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55th District

Republican Caucus Chair

District Office: 88 Broadway Ave. Suite 1 Mattoon, IL 61938 ( 217 ) 235 - 6033 Map/Driving Directions
Springfield Office: 309M Capitol Building Springfield, IL 62706 Map/Driving Directions
Years Served
1998 - 2002 (House); 2003 - Present (Senate)
Committee Assignment
Assignments (Minority Spokesperson); Appropriations I (Minority Spokesperson); Committee of the Whole; Executive Appointments (Minority Spokesperson); Appropriations II; Human Services; Oversight Medicaid Mang. Care, Spec; Subcommittee on Special Issues (HS); Sub. on Consequences of Fed.Policy; Insurance; Supplier Diversity, Special Com. On (Minority Spokesperson); Housing, Special Committee On; Telecommunications & InfoTechnology; Executive (Minority Spokesperson).
Biography
Accounting at Eastern Illinois University, JD at Saint Louis University School of Law, of Counsel with a small law firm in Charleston, and part-time college instructor; two children, Jonathon and Benjamin.
Associated Representative(s)