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Jesse Clark White (born June 23, 1934) is an American educator, politician and former athlete from the State of Illinois. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 37th Secretary of State of Illinois from 1999 to 2023. He was the longest-serving American to hold this office.
Jan 14, 2023 · In a state notorious for rough and tumble politics, Jesse White has had lasting appeal. NPR's Scott Simon talks with White, the longtime Illinois secretary of state who is retiring at the age...
Jan 2, 2023 · Then-new Secretary of State Jesse White is sworn into office on Jan. 11, 1999. Since he took office in 1999, no one has come close to dethroning White, one of the state’s most popular...
Jan 7, 2023 · Mr. White, 88, is retiring as Illinois secretary of state after a career that took him from the pews of Martin Luther King Jr.’s church to statewide office.
Dec 15, 2022 · CHICAGO (CBS) -- Illinois leaders sent off longtime Secretary of State Jesse White in style Wednesday night. State leaders staged a gala to honor White's decades of tremendous public...
Dec 19, 2022 · Democrat Jesse White is leaving office next month as Illinois’ longest-serving and first African American secretary of state. His office filled with a lifetime of trinkets and mementos, White is one of the few remaining holdouts at the James R. Thompson Center as the building’s makeover into a downtown tech hub for Google intensifies.
Jan 6, 2023 · Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is arguably one of the most popular elected officials in the state's history, with a career that's spanned decades. Days away from retirement, he's...
Dec 29, 2022 · Democrat Jesse White is leaving office next month as Illinois’ longest-serving and first African American secretary of state.
Jesse White (Democrat), the first African American to serve as Illinois Secretary of State, was first elected in 1998. He won landslide reelection campaigns in 2002 (in which he won all 102 counties), 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018.
