limit the terms of some elected officials.
``No one is going to accuse me of being part of the woodwork in Springfield,'' he said. ``I was born on the 175th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. I intend to rock the boat.''
Mr. Ryan built a loyal following in the GO |
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