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| name = Loleta Didrickson<br />
| office = 5th [[Illinois Comptroller|Comptroller of Illinois]]<br />
| term_start = January 9, 1995<br />
| term_end = January 11, 1999<br />
| governor = [[Jim Edgar]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Dawn Clark Netsch]]<br />
| successor = [[Daniel Hynes]]<br />
| office2 = Director of the [[Illinois Department of Employment Security]]<br />
| governor2 = Jim Edgar<br />
| term_start2 = 1991<br />
| term_end2 = 1994<br />
| predecessor2 = Sally Jackson<br />
| successor2 = Lynn Doherty<br />
| state_house3 = Illinois<br />
| district3 = 37th<br />
| term_start3 = January 12, 1983<br />
| term_end3 = February 8, 1991<br />
| predecessor3 = [[Jack Dunn (Illinois politician)|Jack Dunn]]<br />
| successor3 = [[Manny Hoffman]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|05|22}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.<br />
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]<br />
| spouse = Charles Didrickson<br />
| children = 3<br />
| alma_mater = [[Governors State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />
}}<br />
'''Loleta Anderson Didrickson''' (born May 22, 1941) is the 5th [[Illinois Comptroller]],<ref name = "WPost">{{cite news|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces98/ilsen/candidates.htm|title = Illinois Senate: The Candidates|work = [[Washington Post|washingtonpost.com]]|accessdate = October 28, 2010|date=September 16, 1998}}</ref> serving from 1995 to 1999.<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Didrickson was born on May 22, 1941 in [[Chicago]]. She attended public schools and completed three years of study at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]] before marrying her husband, Charles "Charlie" Didrickson, and raising three children. She later completed a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree, with a major in [[Communication studies|communications]], at [[Governors State University]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Illinois Blue Book, 1989–1990|date=|edition=44|page=82|url=https://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/bb/id/41104/rec/1|accessdate=September 18, 2024}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Didrickson was elected comptroller in 1994, succeeding Democrat [[Dawn Clark Netsch|Dawn Netsch]],<ref name="Comptroller">{{cite web|url = http://www.ioc.state.il.us/office/history.cfm|title = Illinois State Comptroller: About the Office|publisher = [[Illinois Comptroller|ioc.state.il.us]]|accessdate = October 28, 2010|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101108143948/http://www.ioc.state.il.us/Office/history.cfm|archivedate = November 8, 2010}}</ref> who was the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee for governor. Her Democratic opponent was [[Illinois State Senators|State Senator]] [[Earlean Collins]]. Before being elected comptroller, Didrickson served for three years, under Governor [[Jim Edgar]], as the Director of the Illinois Department of Employment Security. She had served eight years in the [[Illinois House of Representatives]].<ref name = "WPost" /><br />
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[[1998 United States Senate election in Illinois#Republican primary|In 1998]], Didrickson was a candidate for the [[United States Senate]]. She was strongly supported in this bid by Governor Edgar and former Republican presidential nominee [[Bob Dole]]. The latter was her national campaign chairman.<ref name = "WPost" /> In a heated [[Partisan primary|primary]], however, she was defeated by a more conservative candidate, State Senator [[Peter Fitzgerald (senator)|Peter Fitzgerald]]. He went on that year to defeat incumbent Senator [[Carol Moseley-Braun]]. Didrickson was succeeded as comptroller by Democrat [[Daniel Hynes|Dan Hynes]].<ref name = "Comptroller" /><br />
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| title = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee for [[Illinois Comptroller]]<br />
| years = [[1994 Illinois Comptroller election|1994]]<br />
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| title = [[Illinois Comptroller]]<br />
| years = 9 January 1995&ndash; 11 January 1999<br />
| before = [[Dawn Clark Netsch]]<br />
| after = [[Daniel Hynes]]<br />
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