Melissa L. Bean

A Representative from Illinois. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill. , January 22, 1962. Graduated, Maine East High School, Park Ridge, Ill. , 1980. A. A. , Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Ill. , 1982. B. A. , Roosevelt University, Chicago, Ill. , 2002. Consultant. Businesswoman. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States House of Representatives in 2002. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Ninth Congress and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2005-January 3, 2011). Unsuccessful candidate for re-election to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2010.