Aldo DeAngelis

{{Short description|American politician and businessman}}

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Aldo A. DeAngelis (March 13, 1931 – February 13, 2004) was an American politician and businessman.

Born in Chicago Heights, Illinois, DeAngelis graduated from Bloom High School. He served as a public information officer in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956.{{cite book|editor-last=Dixon|editor-first=Alan|chapter=The 81st General Assembly|title=Illinois Blue Book 1979-1980|page=86|access-date=July 27, 2021|url=http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/bb/id/38114}} DeAngelis graduated from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. He also went to University of Chicago and Governors State University. He moved to Texas and started a steel and tube company. He then moved back to Chicago Heights, Illinois, and started the Vulcan Tube and Metals Company.

DeAngelis ran for Illinois Senate in the 1978 general election. In the Republican primary, DeAngelis defeated State Representative Thomas Miller, the preferred candidate of Governor James R. Thompson. In the general election, DeAngelis defeated Democratic incumbent Robert Lane.{{cite journal|author=|title=GOP will gain seats in Senate but not enough|journal=Illinois Issues|volume=4|issue=8|page=22|publisher=Sangamon State University|access-date=July 26, 2021|issn=0738-9663|url=https://www.lib.niu.edu/1978/ii780822.html}} He served in the Illinois State Senate from 1979 to 1997. DeAngelis then sold his business. During the 1990s, DeAngelis served as a member of the Illinois Republican Party Central Committee from Illinois's 4th congressional district.{{cite book|editor-last=Ryan|editor-first=George|chapter=State and Local Government Facts|title=Illinois Blue Book 1993-1994|year=1993|page=430|url=http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/bb/id/42794}}

In 1990, he was the Republican nominee for President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. While he lost that election, he was elected a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners in the coinciding election for the board's members. After a quick turnaround between swearing in and resignation, former mayor of Homewood Robert T. Gooley was sworn in as DeAngelis's successor on the county board.{{cite news|title=Metro Briefings|date=December 7, 1990|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|page=4}} In the 1996 general election, Democratic candidate Debbie Halvorson, the Crete Township Clerk, defeated DeAngelis.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=439510 |title=IL State Senate 40 Race – Nov 05, 1996 |publisher=Ourcampaigns.com |access-date=2015-03-14}} After DeAngelis left the Illinois General Assembly, DeAngelis worked as a lobbyist and consultant. DeAngelis died of a heart attack at his home in Olympia Fields, Illinois.'Illinois Blue Book 1995–1996,' Biographical Sketch of Aldo A. DeAngelis, pg. 105'Aldo Deangelis, 72, Longtime leading GOP legislator,' Chicago Tribune, Stanley Ziemba, Barbara Sherlock, William Persecky, Chicago Tribune, February 14, 2004