Susan Catania

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Susan Catania (née Kmetty) (born December 10, 1941) is a former American politician and information director.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Catania received her bachelor's degree from Saint Xavier University. She also did graduate work in chemistry at Northwestern University. Catania worked as an information director for a chemical research firm in Chicago. Catania served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1973 to 1983 and was a Republican.[1][2][3]

Catania ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 1982.[4] In 1986, Catania ran in the at-large election to be a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners from the city of Chicago, succeeding in the primary to be one of ten Republican nominees, but losing the general election.[5][6] In 1992, Catania was the Republican nominee for Cook County Recorder of Deeds, losing the election to Democrat Jesse White.[7]

Notes[]

  1. ^ 'Illinois Blue Book 1981,' Biographical Sketch of Susan Catania, pg. 113
  2. ^ Our Campaigns.com.-Susan Catania
  3. ^ Chronicling Illinois=Susan Catania papers
  4. ^ "OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION MARCH 16, 1982" (PDF). www.elections.il.gov. Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  5. ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS PRIMARY ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1986" (PDF). www.cookcountyclerk.com. Cook County Clerk.
  6. ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1986" (PDF). voterinfo.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2008.
  7. ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1992" (PDF). voterinfo.net. Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2008.


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