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  2. Richard Eckstrom - Wikipedia

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    Richard A. Eckstrom (born June 23, 1948) is an American politician from the state of South Carolina. A Republican, he served as the comptroller general of South Carolina from 2003 until his resignation in 2023. From 1995 to 1999, he served one term as the South Carolina Treasurer. When elected as Comptroller General, he was the first Republican ...

  3. Darlene Senger - Wikipedia

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    Darlene Senger. Darlene J. Senger (born July 28, 1955) [1] is an American politician. She was a member of the Naperville, Illinois City Council, where she served from 2002 to 2008, [2] [3] and was a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives from January 2009 to January 2015. [2] In 2014, she unsuccessfully ran for Congress.

  4. 1972 Illinois elections - Wikipedia

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    Comptroller was a newly formed office, created by the 1970 Constitution of Illinois to replace the office of Auditor of Public Accounts, of which the outgoing incumbent was Democrat Michael Howlett, who instead opted to run for Secretary of State. Republican George W. Lindberg was elected the inaugural Illinois Comptroller. Democratic primary

  5. New York City Comptroller - Wikipedia

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    The Office of Comptroller of New York City, a position established in 1801, is the chief financial officer and chief auditor of the city agencies and their performance and spending. The comptroller also reviews all city contracts, handles the settlement of litigation claims (amounting to $975 million in 2019), issues municipal bonds, and ...

  6. Comptroller - Wikipedia

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    A comptroller (pronounced either the same as controller or as / kəmpˈtroʊlər /) is a management -level position responsible for supervising the quality of accounting and financial reporting of an organization. A financial comptroller is a senior-level executive who acts as the head of accounting, and oversees the preparation of financial ...

  7. Corruption in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Orville Hodge (R) was the Auditor of Public Accounts (predecessor office to the Illinois Comptroller) from 1952 to 1956. During his term in office, he embezzled $6.15 million of [citation needed] state funds, mainly by altering and forging checks that were paid on the state's account.

  8. Rita Crundwell - Wikipedia

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    Rita A. Crundwell (née Humphrey; born January 10, 1953) is the former Comptroller and Treasurer of Dixon, Illinois, from 1983 to 2012, and the admitted operator of what is believed to be the largest municipal fraud in U.S. history. She was fired in April 2012 after the discovery that she had embezzled $53.7 million from the city of Dixon for ...

  9. Michael Howlett - Wikipedia

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    Branch/service. United States Navy. Battles/wars. World War II. Michael J. Howlett Sr. (August 30, 1914 – May 4, 1992) was an American politician who served as the 24th Illinois Auditor of Public Accounts and 33rd Illinois Secretary of State. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Illinois in the 1976 Illinois gubernatorial election .