Question: what does Jim Ryan and Rod Blagojevich have in common?

Context articles: John F. Harris (political aide)
Patricia Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich corruption charges
Virgil Tiran
Illinois gubernatorial election, 2006
Rod Blagojevich
Jim Ryan (politician)
Rod Blagojevich controversies
Tony Rezko
Illinois gubernatorial election, 2002

John F. Harris (born 1962) is the former Chief of Staff to the Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich.
 He resigned in December 2008 after being charged, along with Blagojevich, with wire fraud .
On March 28, 2012 Harris was sentenced by Judge James B. Zagel.
 In contrast to the 14-year sentence Judge Zagel previously handed down to former Governor Blagojevich, Harris was sentenced to a period of 10 days incarceration, two years supervised release and a $1000 fine.
 In imposing the unusually lenient sentence, Judge Zagel noted that the former Governor had worn down his staff and demonstrated signs of “mental instability.”
 Judge Zagel observed that other than leaving the administration earlier if he were in Harris’ shoes, he might have acted the same way.
 The Judge also acknowledged an unusual number of character reference letters in support of Harris that had been received from prominent city and state political and business figures.
Patricia Mell "Patti" Blagojevich (born April 9, 1965), née Mell, is the wife of former Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, who was impeached and removed from office.
 She served as First Lady of Illinois from January 2003 to January 2009.
 Patricia Blagojevich was also a contestant on the NBC reality show "I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here" in June 2009.
 She placed 4th in the competition.
Rod Blagojevich, former Governor of Illinois, is an American politician.
 He and his Chief of Staff John Harris were charged with corruption by federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.
 As a result, Blagojevich was impeached by the Illinois General Assembly and removed from office by the Illinois Senate in January 2009.
 The federal investigation continued after his removal from office and he was indicted on corruption charges in April 2009.
 The jury found him guilty of one charge of making false statements with a mistrial being declared on the other 23 counts due to a hung jury after 14 days of jury deliberation.
 On June 27, 2011, after a retrial, Blagojevich was found guilty of 17 charges (including wire fraud, attempted extortion, and conspiracy to solicit bribes), not guilty on one charge and the jury deadlocked after 10 days of deliberation on the two remaining charges.
 On December 7, 2011, Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Virgil Tiran is a Chicago real estate developer with ties to Patti Blagojevich, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's wife.
The Illinois gubernatorial election of 2006 occurred on November 7, 2006.
 The Governor of Illinois, Democrat Rod Blagojevich, won re-election for a four-year term scheduled to have ended on January 10, 2011.
 However, Blagojevich was impeached and convicted in 2009.
 Many observers expected the race to be close, especially considering the polling, which has shown Governor Blagojevich had a high disapproval rating.
 However, the Republicans had fared poorly in elections since 2002 due to scandals involving prior Governor George Ryan, and the increasingly unpopular presidency of George W. Bush.
Rod Blagojevich ( , born December 10, 1956) is an American politician and former amateur boxer who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 until his impeachment in 2009.
James E. Ryan (born February 21, 1946) is an American politician who served two four-year terms as Illinois Attorney General.
 A career Republican, he received his party's nomination and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Illinois against Rod Blagojevich in 2002.
 He has been a professor at Benedictine University since 2003.
 He again ran for governor in 2010 and led incumbent Governor Pat Quinn in aggregate polling; but he failed to gain his party's nomination, coming in fourth in a field of seven candidates.
A number of controversies related to Rod Blagojevich, formerly the Governor of Illinois, were covered in the press during and after his administration.
 In addition to a reputation for secrecy that was noted by the Associated Press, Blagojevich was the subject of political, legal, and personal controversies similar to those of his predecessor, Republican George Ryan.
 To the surprise of many, Blagojevich said in 2008 that he agreed with the idea of commuting Ryan's federal prison sentence.
Antoin "Tony" Rezko (born 1955) is an American businessman.
 He was a fundraiser for Illinois Democratic and Republican politicians.
 After becoming a major contributor to Rod Blagojevich's successful gubernatorial election, Rezko assisted Blagojevich in setting up the state's first Democratic administration in twenty years and as a result he was able to have business associates appointed onto several state boards.
 Rezko and several others were indicted on federal charges in October 2006 for using their connections on the state boards to demand kickbacks from businesses that wished to engage in dealings with the state.
 While the others pleaded guilty, Rezko pleaded not guilty and was tried.
 He was found guilty of 16 of the 24 charges filed against him and on November 23, 2011, he was sentenced to 10.5 years in prison.
The 2002 Illinois gubernatorial election pitted Congressman Rod Blagojevich against Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan.
 Rod Blagojevich won 52% to 45%.