Tari Renner
| Tari Renner | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Bloomington, Illinois | |
| Assumed office May 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Steve Stockton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Miami Beach, Florida |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Children | Two |
| Residence | Bloomington, Illinois |
| Alma mater | University of South Florida (B.A.) American University (M.A., Ph.D.) |
| Profession | Political scientist |
Tari Renner is an American politician and academic. He is currently the Mayor of Bloomington, Illinois and a professor of political science at Illinois Wesleyan University.
Academic career
Renner earned a bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of South Florida in 1978 and his masters and doctorate degrees from American University School of Public Affairs.[1] In 1994, he became chair of the political science department at Illinois Wesleyan University. Prior to teaching at Illinois Wesleyan he taught at Washington College and Duquesne University with a brief hiatus from academia to work as the Director of Research for the International City/County Management Association.[2]
According to his official biography, he has published thirty articles and book.[3]He has been cited in the Chicago Tribune twice; first on the 1995 Chicago mayoral election[4] and later when Condoleezza Rice stumped for George W. Bush in Illinois' North Shore during the 2000 election.[5]
Political career
In 1998, Renner was elected to the McLean County Board.[2] In 2004, Renner was the Democratic candidate for Illinois's 11th congressional district against Republican incumbent Jerry Weller. The district, at that time, included Kankakee, Will, Grundy, LaSalle, Bureau counties and the Bloomington–Normal area. Renner received 121,819 votes to Weller's 172,975 votes.[6]
In 2009, Renner ran for Mayor of Bloomington against Steve Stockton. During the election he was endorsed by Senator Dick Durbin.[7] Stockton won by a margin of 15 votes. Renner resigned from the county board in January 2010 as he moved to another part of Bloomington.[8] He was appointed to the McLean County Regional Planning Commission. [9]
In 2013, he won a three way race with an absolute majority.[2] He was reelected in 2017.
After the United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, Renner and Chris Koos, the Mayor of Normal, Illinois, signed a commitment to follow through on the goals of the Paris Agreement.[10] Renner endorsed Daniel Biss for the Governor of Illinois in the 2018 election.[11]
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