Jay C. Hoffman
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Jay C. Hoffman is a former Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

 member of the Illinois House of Representatives
Illinois House of Representatives
The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The state House of Representatives is made of 118 representatives elected from...

, representing the 112th District from 1991-2010. On November 2, 2010, Hoffman was denied his 11th term, losing in a rematch of the 2008 race to Edwardsville, IL businessman Dwight Kay.

Connection to Blagojevich

Jay Hoffman has been closely linked to disgraced former Governor Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich
Rod R. Blagojevich is an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. A Democrat, Blagojevich was a State Representative before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing parts of Chicago...

 throughout his legislative career. The Madison County Record referred to Rep. Hoffman as "right hand man and loyal ally" to Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich
Rod R. Blagojevich is an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. A Democrat, Blagojevich was a State Representative before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing parts of Chicago...

 in 2007. The St Louis Post Dispatch has referred to him as "Gov. Rod Blagojevich's top legislative ally" and the Belleville News-Democrat has called Mr. Hoffman "one of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's staunchest political allies and closest friends". A Google
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 news search has numerous newspaper articles referring to the extremely close personal and professional relationship between Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich
Rod R. Blagojevich is an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. A Democrat, Blagojevich was a State Representative before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing parts of Chicago...

 and Jay Hoffman dating back to 2001.

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