Whelan was elected to the Assembly in November 2005, unseating Republican Kirk W. Conover, who had held the seat since 2003 in this Republican-leaning district.
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Dillard is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council, serving as Illinois state leader.
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Dillard was dogged through the entire campaign for a commercial in which he appeared to endorse Democrat Barack Obama for President, leading conservative activists to compare him to Dede Scozzafava.
He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor in 1880, a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1885, and was appointed United States surgeon at Port Townsend, Washington, in 1889.
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He was appointed acting assistant surgeon in 1866, and was assigned to Lake City, Florida.