Jeanne Ives facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Jeanne Ives
Ives in 2015
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 42nd district
In office January 9, 2013 – January 9, 2019
Preceded by	Sandra M. Pihos (Redistricted)
Succeeded by	Amy Grant
Personal details
Born	(1964-10-04) October 4, 1964 (age 60) Vermillion, South Dakota, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Paul Ives
Education	United States Military Academy (BS)
Military service
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1987–1993

Jeanne M. Ives (born October 4, 1964) is an American politician. She is a member of the Republican Party. She used to be a state representative for the 42nd district in the Illinois House of Representatives. She also ran for governor of Illinois and for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Ives served three terms in the Illinois House, from 2013 to 2018. She ran for governor of Illinois in 2018 but lost closely to the governor at the time, Bruce Rauner.

In 2020, Ives ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois's 6th district. She won the Republican primary election. However, she lost the main election to the current representative, Sean Casten.

As of late 2022, Jeanne Ives is part of the Illinois Republican State Central Committee. This group helps lead the Republican Party in Illinois.

Early Life and Career

Jeanne Ives is the third of six children. She finished high school in Vermillion, South Dakota, in 1983. She then went to the United States Military Academy. After graduating, she served as an officer in the United States Army. Later, Ives also served on the city council for Wheaton.

Serving in the Illinois House

Ives at the Illinois State Capitol in 2014

Jeanne Ives was first elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 2012.

In 2017, Ives said that her best work was stopping "bad" laws from being passed. According to state records, five of the 134 bills she introduced became law by 2017.

Education

When Ives ran for governor, she suggested combining school districts in Illinois. This would help save money. She noted that Florida, which has a similar number of people, has about 100 school districts. Illinois, however, has 852 districts.

In 2015, the College of DuPage decided to pay its president a large sum of money to leave early. Ives then supported a bill (HB 3593) to stop colleges from paying departing presidents more than one year's salary. The bill also limited contracts to four years and required public notice. This bill became law for community colleges. The next year, a similar law was passed for all higher education schools in Illinois.

Immigration

Ives has asked for the repeal of Illinois' TRUST Act. This law was signed in August 2017. She said it creates a "sanctuary state". However, fact-checkers at Politifact Illinois said this claim was not true.

Minimum Wage

In May 2017, Ives voted against a bill (Senate Bill 81) that would have raised the minimum wage in Illinois. The bill aimed to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour by the year 2022.

2018 Race for Governor

On October 28, 2017, Ives announced she would run against the current governor, Bruce Rauner. She wanted to become the Republican candidate for governor of Illinois. Her running mate was Richard Morthland. Ives and Rauner agreed on many Republican ideas, like changing pensions and lowering property taxes. Their main differences were on social issues.

In the Republican primary election on March 20, 2018, Rauner won against Ives. He received 51.5 percent of the votes, while Ives received 48.5 percent. Rauner then lost the main election to the Democrat J.B. Pritzker.

2020 U.S. House Campaign

In July 2019, Ives announced she would run for the U.S. House in Illinois's 6th congressional district. She won the Republican nomination in March 2020. This set up a race against the current Democratic representative, Sean Casten.

In October 2020, the New York Times reported that Ives had paid a company called Locality Labs. This company ran websites that looked like news sites. They published articles that were exact copies of her press releases. Ives said the payments were for building her website and watching her Wikipedia page.

Ives lost the election on November 3. Sean Casten received about 52.82 percent of the votes. Ives received about 45.43 percent.

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  Ives in 2015