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One More Term for Jesse White?
(IRN)--He has said that this is his last term in office, but Secretary of State Jesse White may change his mind.

White has always been popular with voters, oftentimes bringing in more votes than the other constitutional officers. In 2002, White was elected to his second four-year term in office by winning all 102 counties. In 2006, White received 63 percent of the vote statewide. The Democrat had a good showing in the 2010 election, running against a lesser-known Republican who was new to state politics.

White is so well known by voters that he is considering running for another term in 2014, although anything can happen in the years between now and that election.

"I thought early on that this would be my last [term], but I'm getting e-mails, telegrams, phone calls and people meeting me on the street saying that the roads of Illinois and this wonderful DMV program …is done in a highly professional manner and they would hate to see that being dismissed," White said after a celebration of Black History Month in Chicago. Asked if he had any other political ambitions, White said that when he was first elected secretary of state he pledged not to use the position as a steppingstone to further his political ambitions and says that remains true today.

Prior to being elected to his first term as Secretary of State in 1998, White served in the Illinois General Assembly for 16 years.

(Source: Illinois Radio Network)
02 17 11 by Newsroom
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