A Representative from Illinois. Born in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, January 5, 1970. Graduated from Taylorville High School, Taylorville, Ill. , 1988. B. A. , Millikin University, Decatur, Ill. , 1992. Staff, Illinois secretary of state, 1992-1996. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the Illinois state house of representatives in 1996. Staff, United States Representative John M. Shimkus of Illinois, 1997-2012. Unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Taylorville, Ill. , in 2001. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Thirteenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2013-January 3, 2023). Unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress in 2022.  .
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