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Represented the 9th District

Former District Office: 3706 Dempster Street Skokie, IL 60076 ( 847 ) 568 - 1250
Former Springfield Office: 417B Capitol Building Springfield, IL 62706
Years Served
2011 - 2012 (House) ; 2013 - Present (Senate)
Committee Assignment
Biography
Full-time legislator; former University of Chicago math professor; doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and undergraduate degree from Harvard University. Served one term in the House before his election to the Senate. Resides in Evanston with his wife, Karin, and their children, Elliot and Theodore. Co-chair of a bipartisan pensions working group in the House and chair of the Digital Divide Elimination Advisory Committee.
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