Patricia Blagojevich is the former First lady of Illinois and wife of former Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich. From 2003 to January 2009, she has served as a First lady but after the removal of her husband who was impeached, she began work as a real estate agent.
Furthermore, she also appeared in the NBC reality show ‘I’m a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here’ in 2009 after her husband removed as Governor of Illinois. On the show, she featured as a contestant and end up in the fourth position. In the same year, After an uproar over alleged taped comments, she was fired from a $100,000 a year fund-raising job. In February 2009, Blagojevich also cited for information relating to her husband’s political campaign and her employment as a real estate agent.
Caption: Patricia and her husband Rod Blagojevich in 2011 speaking with reporters at the federal building in Chicago.
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Patricia Blagojevich: Bio, Family, Career
She was born on 9 April 1965 as Patricia Mell in Chicago, Illinois, the United States. She is the daughter of former Chicago alderman, Richard Mell, and mother Marge Mell. Rod’s wife has a sister named Deb Mell served in the Illinois State House of Representatives from 2009 to 2013. Also, Deb was on the Chicago City Council from 2013 to 2019.
Regarding her education, she had graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor’s degree in economics. It is unclear when and how she started her career. But she gained fame as a First lady after her husband elected as a Governor of Illinois.
Patricia Blagojevich: Personal Life & Husband
Coming over to her personal life, she has married the former Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich as mentioned earlier. They married in 1990 but they had not provided information on their first meeting or dating history. Further, they have welcomed two daughters: Amy(23) & Annie(16).
Looking shortly at the former politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to his 2009 impeachment. Following that, he was charged with public corruption for which he sentenced to federal prison. Additionally, he has launched a politics-theme podcast ‘The Lightning Rod’ on WLS-AM 890 in May 2020.
Caption: Patricia and her husband Rod Blagojevich with their two daughters after serving jail time.
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Patricia Blagojevich: Net Worth & Social Media Profiles
Talking about her net worth has an estimated of around $100 thousand from her work. Whereas her husband, Rod, the former Governor of Illinois has a net worth estimated at around $100 thousand.
She has an unverified Instagram account @pblagojevich with more than 1k followers. On Twitter, she has an unverified account @pblagojevich with more than 3.5k followers. On Facebook, she also goes by the unverified account under her name with above 2.3k followers.
Patricia Blagojevich: Body Measurements
She has an average looking body type that stands to a height of 5 feet 6 inches or 1.67 meters. Other than this, there is no information on her body weight and measurements. She has dark brown hair color and brown eyes color.
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