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Abner J Mikva — Part 1
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Chicago, Illinois. The candidate had a home address of 5545
South Kenwood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, and while attending the
sessions of the General Assembly stayed at the HOTEL GOVERNOR in
Springfield, Illinois.
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[| statea that a review of the journal of the IHR —
for the five sessions in which the candidate was a member
indicate that the candidate had a very good attendance record of
the legislative sessions. The review of the journal also
revealed that the candidate served as a member of the following
House committees: Executive, Judiciary, Appropriations, and
Public Aid, Health, Welfare, and Safety. The candidate had a
strong record of introducing legislation and had much of his
legislation passed and signed into law by the Governor. The
candidate did not hold a position of leadership in the IHR or in
his party in the House.
[____|statea that the candidate's voting record —
indicated that he voted for strong civil rights legislation, for
educational bills, for Illinois insurance law reform, for
policemen's benefit funds, for most strong criminal legislation,
for legislation for the aged and aging, and strong bank
legislation, and for the first Illinois Equal Employment
Opportunity (EEO) laws which created the Illinois EEO Commission
on May 21, 1959. The candidate's voting record indicated voting
against horse racing appropriations and against t quiring
parents to pay damages for acts of their children{ "stated
that he did not know of any legislator in the curren egislature
that would have serv j the time period that the candidate
served in the House. | —_ptated that the records of the IHR
indicate no unfavorable or derogatory information regarding the
candidate.
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