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'''Ray A. Christensen''' (May 11, 1922 - ) was an American politician who served as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[Illinois House of Representatives]] from 1977 to 1989.
Christensen was born in [[Dwight, Illinois]] on May 11, 1922 and raised in [[Morris, Illinois]].<ref name="Herald News Obit"></ref>
A meat inspector by occupation, Christensen served on the Morris City Council and as President of the [[Morris Community High School|Morris Community High School District 101]] Board of Education.<ref name="Blue Book 77-78"/><ref name="76 Candidate List"></ref>
In the 1976 general election, Christensen as one of three representatives from the 43rd district. The 43rd district included all or parts of [[Grundy County, Illinois|Grundy]], [[Will County, Illinois|Will]], [[Kankakee County, Illinois|Kankakee]], [[Iroquois County, Illinois|Iroquois]], [[Ford County, Illinois|Ford]], and [[Champaign County, Illinois|Champaign]] counties. Elected alongside him were two [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidates; incumbent [[George Ryan]] and former State Senator [[Edward McBroom]].<ref name="Blue Book 77-78"/> The fourth candidate was Kankakee County Treasurer [[Charles Pangle]].<ref name="76 Candidate List"/> During his early House tenure, he was a supporter of the [[Equal Rights Amendment]].<ref></ref>
After the [[Cutback Amendment]] eliminated multi-member districts and cumulative voting, Christensen was elected from the 85th district, which included all or parts of [[Grundy County, Illinois|Grundy]], [[Will County, Illinois|Will]], Kankakee County, Illinois|Kankakee]], and [[LaSalle County, Illinois|LaSalle]] counties.<ref></ref>
In the 1986 general election, [[Jerry Weller]] challenged Christensen and in the official result, Weller won by a four vote margin, 14,217 to 14,213. Christensen challenged the result while Weller was sworn in as the State Representative. The Illinois House of Representatives set up a House Committee on Election Contests which heard the two candidates challenges.<ref></ref> In a party line vote, the House voted to unseat Weller and seat Christensen.<ref></ref> Christensen opted to retire. Jerry Weller defeated Democratic candidate and Grundy County Clerk Lana Phillips to succeed Christensen.<ref></ref><ref name="ii-1989">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Christensen died April 21, 2008.<ref name="Herald News Obit"/><ref></ref>
==References==
[[Category:1922 births]]
[[Category:2008 deaths]]
[[Category:2005 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Morris, Illinois]]
[[Category:Illinois Democrats]]
[[Category:Members of the Illinois House of Representatives]]
[[Category:Illinois city council members]]
Christensen was born in [[Dwight, Illinois]] on May 11, 1922 and raised in [[Morris, Illinois]].<ref name="Herald News Obit"></ref>
A meat inspector by occupation, Christensen served on the Morris City Council and as President of the [[Morris Community High School|Morris Community High School District 101]] Board of Education.<ref name="Blue Book 77-78"/><ref name="76 Candidate List"></ref>
In the 1976 general election, Christensen as one of three representatives from the 43rd district. The 43rd district included all or parts of [[Grundy County, Illinois|Grundy]], [[Will County, Illinois|Will]], [[Kankakee County, Illinois|Kankakee]], [[Iroquois County, Illinois|Iroquois]], [[Ford County, Illinois|Ford]], and [[Champaign County, Illinois|Champaign]] counties. Elected alongside him were two [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidates; incumbent [[George Ryan]] and former State Senator [[Edward McBroom]].<ref name="Blue Book 77-78"/> The fourth candidate was Kankakee County Treasurer [[Charles Pangle]].<ref name="76 Candidate List"/> During his early House tenure, he was a supporter of the [[Equal Rights Amendment]].<ref></ref>
After the [[Cutback Amendment]] eliminated multi-member districts and cumulative voting, Christensen was elected from the 85th district, which included all or parts of [[Grundy County, Illinois|Grundy]], [[Will County, Illinois|Will]], Kankakee County, Illinois|Kankakee]], and [[LaSalle County, Illinois|LaSalle]] counties.<ref></ref>
In the 1986 general election, [[Jerry Weller]] challenged Christensen and in the official result, Weller won by a four vote margin, 14,217 to 14,213. Christensen challenged the result while Weller was sworn in as the State Representative. The Illinois House of Representatives set up a House Committee on Election Contests which heard the two candidates challenges.<ref></ref> In a party line vote, the House voted to unseat Weller and seat Christensen.<ref></ref> Christensen opted to retire. Jerry Weller defeated Democratic candidate and Grundy County Clerk Lana Phillips to succeed Christensen.<ref></ref><ref name="ii-1989">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
Christensen died April 21, 2008.<ref name="Herald News Obit"/><ref></ref>
==References==
[[Category:1922 births]]
[[Category:2008 deaths]]
[[Category:2005 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Morris, Illinois]]
[[Category:Illinois Democrats]]
[[Category:Members of the Illinois House of Representatives]]
[[Category:Illinois city council members]]
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