| 1976 | Born in Chicago. S029 — source: WTTW (opens in a new tab) | Secondary profile; official office bio does not give a birth date. |
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| 1998 | Earned a B.A. in economics from Boston University after transferring from the University of Chicago; played on BU’s basketball team. S026 — source: Illinois Secretary of State (opens in a new tab)S028 — source: Boston University (opens in a new tab) | Verified educational/athletic context. |
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| Late 1990s–early 2000s | Played professional basketball in Greece and later earned a J.D. from Tulane University. S026 — source: Illinois Secretary of State (opens in a new tab)S029 — source: WTTW (opens in a new tab) | Sources differ on exact number of seasons; this archive omits duration. |
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| 2002–2006 | Worked at family-owned Broadway Bank as vice president/senior loan officer. S027 — source: Illinois State Treasurer (opens in a new tab)S046 — source: FactCheck.org (opens in a new tab)S047 — source: PolitiFact (opens in a new tab) | Individual loan-approval authority remains unresolved. |
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| Nov. 7, 2006 | Elected Illinois treasurer with 1,838,094 votes, 53.94%. S034 — source: Illinois State Board of Elections (opens in a new tab) | Defeated Christine Radogno and Dan Rodriguez-Schlorff. |
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| 2007 | Took office; Treasurer’s office selected OppenheimerFunds to manage Bright Start. S027 — source: Illinois State Treasurer (opens in a new tab)S051 — source: Illinois Auditor General (opens in a new tab)S052 — source: Associated Press archive (opens in a new tab) | Outside manager selected underlying investments; Treasurer retained ultimate program authority. |
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| 2008–09 | Bright Start Core Plus suffered severe losses; new contributions moved to Treasuries in Dec. 2008. S049 — source: Illinois Attorney General and Illinois Treasurer (opens in a new tab)S054 — source: PolitiFact (opens in a new tab) | Bright Start dossier |
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| Dec. 22, 2009 | Illinois announced a $77.23 million Bright Start settlement for eligible participants. S049 — source: Illinois Attorney General and Illinois Treasurer (opens in a new tab) | PLANADVISER reported Oppenheimer’s no-admission position; the public state release does not reproduce that term. S077 — source: PLANADVISER (opens in a new tab) |
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| Feb. 2, 2010 | Won Democratic U.S. Senate primary with 351,120 votes, about 38.9%. S036 — source: Illinois State Board of Elections (opens in a new tab) | Plurality win. |
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| Apr. 23, 2010 | Regulators closed Broadway Bank and appointed the FDIC receiver. S039 — source: FDIC Office of Inspector General, Office of Material Loss Reviews (opens in a new tab)S040 — source: FDIC (opens in a new tab) | Broadway Bank dossier |
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| Nov. 2, 2010 | Lost U.S. Senate general election to Mark Kirk, 46.42% to 48.01%. S035 — source: Illinois State Board of Elections (opens in a new tab) | Official canvass. |
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| 2011–15 | Chaired the Illinois Community College Board. S029 — source: WTTW (opens in a new tab)S030 — source: Illinois Community College Board (opens in a new tab) | Board records confirm chair role. |
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| 2012 | Joined BNY Mellon Wealth Management as senior director. S031 — source: American Banker (opens in a new tab) | Private-sector role. |
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| 2013–15 | A federal court opinion listed nine defendants in the FDIC’s Broadway Bank case without naming Giannoulias; the official FDIC index later listed a D&O settlement record, whose inaccessible terms remain unpublished. S042 — source: U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (opens in a new tab)S044 — source: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (opens in a new tab) | Procedural record, not a merits finding or universal exoneration. |
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| 2018–21 | Chaired the Chicago Public Library Board. S029 — source: WTTW (opens in a new tab)S032 — source: City of Chicago (opens in a new tab) | Civic role. |
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| June 28, 2022 | Won Democratic Secretary of State primary with 452,221 votes, 52.12%. S037 — source: Illinois State Board of Elections (opens in a new tab) | Official result. |
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| Nov. 8, 2022 | Elected Secretary of State with 2,220,713 votes, 54.28%. S038 — source: Illinois State Board of Elections (opens in a new tab) | Defeated Dan Brady and Jon Stewart. |
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| Jan. 2023 | Took office and issued transition/ethics measures. S056 — source: Illinois Secretary of State (opens in a new tab)S057 — source: Illinois Secretary of State (opens in a new tab) | Secretary of State dossier |
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| Sept. 2023 | Launched Skip-the-Line at 44 high-volume DMV facilities. S058 — source: Illinois Secretary of State (opens in a new tab) | Office later reported 2.2M appointments. S059 — source: Illinois Secretary of State (opens in a new tab) |
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| Jan. 1, 2024 | Library-grant anti-censorship condition took effect. S061 — source: Illinois General Assembly (opens in a new tab) | Funding condition, not an absolute criminal ban. |
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| July 1, 2024 | Standard licenses for eligible noncitizens replaced TVDL issuance. S063 — source: Illinois General Assembly / Secretary of State (opens in a new tab) | Federally limited credential. |
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| 2025 | REAL ID surge produced record issuance and documented service complaints. S070 — source: WTTW (opens in a new tab)S071 — source: WTTW (opens in a new tab) | Capacity expanded; statewide experience distribution unknown. |
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| Aug. 2025 | Office announced license-plate-reader audit violations and ordered federal access disabled. S066 — source: Illinois Secretary of State (opens in a new tab)S067 — source: Associated Press (opens in a new tab) | Sample audit; vendor response included. |
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| Nov. 2025 | Optional mobile ID launched in Apple Wallet. S065 — source: Illinois Secretary of State (opens in a new tab) | Physical card still needed; acceptance limited. |
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| Feb. 17, 2026 | FMCSA issued preliminary CDL noncompliance determination based on 29 sampled issuances; office disputed characterization and described a pause/corrective context. S078 — source: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (opens in a new tab)S079 — source: Illinois Secretary of State (opens in a new tab) | Recheck final disposition. |
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| May 5, 2026 | State auditor released 13-finding compliance examination, including one material weakness; office accepted recommendations. S069 — source: Illinois Auditor General (opens in a new tab) | Qualified “except for” opinion; independent verification of remediation was not located by the cutoff. |
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| June 15–23, 2026 | ChicagoSpeaks fielded survey measuring candidate excitement and Johnson evaluations. S016 — source: NORC/Mansueto Institute (opens in a new tab) | Not a vote-choice poll. |
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| July 28, 2026 | Chicago mayoral petition circulation began. S001 — source: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners (opens in a new tab) | Public campaign status still not ballot certification. |
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| Aug. 2, 2026 | Giannoulias launched campaign for Chicago mayor at IBEW Local 134 under “Demand Better.” S009 — source: WTTW News (opens in a new tab)S011 — source: ABC7 Chicago (opens in a new tab)S023 — source: Alexi Giannoulias campaign X account (opens in a new tab) | Current candidate status; also seeking SOS reelection in November. |
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