When Jim Edgar first ran for governor of Illinois, he faced a dilemma that has haunted and hounded politicians since the dawn of time. Should he do the easy but wrong thing or the hard but right ...

In January, the longest-running show in Illinois political history will take its final curtain call and Gov. James Thompson will head off to thumb through law journals and convene power lunches at … ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias officially dedicated the Jim Edgar Reading Room on Wednesday. Edgar revealed in February that he has pancreatic cancer. The former Governor served ...

Edgar served as the 38th governor from Illinois, from 1991 to 1999. He previously served in the Illinois House of Representatives and as Secretary of State. He was succeeded by Gov. Jim Ryan in ...

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar has been critical of fellow Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner over the state’s ongoing budget stalemate. But Edgar is also a partner in a business that is trying to ...

With five contenders in the Illinois GOP governor primary, former Gov. Jim Edgar said the Republicans need at the top of their ticket a “nominee who is not going to scare part of the state” in ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he said. Edgar, a Republican, served as the 38th governor of Illinois from 1991 to 1999. ABC7 Chicago is ...

(CBS)-- Kirk Dillard, the man the polls say is a surging second in the Republican race for governor, is campaigning with his former boss Sunday and Monday. "Illinois is broken. Illinois is not ...

When Illinois Gov. Jim Thompson decided not to run for a fifth term in 1990, Edgar ran for governor and won —defeating Illinois Attorney General Neil Hartigan, who ran on the Democratic side.

Former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar has been appointed to the Youbet.com board of directors effective Wednesday. Edgar, whose political career spanned 30 years, served two four-year terms as governor ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar was honored Wednesday at the Illinois State Library.