Gary Hannig (born July 22, 1952) is a former Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation, having served in that post from 2009 to 2011, and was previously a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 98th District from 1979 to 2009. Hannig replied, “Is he running against me for state representative, and no one told me yet? I’m going to challenge the residency requirements. He hasn’t lived here 18 months.” Later the same day, Blagojevich also singled out 10 Chicago Democrats for the failure of the bill.