# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dawn-clark-netsch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:18:30.068Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dawn-clark-netsch"
name: "Dawn Clark Netsch"
slug: "dawn-clark-netsch"
description: "Dawn Clark Netsch was an American politician and Northwestern University law professor. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Illinois State Senate from 1973 to 1991, and as the Illinois Comptroller from 1991 through 1995. In 1994, she was the first woman to be nominated by a major political party to run for Governor of Illinois. In addition to being a professor, she co-authored the legal textbook State and Local Government in a Federal System."
tagline: "American politician (1926–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dawn_Clark_Netsch_circa_1981.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1926-09-16"
deathDate: "2013-03-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.412924
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "داون كلارك نيتستش"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Clark_Netsch"
    title: "Dawn Clark Netsch"
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    title: "Dawn Clark Netsch"
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    title: "Dawn Clark Netsch"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump