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Created by chicagoloopster on Jun 1, 2010

Last updated: 06/03/10 at 08:53 PM

• Blagojevich goes to trial
  Jun 3, 2010 12:00 PM

  Photo: Flickr: Jeremy M Farmer
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/02/AR2010060202233.html?hpid=topnews

• Indicted on felony corruption charges
  Apr 2, 2009

  He was indicted on 16 felony counts, including racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud, extortion conspiracy, attempted extortion and making false statements to federal agents.
  http://cbs2chicago.com/governor/rod.blagojevich.indicted.2.974448.html

• Impeachment trial begins
  Jan 26, 2009

  Blagojevich did not show up to his own trial. Photo: Flickr: onebutan-iphone
  http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090126/pl_politico/17993

• Blagojevich impeached by the Illinois House of Representatives
  Jan 9, 2009

  The vote was 114-1 in favor of impeaching Blagojevich. Photo: Flickr: myoldpostcards
  http://cbs2chicago.com/local/governor.blagojevich.impeachment.2.903841.html

• Blagojevich arrested on corruption charges
  Dec 9, 2008 6:00 AM

  Blagojevich was accused of using pay-to-play tactics. He was allegedly trying to sell Obama's vacant senate seat.
  http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/12/source-feds-take-gov-blagojevich-into-custody.html

• Blagojevich was named the least popular governor in the country, according to a Rasmussen Report
  May 2008

  
  http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/favorables/governors_approval_ratings

• Blagojevich re-elected
  Nov 2006

  During this time Blagojevich was under increasing scrutiny from the Feds after his father-in-law made allegations.

• Dick Mell, Blagojevich's father-in-law, makes misconduct allegations against Blago
  Jan 15, 2005 12:00 AM

  Blagojevich's father-in-law, and also Chicago 33rd Ward alderman, Dick Mell, makes allegations that Blago's administration was trading jobs for campaign contributions.
  http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1064450,00.html

• Elected Illinois Governor
  Nov 5, 2002

  Rod Blagojevich was elected governor to replace George Ryan who was serving a prison sentence for a federal corruption conviction in 2003. He was Illinois' first democratic governor in 30 years.
  http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-11-12/news/0211120033_1_blagojevich-transition-team-george-ryan

• Elected to U.S. House of Representatives
  1996

  He represented the 5th district. Photo: Flickr: Soundfromwayout
  http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/politics/government/rod-blagojevich-PEPLT007479.topic

• Blagojevich wins a seat in the Illinois House of Representatives
  1992

  He represented the North Side Chicago district; he remains in this position until elected to U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. Photo: Jessica Chen

• Marries a politician's daughter
  1990

  Rod Blagojevich marries Patti Mell, daughter of an influential Chicago Alderman Richard Mell.
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28165485/

• Blagojevich works as Cook County Asssistant States Attorney
  1985 to 1987

  During that time, Richard Daley, currently mayor of Chicago, served as Cook County States Attorney.

• Blagojevich earns a law degree from Pepperdine University
  1983

  According to U.S. News & World Report, "...he joked that he was no legal scholar; he reportedly told an audience that he 'barely knew where that law library was.'"
  http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/politics/2008/12/11/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-rod-blagojevich.html

• Blagojevich graduates from Northwestern University
  1979

  He received a B.A. in History.
  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-vognar/in-review-talking-blagoje_b_484282.html