Robert Winchester
Robert C. Winchester is an American politician from Illinois. An active member of the Republican Party, he served as a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1975 until 1985.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Winchester was born April 21, 1945, in Paducah, Kentucky. He was raised in Johnson and Pulaski counties in downstate Illinois.[1] When he was 11, his father died in what was ruled a suicide, though later research by Maureen Hughes has indicated it could have been a murder.[2] He graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He then took jobs with the Illinois Department of Corrections and Illinois Department of Procurement.[1]
Illinois House of Representatives
[edit | edit source]He was first elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1974.[1] In 1984, Winchester ran for the Illinois Senate, but lost to Democratic candidate Glenn Poshard.[3]
Post-legislative career
[edit | edit source]In 1988, Winchester ran for his old seat against Democratic incumbent David D. Phelps and lost.[4] In 1989, Winchester was appointed the head of the Office of Resource Marketing and Education in the Illinois Department of Conservation with responsibilities for special events and marketing.[5] In 1999, George Ryan hired Winchester to serve as his Deputy Chief of Staff overseeing the newly created Office of Southern Illinois.[6] In the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries, Winchester ran to be elected as a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention pledged to the presidential campaign of Florida Senator Marco Rubio.[7]
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