Bill Corrigan

Bill Corrigan
Republican nominee for
St. Louis County Executive
Election date
November 2, 2010
Opponent(s)Charlie Dooley (D)
Theo "Ted" Brown, Sr. (L)
IncumbentCharlie Dooley
Personal details
BornUniversity City, Missouri
Political partyRepublican
SpouseAnn Corrigan
ChildrenKatie Corrigan
Maura Corrigan
ResidenceLadue, Missouri
Alma materUniversity of Notre Dame, University of Missouri
OccupationAttorney

William M. "Bill" Corrigan Jr., is an American politician and lawyer. He served as one of the youngest presidents of the Missouri State Bar Association[1] and he won the 2010 Republican primary election for county executive of St. Louis County, Missouri.[2]

Early life and career

Corrigan grew up in Florissant, Missouri[3] and attended Chaminade College Preparatory School (Missouri).[1] Bill Corrigan is the son of St. Louis County Circuit Judge William Corrigan. Bill Corrigan worked at a General Motors assembly plant in order to put himself through college at the University of Notre Dame.[1] After obtaining his bachelor's degree he attended law school at the University of Missouri where he obtained his Juris Doctor degree. Since law school Corrigan has received several awards recognizing his success as a lawyer.[4]

Bill Corrigan is currently a lawyer at Armstrong Teasdale.[4] In addition he serves on the board of directors of several private and public companies.[3] He has received a 40 under 40 award from the St. Louis Business Journal.[3] Corrigan is also involved in many charity organizations and he is a Sunday school teacher at the Immacolata parish.[citation needed] He is a former president of the Edgewood Children's Center Development Board and a former vice president of the Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Development Board.[3] In addition he helped lead an effort to give free legal advice to victims of the Great Flood of 1993.[5]

Political career

On June 2, 2009, Bill Corrigan announced that he would be running for county executive.[6] As a candidate for county executive, Corrigan supported tax reform and property tax reduction.[1] He also supported reducing the spending of the county and making the county government more accountable and transparent.[3] Corrigan won the Republican primary with 88.59 percent of the vote.[2] He obtained 17,844 more votes than Charlie Dooley, the incumbent and the winner of the Democratic primary, obtained in the Democratic primary.[2] After announcing his candidacy for county executive, Corrigan was immediately supported by Missouri State Senator Jane Cunningham, Missouri State Senator Jim Lembke, Missouri State Senator Eric Schmitt, former Missouri State Senator Michael R. Gibbons, and former Missouri State Senator Anita Yeckel.[1] Dooley narrowly defeated Corrigan on November 7, 2010, with a 51% to 47% margin of victory.[7]

Electoral history

2010 St. Louis County Executive
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Bill Corrigan 175,025 46.7
Democratic Charlie Dooley 191,222 51.1
Libertarian Theo "Ted" Brown, Sr. 8,125 2.2

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Lawyer Bill Corrigan First to Enter Race for County Executive".
  2. ^ a b c "Corrigan gets more votes than Dooley in St. Louis County executive primary races".
  3. ^ a b c d e "Corrigan vs. Dooley: WU Decide". 25 October 2010.
  4. ^ a b "William M. Corrigan, Jr. | People | Armstrong Teasdale". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
  5. ^ "Forty Under 40 - 1998-01-12 - St. Louis Business Journal". Archived from the original on 2000-08-24.
  6. ^ http://newsmagazinenetwork.com/news/st-louis-county/090601-816/corrigan-announces-run-st-louis-county-executive [permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "St. Louis County, Missouri".