Years Served
2016 - Present
Committee Assignment
Approp- Pub Safety & Infrastructure; Child Welfare (Minority Spokesperson); Commerce (Minority Spokesperson); Education; Environment and Conservation; Transportation; Special Committee on Tourism.
Biography
Elected Senate Republican Leader (January 2021- January 2023); appointed to the Illinois Senate in 2016; supports policies that promote job growth, encourage smaller and smarter government, and root out corruption; championed legislation to reduce property taxes, ensure visitation rights for patients in hospitals and nursing homes, protect sexual assault victims, increase government transparency, provide for a non-partisan redistricting process, and empower voters to take a more active role in their state government. Energy consultant with Verde Solutions; served nine years in the Army National Guard in the infantry and military police; lives in Hawthorn Woods; married (Milena); two daughters.
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