Jeanne Ives

Ives is the third oldest of six children of William H. Remmes and Geraldine Remmes. She graduated from Vermillion High School in South Dakota in 1983. She attended the United States Military Academy and served as an officer in the United States Army. Later, Ives served on the Wheaton City Council.{{cite news|last=Lurz|first=Nathan|title=Wheaton City Council members happy for Sanguinetti's win|newspaper=Suburban Life Media|publisher=Shaw Media|location=Downers Grove, Illinois|date=November 10, 2014|access-date=August 5, 2017|url=http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2014/11/07/wheaton-city-council-members-happy-for-sanguinettis-win/aru81pn/}}

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

Ives said on a 2017 radio show, "My best work is actually getting traction on killing legislation that is bad ... which is what my role is as a member of both first the super minority and then the minority." Five of Ives' 134 bills had become law {{as of|2017|lc=y}}, according to the Illinois General Assembly records.{{Cite news|url=http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/rauner-i-am-not-in-charge/875257436|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206074510/http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/rauner-i-am-not-in-charge/875257436|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 6, 2017|title=Rauner: "I am not in charge"|last=Maxwell|first=Mark|date=2017-12-05|work=ILLINOISHOMEPAGE|access-date=2017-12-05|language=en-US}}

Ives has said she made her decision to challenge Governor Bruce Rauner in the 2018 Republican primary after Rauner signed HB-40 into law, which ensures that abortion remains legal in Illinois even if the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, while also enabling Medicaid and state-employee health insurance to pay for abortions, in September 2017.{{Cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-anti-abortion-march-0115-story.html|title=Ives challenges Rauner on abortion rights at Chicago March for Life|last=Moreno|first=Nereida|date=2018-01-14|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=2018-01-18|language=en-US}}

When she ran for governor, Ives advocated consolidating school districts in Illinois to save money. She pointed out that Florida (which has a population similar to Illinois) has 100 districts, while Illinois has 852 districts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20171213/governor-candidate-ives-every-school-district-should-be-a-unit-district|title=Governor candidate Ives: 'Every school district should be a unit district'|last=Pyke|first=Marni|date=2017-12-13|website=Daily Herald|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-30}}

In 2015, it was disclosed that the College of DuPage, a community college and the second largest institution of higher learning in Illinois, had decided to pay its president, Robert Breuder, $763,000 to leave his position three years early.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/05/19/illinoiss-college-dupage-courts-controversy-once-again|title=Illinois's College of DuPage courts controversy once again|website=Insidehighered.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-30}} Ives sponsored legislation (HB 3593) that prohibited college boards from giving departing presidents more than one year's salary and benefits, as well as limiting standard contracts to four years and requiring public notice. House Democrats narrowed the scope of the bill to community colleges, and it was passed by the legislature.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-college-of-dupage-community-college-legislation-passes-20150709-story.html|title=Illinois House passes severance cap for community college presidents|last=Clair|first=Jodi S. Cohen, Monique Garcia, Stacy St|website=Chicagotribune.com|access-date=2019-07-30}} The following year, HB 3593 was replicated and applied to all Illinois institutions of higher education.

Ives has called for Illinois' TRUST Act, signed into law in August 2017,{{Cite news|last=Service|first=LocalLabs News|title=Law enforcement says TRUST Act does not make Illinois a sanctuary for criminals|language=en|url=https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511200178-law-enforcement-says-trust-act-does-not-make-illinois-a-sanctuary-for-criminals|access-date=2017-11-07}} to be repealed,{{Cite news|title=State Rep. Jeanne Ives Calls for Repeal of Sanctuary State Law|language=en|work=Chicago Tonight {{!}} WTTW|url=http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/12/07/state-rep-jeanne-ives-calls-repeal-sanctuary-state-law|access-date=2017-12-11}} saying it creates a "sanctuary state", something that Politifact Illinois said was false.{{Cite news|url=http://www.politifact.com/illinois/statements/2017/aug/28/illinois-family-institute/illinois-schools-immigrant-sanctuaries-if-only-the/|title=Illinois schools as|work=@politifact|access-date=2017-12-12|language=en}}

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In March 2013, Ives said in an interview that same-sex marriages are a "completely disordered relationship" and said LGBT people were trying to "weasel their way" into acceptability.{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/14/jeanne-ives-illinois-repu_n_2876056.html|title=Jeanne Ives, Illinois Republican: Gay Marriage A 'Completely Disordered Relationship' (UPDATED)|date=2013-03-14|work=Huffington Post|access-date=2017-10-29|language=en-US}} Ives said that the concept of marriage as between one man and one woman "cannot be legislated away or redefined."{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130314/news/703149874/|title=Ives: Gay couples trying to|last=Riopell|first=Mike|work=Daily Herald|access-date=2017-11-10|language=en-US}} When a law authorizing gay marriage passed the Illinois General Assembly, in November 2013, Ives said, "The fact is that this bill is the worst in the U.S. for protecting religious liberty."{{Cite news|last=Long|first=Monique Garcia and Ray|date=November 5, 2013|title=Lawmakers approve gay marriage in Illinois|language=en-US|work=chicagotribune.com|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/chi-gay-marriage-illinois-20131105-story.html|url-status=dead|access-date=2017-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007060009/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-11-05/news/chi-gay-marriage-illinois-20131105_1_illinois-senate-gay-marriage-gay-lawmakers|archive-date=October 7, 2014}}

In 2014, Ives joined the majority of her colleagues in the House in rejecting a ban on gay conversion therapy.{{Cite news|url=http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/04/11/illinois-house-shoots-down-ban-on-gay-conversion-therapy/|title=Illinois House Shoots Down Ban On Gay Conversion Therapy|date=2014-04-11|access-date=2017-11-07|language=en}} Illinois banned gay conversion therapy for LGBT youths in 2015.{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/illinois-bans-gay-conversion-therapy_us_55d668b4e4b020c386de2cc4|title=Illinois Bans Gay Conversion Therapy For LGBT Youths|last=Bellware|first=Kim|date=2015-08-21|work=Huffington Post|access-date=2017-11-07|language=en-US}}

In March 2016, a Chicago man was arrested for a felony after making two threatening phone calls to Ives over her views on same-sex marriage.{{Cite web|url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/03/26/chicago-man-accused-of-threatening-lawmaker-over-comments-on-gay-marriage/|title=Chicago Man Accused Of Threatening Lawmaker Over Comments On Gay Marriage|date=2013-03-26|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-06}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/rep-jeanne-ives-threat-stephen-bona-200166031.html|title=Chicago Man Charged With Threatening Lawmaker|website=NBC Chicago|language=en|access-date=2019-08-06}} The man was found guilty in July 2016 of two counts of threatening a public official, a class 3 felony.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/07/15/former-chicago-man-sentenced-to-probation-for-threats-against-state-rep-jeanne-ives/a4pwc6n/|title=Former Chicago man sentenced to probation for threats against state Rep. Jeanne Ives|last=Media|first=Suburban Life|website=Mysuburbanlife.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-06|archive-date=2019-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806173213/https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/07/15/former-chicago-man-sentenced-to-probation-for-threats-against-state-rep-jeanne-ives/a4pwc6n/|url-status=dead}}

Ives opposed a 2017 bill that would make it easier for transgender people to change their birth certificates to reflect their gender identity.{{Cite news|url=http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/ives-calls-southern-poverty-law-center-a-hate-group/863769194|title=Ives calls Southern Poverty Law Center a 'hate group'|last=Niedelman|first=Jim|date=2017-11-26|work=OurQuadCities|access-date=2017-11-27|language=en-US}} On a radio show, she called transgender rights "junk science."{{Cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-ives-primary-challenge-20171204-story.html|title=Rauner faces war on two fronts as Republican challenger Ives attacks|last=Garcia|first=Rick Pearson, Kim Geiger, Monique|work=chicagotribune.com|access-date=2017-12-05|language=en-US}}

Ives opposes adoption by gay couples in Illinois.{{Cite news|url=http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20171118/bernard-schoenburg-ives-says-rauner-joined-ruling-class-he-was-to-fight|title=Bernard Schoenburg: Ives says Rauner joined 'ruling class' he was to fight|work=The State Journal|access-date=2017-11-20|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://wgnradio.com/2017/12/11/the-chicago-way-w-john-kass-12-11-17-sitting-down-with-state-rep-ives-as-she-sets-her-sights-on-gov-rauner-and-the-true-story-of-st-nicholas/|title=The Chicago Way w/John Kass (12/11/17): Sitting down with State Rep. Ives as she sets her sights on Gov. Rauner and the true story of St. Nicholas|date=2017-12-11|work=WGN Radio - 720 AM|access-date=2017-12-12|language=en-US}}

In May 2016, Ives voted against the extending the sunset date of the program that legalized cannabis for medical purposes.{{Cite news|url=https://will.illinois.edu/news/story/measure-extending-medical-marijuana-program-passes-il-house|title=Measure Extending Medical Marijuana Program Passes IL House|date=2016-05-31|work=Illinois Public Media|access-date=2017-11-20|language=en}} In December 2017, she said that "the marijuana experiment in Colorado has failed. The kids are using marijuana and traffic accidents are up because of it. Illinois should not build an economy based on vice like they have in Colorado."{{Cite news|date=December 4, 2017|title=GOP legislator making primary challenge against Rauner|language=en-US|work=WFLD|url=http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/gop-legislator-making-primary-challenge-against-rauner|access-date=2017-12-06}}

In May 2017, Ives voted against legislation (Senate Bill 81) in May 2017 that would have raised the minimum wage in Illinois to $15 per hour by the year 2022.{{Cite web|title=The Voter's Self Defense System|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/131103/jeanne-ives#.WfpSgbaFRJw|access-date=2017-11-02|website=Vote Smart|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=SB 6 - Establishes Budget for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 - Illinois Key Vote|url=https://votesmart.org/bill/23367/60406/131103/establishes-budget-for-fiscal-year-2017-2018#.XXLEsExFyUl|website=Vote Smart}}{{Cite news|url=http://foxillinois.com/news/local/illinois-house-passes-15-minimum-wage-bill-05-30-2017|title=Illinois House Passes $15 Minimum Wage Bill|work=WRSP - Fox Illinois News|access-date=2017-11-02|language=en-US}}

{{Main|2018 Illinois gubernatorial election}}

On October 28, 2017, Ives announced that she would challenge incumbent governor Bruce Rauner in the Republican primary to become Illinois Governor.{{Cite web|url=http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/10/ives-announces-via-email.html|title=Ives announces via email - Illinois Review|website=illinoisreview.typepad.com|access-date=2017-10-29}} Her running mate was former state representative Richard Morthland of Cordova, Illinois.{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Rich|title=It's an Ives-Morthland ticket|date=October 28, 2017|newspaper=Capitol Fax|access-date=October 28, 2017|url=https://capitolfax.com/2017/10/28/its-an-ives-morthland-ticket/}} Ives agreed with Rauner on traditional Republican issues like pension reform, term limits, and lower property taxes; her major policy differences with Rauner were on social issues.{{Cite news|url=http://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/rauners-republican-challenger-calls-him-a-failure/863785790|title=Rep. Jeanne Ives goes after governor for not delivering on promises|last=Niedelman|first=Jim|date=2017-11-27|work=OurQuadCities|access-date=2017-11-27|language=en-US}}

In the Republican primary on March 20, 2018, Rauner defeated Ives, 51.5 percent to 48.5 percent.{{cite news|last1=Bosman|first1=Julie|last2=Martin|first2=Jonathan|title=Gov. Bruce Rauner and J.B. Pritzker to Face Off in Illinois|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/20/us/politics/bruce-rauner-governor-illinois.html|access-date=21 March 2018|work=New York Times|date=March 20, 2018}} Rauner went on to lose to Democrat J.B. Pritzker in the general election by a sixteen-point margin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/dems-sweep-illinois-now-they-have-govern|title=Dems sweep Illinois. Now they have to govern.|date=2018-11-07|website=Crain's Chicago Business|language=en|access-date=2019-07-31}}

{{main|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois#District 6}}

In July 2019, Ives announced that she would run for the U.S. House in Illinois's 6th congressional district. Ives was opposed in the primary by Evelyn Sanguinetti, who dropped out of the race in October 2019, and surgeon Jay Kinzler.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-jeanne-ives-announces-congress-run-20190718-wvbjshgc2ncgncsm2r2khfaw2u-story.html|title=Former GOP Candidate for Governor Jeanne Ives Now Seeking Party Nod to Take On Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten|last=Pearson|first=Rick|date=July 18, 2019|website=Chicago Tribune|access-date=July 31, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://capitolfax.com/2019/10/11/sanguinetti-bows-out-of-congressional-race |date=October 11, 2019 |access-date=October 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011210431/https://capitolfax.com/2019/10/11/sanguinetti-bows-out-of-congressional-race |archive-date=October 11, 2019|title=Sanguinetti Bows Out of Congressional Race|website=Capitol Fax|first=Rich|last=Miller}}{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Robb |date=March 4, 2020 |url=https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/ives-kinzler-square-off-to-challenge-incumbent-casten-in-november/ |title=Ives, Kinzler Square Off to Challenge Incumbent Casten in November |work=Journal & Topics |access-date=November 7, 2020}}{{cite news |author= |date=March 9, 2020 |url=https://www.wbez.org/stories/12-questions-for-the-candidates-in-illinois-6th-congressional-district/7106b3d5-dd1c-4d30-9f7a-3502035f82ed |title=12 Questions for the Candidates in Illinois' 6th Congressional District |work=WBEZ Chicago |access-date=November 7, 2020}} In March 2020, Ives won the Republican nomination, setting up a general election against Democratic incumbent Sean Casten.{{cite news |first=Patrick M. |last=O'Connell |date=September 21, 2020 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-casten-ives-illinois-sixth-district-forum-20200922-v6ujgopyinew5b6tc6egyudcj4-story.html |title=Democratic Rep. Sean Casten and GOP Challenger Jeanne Ives Spar over Climate Change, Taxes and Social Issues in 6th Congressional District Forum |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=November 6, 2020}}

In October 2020, the New York Times reported that Ives had paid $55,000 over the preceding three years to Locality Labs, a company running purported news sites, for articles that included verbatim copies of her news releases. Ives was listed by the company as one of its "story watchers", or clients. Ives said that the payments were to create her website and to monitor her Wikipedia page.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/technology/timpone-local-news-metric-media.html|title=As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place|last1=Alba|first1=Davey|author-link1=Davey Alba|last2=Nicas|first2=Jack|website=The New York Times|date=October 18, 2020|access-date=October 18, 2020}}

Ives lost the November 3 election. Casten received 213,777 votes (52.82 percent) and Ives received 183,891 votes (45.43 percent), with Libertarian Bill Redpath getting 7,079 votes (1.75 percent).{{cite news |first=Shelby |last=Bremer |date=November 4, 2020 |url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/6th-district-race-between-rep-sean-casten-and-jeanne-ives-remains-tight/2363981/ |title=Rep. Sean Casten Wins Race for Illinois' 6th District Race as Jeanne Ives Concedes |work=NBC Chicago |access-date=November 6, 2020}}{{cite news |first=Russell |last=Lissau |date=November 4, 2020 |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20201104/news/201109702 |title=Casten Celebrates Victory over Ives in 6th Congressional Race |work=Daily Herald |access-date=November 6, 2020}}{{cite web |title=Official Canvass General Election November 3, 2020 |url=https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads%2FElectionOperations%2FVoteTotals%2F2020%2FByCandidate%2F2020GEOfficialVote.pdf |publisher=Illinois State Board of Elections |date=December 4, 2020 |access-date=December 21, 2020 |archive-date=September 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906074148/https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads%2FElectionOperations%2FVoteTotals%2F2020%2FByCandidate%2F2020GEOfficialVote.pdf |url-status=dead }}

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Jeanne Ives

| votes = 29144

| percentage = 70.80

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| candidate = Gordon (Jay) Kinzler

| votes = 12017

| percentage = 29.19

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| candidate = Richard Mayers

| votes = 1

| percentage = <0.01

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| votes = 41162

| percentage = 100.00

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Sean Casten (incumbent)

| votes = 213,777

| percentage = 52.82

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| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Jeanne Ives

| votes = 183891

| percentage = 45.43

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| party = Libertarian Party (United States)

| candidate = Bill Redpath

| votes = 7079

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{{Reflist}}

• {{official website|https://www.jeanneforcongress.com/}}
• [http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/131103/jeanne-ives#.VGkFk-8tCpo Profile] at Project Vote Smart
• [http://openstates.org/il/legislators/ILL000876/jeanne-m-ives/ Profile] at OpenStates.org
• [http://ballotpedia.org/Jeanne_M._Ives Profile] at Ballotpedia
• [https://www.scribd.com/document/372533603/The-Governor-You-Don-t-Know-The-Other-Side-of-Bruce-Rauner The Governor You Don’t Know: The Other Side of Bruce Rauner], by Chris Cleveland. (Jameson Books, Inc.: Ottawa, Illinois). 2018. {{ISBN|978-0-89803-183-6}}.
• [http://www.chicagotribune.com/gopgov Video]: "Gov. Bruce Rauner and Jeanne Ives face off during Chicago Tribune Editorial Board endorsement interview"
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZwKZf2jtHI Video]: "Thank you, Bruce Rauner"

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