Ryan Giving Another Run At Governor

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Nov 2, 2009 7:40PM

The field to garner the GOP nomination for next year's gubernatorial election is getting a bit more crowded as former candidate Jim Ryan is entering the contest. Ryan, who lost to former governor Rod Blagojevich in the state's 2002 general election, has spent the last several years out of public office and teaching at Benedictine University in Lisle. But as WBBM-AM explains, Ryan, a former state's attorney general, may face a few new hurdles.

During his career, his largest campaign contributor was former law school friend Stuart Levine, now a disgraced and admittedly corrupt businessman.

With Brian Dugan's confession to the 1983 murder of Jeanine Nicarico, there could also be a renewed focus on Ryan's prosecution of two innocent men when he served as DuPage County state's attorney.

Ryan is expected to officially announce his candidacy at a rally at the state capitol tomorrow.