Mike Boland

Mike Boland is an American politician who served in the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 71st District from 1995 to 2010, and the Democratic nominee for Indiana State Treasurer in 2014. In 2016, Boland ran for the Indiana House of Representatives. However, he lost the general election to Todd Huston.

Born on August 20, 1942, Mike was born and spent part of his childhood in Davenport, Iowa as one of seven children. His family moved to Texas; Boland returned to the Quad Cities area to finish the final two years of high school.

He received his B.A. from Upper Iowa University and his M.S. in education from Henderson State University; he had, from Western Illinois University and the University of Iowa, 48 semester hours of work past his master's degree.

Political life Boland was in the Illinois House of Representatives for 16 years.

He left the Illinois House of Representatives to run for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 2010, but was defeated. However, in October 2011, Boland dropped out of the Congressional race to run instead against incumbent Mike Jacobs for the Democratic nomination for Illinois State Senate in the 36th Legislative District.