NewsMay 15, 2003
Banker jumps into Illinois race
CHICAGO -- One Ryan is skipping the U.S. Senate race, and another is jumping in. Investment banker-turned-teacher Jack Ryan announced Wednesday that he will run next year for the Senate seat being vacated by Republican Peter Fitzgerald, making him the first Republican to formally enter the race. Several Democrats have announced their intention to run for Fitzgerald's seat. Former state Attorney General Jim Ryan said a day earlier that he would not run...
The Associated Press
CHICAGO -- One Ryan is skipping the U.S. Senate race, and another is jumping in.
Investment banker-turned-teacher Jack Ryan announced Wednesday that he will run next year for the Senate seat being vacated by Republican Peter Fitzgerald, making him the first Republican to formally enter the race. Several Democrats have announced their intention to run for Fitzgerald's seat. Former state Attorney General Jim Ryan said a day earlier that he would not run.
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Other Republicans with statewide name recognition, state Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, former Gov. Jim Edgar and U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller, also have declined to run.
Jack Ryan, 43, left Goldman Sachs in 2000 to teach at a Chicago parochial school.
He is not related to Jim Ryan or to former Gov. George Ryan, whose tenure as secretary of state was the subject of a federal corruption probe.
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