Accomplishments
Accomplishment Update
Roland Burris is a good man and a dedicated public servant, and that is why he has returned to public life. Now he is the 48th Senator from the great State of Illinois, and the 1,907th person ever to be sworn into this distinguished body. |
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More of ROLAND BURRIS' LIFETIME ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Burris was the first African American elected to statewide office in Illinois, when he became comptroller in 1978. He served in that office until his election as Illinois Attorney General in 1990.
As attorney general, Burris organized Chicago's first Gun Turn-in Day in 1993, which became a model program. A former handgun owner himself, he became an advocate for a national handgun ban.
Burris was the first African American national bank examiner for the U.S. Treasury Department. He traveled throughout the Midwest, examining banks in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Burris championed the referendum for a Victim's Rights Amendment to the Illinois Constitution. It won overwhelming voter approval.
Burris was the state's first attorney general to win legislative approval to establish a statewide grand jury to prosecute intrastate “kingpin” drug dealers, after 20 years of trying by previous attorneys general.
As the Democratic nominee for attorney general, Burris supported abortion rights and broader rights for gay men and lesbians, unlike his Republican opponent, Jim Ryan.
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