From Honest Abe to Dishonest Rod Illinois has a long history of colorful politicians.
Along with those colorful politicians came some memorable slogans for Illinois for their campaigns.
Herein lies a smattering of some of our favorites.
Join the fun: try to come up with some slogans on your own. Use the comments section to draft a winning line for your favorite politician.
PRESIDENT
Vote Yourself A Farm Abraham Lincoln (1860)
Don’t Swap Horses In the Middle of a Stream Abraham Lincoln (1864)
Grant Us Another Term Ulysses S. Grant (1872)
All The Way With Adlai Adlai Stevenson (1952)
Proudly For Percy Charles Percy (1968)
Keep Hope Alive Jesse Jackson (1988)
We Can Do Better Paul Simon (1988)
Change We Can Believe In Barack Obama (2008)
MAYOR
Dever and Decency William Dever (1923)
America First William Hale Thompson (1927)
A House For All Peoples Anton Cermak (1931)
Stay Lucky With Daley Richard J. Daley (1955)
Before It’s Too Late Bernard Epton (1983)
Chicago Works Harold Washington (1983)
Chicago Can’t Afford Harold Washington Jane Byrne (1987)
How’s Harold? Harold Washington (1987)
From Harold To Carol Carol Moseley Braun (2011)
GOVERNOR
Governor For All The People Otto Kerner (1960)
Charisma Isn’t Everything Richard Ogilvie (1972)
Not Just Another Pretty Face Dawn Clark Netsch (1994)
Let’s Get To Work Rod Blagojevich (2002)
Getting Things Done For People Rod Blagojevich (2006)
Common Sense. Straight Talk. Hard Work Judy Baar Topinka (2006)
Got Guv Jim Oberweis (2006)
Illinois Isn’t Broken. It’s FIXED! Dan Proft (2010)
OTHERS
Not One Of The Boys Grace Mary Stern, Lake County Clerk (1970)
I’m Al’s Pal Alan Dixon, U.S. Senate (1980)
Yes, We Can Barack Obama, U.S. Senate (2004)
That Guy With The Really Long Name Steve Rauschenberger, U.S.Senate (2004)
