John Rednour

John Rednour is a Democratic National Committee member who is a Superdelegate for Illinois.

2008 elections
Rednour is the mayor of Duquoin, the manager of the Duquoin State Fair, and is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Duquoin State Bank, which he is a major stockholder in.

Endorsements
John Rednour has pledged his support for Hillary Clinton even though his state supports Barack Obama.

Influence Peddling
John Rednour's wife, Wanda L. Rednour, is a Democrat on the Illinois State Board of Elections who has served as both Chairman and Vice-Chairman. In her position, she has regularly voted to remove independent and third party candidates, including presidential candidate Ralph Nader in 2004.

On September 27, 2002, the Chicago Sun Times reported that two days before possible sanctions from the State Board of Elections, Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich deposited $1 million in campaign funds to Duquoin State Bank run by John Denour. Mrs. Rednour then cast a vote to toss out a Republican objection to the campaign finance records Blagojevich. This transaction was not reported within 10 days, as is required by state law, and only came to light as a result of the article in the Sun Times.

According to the article, Rednour defended her actions by saying that the million-dollar transfer was just an innocent gesture of friendship. “I know at one time,” she said, “just in the process of him [Blagojevich] visiting our house, Big John [Rednour] was laughing and said, ‘Blagojevich, you got all that money, why don’t you put some of it in our bank down here?’ That’s all I knew.”

For managing the Duqoin State Fair alone, which lasts one week, Mr. Rednour is compensated more than $70,000 by the state of Illinois, and also provided with a car.