Aldo DeAngelis

Aldo A. DeAngelis (March 13, 1931 – February 13, 2004) was an American politician and businessman.

Born in Chicago Heights, Illinois, DeAngelis graduated from Bloom High School. He served as a public information officer in the United States Army from 1954 to 1956.^[1] DeAngelis graduated from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. He also sent to University of Chicago and Governors State University. He moved to Texas and started a steel and tube company. He then moved back to Chicago Heights, Illinois, and started the Vulcan Metal and Tube Company. DeAngelis ran for Illinois Senate in the 1978 general election. In the Republican primary, DeAngelis defeated State Representative Thomas Miller, the preferred candidate of Governor James R. Thompson. In the general election, DeAngelis defeated Democratic incumbent Robert Lane.^[2] He served in the Illinois State Senate from 1979 to 1997. DeAngelis then sold his business. During the 1990s, DeAngelis served as a member of the Illinois Republican Party Central Committee from Illinois's 4th congressional district.^[3]

In 1990, he was the Republican nominee for President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. While he lost that election, he was elected a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners in the coinciding election for the board's members. After a quick turnaround between swearing in and resignation, former Mayor of Homewood Robert T. Gooley was sworn in as DeAngelis's successor on the county board.^[4] In the 1996 general election, Democratic candidate Debbie Halvorson, the Crete Township Clerk, defeated DeAngelis.^[5] After DeAngelis left the Illinois General Assembly, DeAngelis worked as a lobbyist and consultant. DeAngelis died of a heart attack at his home in Olympia Fields, Illinois.^[6][7]

Notes

1. Dixon, Alan (ed.). "The 81st General Assembly". Illinois Blue Book 1979-1980. p. 86. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
2. "GOP will gain seats in Senate but not enough". Illinois Issues. Sangamon State University. 4 (8): 22. ISSN 0738-9663. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
3. Ryan, George, ed. (1993). "State and Local Government Facts". Illinois Blue Book 1993-1994. p. 430.
4. "Metro Briefings". Chicago Sun-Times. December 7, 1990. p. 4 – via NewsBank at Chicago Public Library.
5. "IL State Senate 40 Race – Nov 05, 1996". Ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
6. 'Illinois Blue Book 1995–1996,' Biographical Sketch of Aldo A. DeAngelis, pg. 105
7. 'Aldo Deangelis, 72, Longtime leading GOP legislator,' Chicago Tribune, Stanley Ziemba, Barbara Sherlock, William Persecky, Chicago Tribune, February 14, 2004