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40th District

District Office: 179 South Wall Street Kankakee, IL 60901 ( 708 ) 756 - 0882 Map/Driving Directions
Springfield Office: Stratton Office Building Section C, Room B Springfield, IL 62706 Map/Driving Directions
Years Served
November 2019-Present
Committee Assignment
Agriculture (Chair); Energy and Public Utilities; Health (Vice-Chair); Labor; Local Government; App- Agriculture, Envir. & Energy (Sub-Vice-Chair); Sub. on Long-Term Care & Aging (Sub-Chair); Redistricting- Kankakee & Will (Sub-Chair); State Government; Next Generation of Energy (Sub-Vice-Chair).
Biography
Fourth generation farmer; grew up Reddick, Illinois, now resides in Essex, Illinois; B.A. in Agribusiness, Illinois State University; 19-year member of the Kankakee County Farm Bureau Board of Directors; lifelong advocate for conservation and environmental awareness; 25-year owner and operator of his family-owned farm; married, father of three, lost one daughter to leukemia in 2011; has since become a team leader for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society.
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