Carole Pankau is a Republican Illinois State Senator, representing the 23rd district since 2005. Pankau previously served as State Representative from 1993 to 2005.
On Tuesday night, that one up-in-the-air race went to Villa Park Mayor Tom Cullerton, a Democrat and distant cousin of the Senate president. The bread truck driver beat longtime Republican state Sen. Carole Pankau of Itasca to bring the Democratic margin to 40.
Date: Nov 10, 2012
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Senate Democrats' spending plan offers deeper cuts than Quinn proposed
We need to do this, we all know we need to do this, said Sen. Carole Pankau (R-Itasca). But its kind of interesting again for some of us who have been here a while that when we really, really, really need it, we can always find ways to move money around.