Career
Stover was a professor and department chair at Kaskaskia College. He is currently on the Marion County Board
While at Kaskaskia College Stover was head of the International Friends club, a group which raises money to send students on a study trips abroad annually. In 2003 the group traveled to England, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Shimkus was considered a shoo-in for re-election until the scandal broke.
