Jim Ryan Resurfaces as Candidate for Governor

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By Jennifer French

Story Published: Nov 10, 2009 at 10:38 PM CDT

Story Updated: Nov 10, 2009 at 11:17 PM CDT

After losing the 2002 election for governor to Rod Blagojevich, former Republican Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan has resurfaced as a candidate again .

Ryan is running for governor in the 2010 GOP primary.

Ryan called for a constitutional amendment in 2002 that would have limited the rate of increase in state spending.

The amendment would not have permitted the state to spend more than the rate of its population increase.

Illinois currently faces a budget deficit of nearly 9-billion dollars.

Ryan says that Illinois' government needs to curb or cut spending instead of raising taxes.

"We have been on a spending binge," Ryan says." Instead of taking natural revenue and paying some of our debts-or trying to have a rainy day fund like everybody else does-a savings account. We just keep adding new programs and spending money we don't have."

Ryan is a professor at Benedictine University.

He faces six other candidates in the republican Gubernatorial primary... including Bill Brady from Bloomington.

Sunday, Nov 15 at 5:27 AM thfgnhdfgn wrote ...

Oh boy jim ryan. I'm sure he's goin to fix everything.Keep in mind when he was a prosicuting attory he knowingly sent an innocent person to prison. Another Greedy Pig running for office.

Thursday, Nov 12 at 7:05 AM Bob wrote ...

NO I did "NOT" vote for Blago in the last election on the one before that I voted for the green party. I could tell from looking at Blago that he was a crook and Lier for the begininng.

Wednesday, Nov 11 at 11:13 PM anonymous wrote ...

GLEN QUAGMIRE FOR GOVERNOR!

Wednesday, Nov 11 at 9:13 PM snowman wrote ...

I second that mickey mouse vote!These idots are bunch of theives!!!

Wednesday, Nov 11 at 8:56 AM Yes, vote for Mickey Mouse wrote ...

You sound like maybe last time around, you voted for Blagojevich. I would rather you vote for Mickey Mouse than actually have your vote count. Had we elected Ryan instead of Blago, maybe our state would not have the black eye it is currently trying to recover from.

Wednesday, Nov 11 at 7:16 AM Bob wrote ...

In 2010 all there is going to be is a buch of liers and thevies running for governor. I am voteing for Mickey Mouse. I SURE WON' T BE VOTEING FOR Ryan

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