Member of the Illinois Senate from the 22nd district
In office January 1985 – January 1995
Preceded by
Leonard F. Becker
Succeeded by
Thomas J. Walsh
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 43rd district
In office January 1983 – January 1985
Preceded by
George Ryan Ray A. Christensen Edward McBroom
Succeeded by
Jack L. Kubik
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 7th district
In office January 1981 – January 1983
Serving with John S. Kociolko, Robert Pechous
Preceded by
Henry Klosak Paul J. Matula
Succeeded by
John Cullerton
Personal details
Born
Judy Baar
(1944-01-16)January 16, 1944 Riverside, Illinois, U.S.
Died
December 10, 2014(2014-12-10) (aged 70) Berwyn, Illinois, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Joe Topinka
(m. 1965; div. 1981)
Children
1
Education
Northwestern University (BA)
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Judy Baar Topinka (January 16, 1944 – December 10, 2014) was an American politician and member of the Republican Party from the U.S. State of Illinois.
Originally a journalist, Topinka served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1981 to 1985 and in the Illinois Senate from 1985 to 1995. She was elected to three terms as Illinois State Treasurer, serving from 1995 to 2007. She was the first woman to become state treasurer, the first to be elected to three consecutive terms, and the first Republican to hold the post in more than 32 years. During her last term as treasurer, she was the only Republican to hold statewide elected office in Illinois. In 2002, she was elected chair of the Illinois Republican Party, holding that office until 2005.
She declined to run for re-election as treasurer in 2006, instead running for Governor of Illinois. In March 2006, she was nominated as the Republican candidate. She was the second woman (after 1994 Democratic nominee Dawn Clark Netsch) and first Republican woman to be nominated for governor of Illinois.[1] She lost the election to Democratic incumbent Rod Blagojevich.
In 2010, she successfully ran for the office of Illinois Comptroller. She was re-elected to a second four-year term in November 2014, but died of a stroke only a month later.[2][3][4]
^"Biography". Official website. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
^"Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka Dead at 70". NBC 5 Chicago, WMAQ. December 10, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
^Pearson, Rick (December 10, 2014). "Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka dies at age 70". Chicago Tribune.
^"Judy Baar Topinka Dies". Chicago Business. December 9, 2014.
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