Word: governorship
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most of Lucey's life has been devoted to organizing today's strong Wisconsin Democratic Party. A prosperous real estate developer, he became Lieutenant Governor in 1965 and won the governorship in 1970 and 1974. A popular if not charismatic figure, he fought for environmental measures and earned the respect of businessmen by cutting taxes to encourage manufacturing in Wisconsin...
...five years since Reagan left the governorship, his finances have become increasingly difficult to track. The public record contains only fragments of data. He reported a 1975 income of $282,253 and a net worth of $1,455,000. He owns two major pieces of property: the Pacific Palisades residence, built in 1956 for an undisclosed sum, and the 667-acre ranch near Santa Barbara, costing $527,000. Today they are estimated to be worth at least $750,000 and $1 million respectively...
...what does former Illinois Gov. Otto Kerner Jr.'s trial have to do with Thompson? It--and the attendant publicity--gave Thompson a big boost in his eventual quest to win the governorship in 1976. The trial took place in the midst of Thompson's tenure as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois (which includes Cook County and Chicago), from 1971 through 1975. In that office, he attracted a great deal of attention for his reputed "swinging bachelor" life style--which Hartley says was a misconception--and his method of prosecution: going after the big names, leaking tantalizing...