Corruption in Illinois

Corruption in Illinois has been a problem from the earliest history of the state. Electoral fraud in Illinois pre-dates the territory's admission to the Union in 1818, Illinois was the third most corrupt state in the country, after New York and California, judging by federal public corruption convictions between 1976 and 2012.
Federal.
Several members of Illinois's delegation to the United States Congress have been convicted of crimes.
Municipal.
Chicago aldermen.
According to "The Economist"s profile of Edward Burke, "Criminality among the city’s 50 aldermen is also astonishingly common." Dozens of Chicago aldermen (city council members) have been convicted of corruption-related crimes.