Patrick O'Malley is a former Illinois State Senator, gubernatorial candidate and served as elected member of the board of trustees and Chairman of the Finance Committee for Moraine Valley Community College

Moraine Valley Community College

Moraine Valley Community College is a community college located in Palos Hills, Illinois in the southwest suburbs of Chicago. Founded in 1967, it is the second largest community college in the state. It has an enrollment of approximately 35,000...

 from 1989 to 1992.

Personal history

Patrick O'Malley is a '68 graduate of Marist High School. O'Malley has a bachelor's degree in economics and a masters degree in finance from Purdue University

Purdue University

Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...

, as well as a Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor is a professional doctorate and first professional graduate degree in law.The degree was first awarded by Harvard University in the United States in the late 19th century and was created as a modern version of the old European doctor of law degree Juris Doctor (see etymology and...

 from John Marshall Law School

John Marshall Law School

John Marshall Law School may refer to:*John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois*John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, Georgia*Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in Cleveland, Ohio...

. O'Malley currently resides in Palos Park, Illinois

Palos Park, Illinois

Palos Park is an affluent village, in southwestern Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,689 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Palos Park is located at ....

 with his wife Mary Judith, they have two adult children; Brigid and Patrick. His uncle-in-law is former congressman Morgan Murphy

Morgan Murphy

Morgan Murphy may refer to:*Morgan Murphy , former catcher in Major League Baseball*Morgan Murphy : standup comedian and comedy writer...

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His Sister Eilleen Omalley has 2 kids named Rory McAllister and Sean C McAllister and was married to Edward A McAllister.

Illinois State Senate

Patrick O'Malley served as a Republican member of the Illinois State Senate for five two year terms, representing the 18th district from 1993-2003. While State Senator he was a member of a group of conservative state senators elected in 1992 who often challenged the leadership of the Illinois Republican Party and were dubbed the "Fab Five

Fab Five

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", the group also included, Peter Fitzgerald, Dave Syverson

Dave Syverson

Dave Syverson is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate representing the 34th district since 1993.-Early life, education and career:He was born June 29, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois, and moved to Rockford in his early childhood...

, Steve Rauschenberger

Steve Rauschenberger

Steve Rauschenberger served as a Republican member of the Illinois State Senate from 1993 to 2007. He was first elected to the state Senate in 1992...

 and, Chris Lauzen

Chris Lauzen

Christopher J. Lauzen is a Republican member of the Illinois State Senate. Lauzen was first elected in 1992, has been re-elected to the State Senate in 1996, 2000, 2002, 2006, and 2010, and ran for Illinois Comptroller in 1998 and Congress in 2008...

. As State Senator O'Malley served as Chairman of the Senate Financial Institutions Committee; Vice chairman of the Senate Education Committee; member of the Senate Insurance and Pensions Committee; and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Gubernatorial campaign

Patrick O'Malley ran for governor in 2002 on a conservative platform and described himself as a "Pro-life Catholic", and "Reagan conservative". O'Malley's self described political philosophy was, " to take the principles of the Republican Party as I see them, limited government, low taxes, individual freedoms, and keeping free enterprise vibrant and strong". In Patrick O'Malley's run for governor he ran a notable ad meant to link his strongest opponent, Attorney General Jim Ryan

Jim Ryan (politician)

James E. Ryan is an American politician who served two four-year terms as Illinois Attorney General. A career Republican, he received his party's nomination and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Illinois against Rod Blagojevich in 2002. He has been a professor at Benedictine University since 2003...

 to incumbent Governor George Ryan

George Ryan

George Homer Ryan, Sr. was the 39th Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1999 until 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. Ryan became nationally known when in 2000 he imposed a moratorium on executions and "raised the national debate on capital punishment"...

, in the ad Jim Ryan

Jim Ryan (politician)

James E. Ryan is an American politician who served two four-year terms as Illinois Attorney General. A career Republican, he received his party's nomination and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Illinois against Rod Blagojevich in 2002. He has been a professor at Benedictine University since 2003...

's face morphs into that of Governor George Ryan

George Ryan

George Homer Ryan, Sr. was the 39th Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1999 until 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. Ryan became nationally known when in 2000 he imposed a moratorium on executions and "raised the national debate on capital punishment"...

's with the voice over, "We know the truth about George Ryan, what about Jim"?. O'Malley came in second in the Republican primary with 253,217 votes, losing to Attorney General Jim Ryan

Jim Ryan (politician)

James E. Ryan is an American politician who served two four-year terms as Illinois Attorney General. A career Republican, he received his party's nomination and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Illinois against Rod Blagojevich in 2002. He has been a professor at Benedictine University since 2003...

. His campaign's Youth Director was Erika Harold

Erika Harold

Erika N. Harold was Miss America 2003, having qualified for the pageant by being selected Miss Illinois 2002. Her official platform was "Preventing Youth Violence and Bullying: Protect Yourself, Respect Yourself." This platform choice was said to have grown out of personal experience; she recounts...

, who would later that year become Miss Illinois

Miss Illinois

The Miss Illinois competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Illinois in the Miss America pageant. The Miss Illinois pageant started in 1927, several years after the initial Miss America pageant. The first "Miss Illinois" sent to the national pageant, Lois Delander,...

, and then Miss America

Miss America

The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...

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Electoral history

• 2002 Republican Gubernatorial Primary
  • Jim Ryan
    Jim Ryan (politician)
    James E. Ryan is an American politician who served two four-year terms as Illinois Attorney General. A career Republican, he received his party's nomination and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Illinois against Rod Blagojevich in 2002. He has been a professor at Benedictine University since 2003...
    
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  • Patrick O'Malley 29%
  • Corinne Wood
    Corinne Wood
    Corinne J. Wood served as the 44th Lieutenant Governor of the US state of Illinois from 1999 to 2003. Graduating Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Illinois and Loyola University School of Law, Wood was named general counsel to the Illinois Commissioner of Banks and Trusts.-Background:Born as...
    
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