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]
Bill Corrigan | |
|---|---|
| Republican nominee for St. Louis County Executive | |
| Election date November 2, 2010 | |
| Opponent(s) | Charlie Dooley (D) Theo "Ted" Brown, Sr. (L) |
| Incumbent | Charlie Dooley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | University City, Missouri |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Ann Corrigan |
| Children | Katie Corrigan Maura Corrigan |
| Residence | Ladue, Missouri |
| Alma mater | University of Notre Dame, University of Missouri |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Early life and career
editCorrigan 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
editOn 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
edit| 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e "Lawyer Bill Corrigan First to Enter Race for County Executive".
- ^ a b c "Corrigan gets more votes than Dooley in St. Louis County executive primary races".
- ^ a b c d e "Corrigan vs. Dooley: WU Decide". 25 October 2010.
- ^ a b "William M. Corrigan, Jr. | People | Armstrong Teasdale". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-12-18.
- ^ "Forty Under 40 - 1998-01-12 - St. Louis Business Journal". Archived from the original on 2000-08-24.
- ^ http://newsmagazinenetwork.com/news/st-louis-county/090601-816/corrigan-announces-run-st-louis-county-executive [permanent dead link]
- ^ "St. Louis County, Missouri".