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49th District

District Office: 135 Fremont St. West Chicago, IL 60185 ( 630 ) 293 - 9344 Map/Driving Directions
Springfield Office: 200-4N Stratton Office Building Springfield, IL 62706 ( 217 ) 782 - 1275 Map/Driving Directions Email: mike.fortner@sbcglobal.net
Years Served
January 2007 - January 2019
Committee Assignment
Appropriations-Higher Education; Cities & Villages (Republican Spokesperson); Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, & IT (Republican Spokesperson); Economic Opportunity (Republican Spokesperson); Elections & Campaign Finance (Republican Spokesperson); Health Care Licenses; Tollway Oversight (Republican Spokesperson); Local Government Subcommittee; Energy; Ballot Access Subcommittee; State Government Administration (Republican Spokesperson).
Biography
Mike Fortner (R- West Chicago) former mayor of West Chicago, and has headed transportation policy for the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference. He has a B.A. in math and physics from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from Brandeis University in Massachusetts. He also teaches physics at Northern Illinois University, and co-chairs the Illinois Articulation Initiative Physics Panel. He formerly was a West Chicago alderman and a member of the West Chicago Elementary District 33 school board.
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