Gary Hannig

Gary Hannig (born July 22, 1952) is a former Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation, having served in that post from 2009 to 2011, and was previously a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 98th District from 1979 to 2009.

Hannig, from Litchfield, was the Deputy House Majority Leader in the later years of his legislative career. and is one of House Speaker Michael Madigan's top lieutenants in the negotiation of budget legislation. In August 2008, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich blamed Hannig, who opposed Blagojevich's proposed capital bill, for House Democrats' not passing Blagojevich's budget.

Political positions Hannig said that he opposed Blagojevich's capital bill because it did not include what he viewed as necessary items for his district, in Christian County, Montgomery County and Macoupin County.

Representative Hannig was a member of an Illinois House's Special Investigative Committee, which determined whether or not there was sufficient grounds for impeachment against Rod Blagojevich.