Website: RoskamforCongress.com

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Campaign Office:  333 S. Cross Street

                             Wheaton, IL 60187

Campaign Phone: 630-221-0006

Campaign Fax: 630-221-0066

About Peter Deep Roots in the District Peter Roskam's roots in the Sixth Congressional District go back to Hill Avenue in Glen Ellyn where Peter lived as a toddler. Forty years later, surrounded by his family and friends, he announced his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives on the same leafy street where he grew up. The seed of interest in government was planted by his fourth grade teacher, Miss Lillian Anderson, at Ben Franklin Public School. Peter completed his "Illinois" project folder and still carries it with him to school classrooms when he visits today. His years in growing up in the district were punctuated by experiences that left a lasting impression on him. He started a house cleaning service, served as Student Senate President at Glenbard West High School and was a varsity gymnast. He even bicycled across America - from San Diego to Virginia Beach. To Washington and Back Again Peter earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois and his law degree from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. He took a hiatus from his legal studies to teach in a cross-cultural high school in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He pursued his interest in public policy and government and moved to our nation's capitol where he worked for Congressman Henry Hyde (R-IL) and former Congressman Tom DeLay (R-TX), then in his first term. It was during these years on Capitol Hill that Peter met his wife Elizabeth. They decided to move back to Illinois and raise a family. He served as Executive Director of Educational Assistance Ltd., a nonprofit scholarship program for disadvantaged youngsters. The organization received President Reagan's Volunteer Action Award. Leadership in Springfield In 1993 Peter was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives where he served six years. In 2000, he was appointed to the Illinois Senate and serves in the leadership as the Republican Whip and Floor Leader. He has received numerous awards from business and anti-tax organizations to health care and pro-family organizations. He has also earned the praise of environmental and law enforcement public policy groups for his community leadership. Priorities in Congress Congressman Peter Roskam was endorsed by Congressman Henry Hyde as his successor to the seat he has held for the last 32 years. In his endorsement Congressman Hyde said, "Peter is an energetic, compassionate, sensitive person. He has been a leader, not a follower in the legislature.” In Congress, Roskam's priorities include providing tax relief for hard working families, promoting energy independence and expanding access to quality affordable heath care. Finally, Congressman Roskam is our local advocate in our nation's capitol. He grew up in this district and has represented the suburbs for 13 years in the legislature. He and Elizabeth are raising their four children, Gracey, Frankie, Steve and AJ, in the district. His record of accomplishments is long and his commitment to this district is reflected in the experiences he had growing up locally. Roskam was recognized as a “Rising Star” by the Chicago Sun-Times and Roll Call. The Daily Herald described him as an “avowed fiscal conservative who could lay claim to the anti-tax mantel.” In just his second term, Congressman Roskam was appointed to serve on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee.  As one of the nation's oldest committees, Ways and Means oversees taxes, health care, Social Security, Medicare, and trade.  This wide scope of jurisdiction makes it the most influential committee in the House of Representatives. Roskam also serves as Republican Deputy Whip.

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PO Box 637

Hinsdale, Il 60522-0637

Phone: 630-325-2002

About Judy

A lifelong Illinois resident, Judy Biggert combines a wealth of experience as a legislator, lawyer, community leader, and small business owner to serve the suburban Chicago residents of Illinois' 13th District in the US House of Representatives.

As the only Republican member of the Illinois delegation on the Education and Workforce Committee, Judy worked to help craft the No Child Left Behind Act, which included her bill to nearly double annual funding for homeless education programs. She is the sponsor of legislation to promote financial literacy among our youth and she wrote legislation, now law, to increase funding for the training of math and science teachers.

As co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Women's Issues, Judy worked to improve funding for women's health research, victims of dating violence and child care assistance for low income families. In 2001, she introduced legislation that expands legal assistance for victims of domestic violence and worked with the Bush Administration to pass a bill that fast-tracked money to Afghan women and children for their basic health and educational needs.

In the 110th Congress, Judy is a member of three committees -- Education and Labor, Financial Services, and Science and Technology -and of six subcommittees. She serves as ranking member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.

In addition, Judy serves as a member of the following subcommittees: Housing and Community Opportunity; Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education; Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness; Energy and Environment, and Technology and Innovation.

Additionaly, Judy has been a member of the Speaker's Working Group for a Drug Free America and the Bipartisan Working Group on Youth Violence.

On the Financial Services Committee, she helped write the Sarbanes Oxley legislation that reformed the accounting and auditing industries in the wake of the Enron and Anderson scandals.

As a member of the Committee on Science and Chairman of the Energy Subcommittee, Judy has helped strengthen our country's basic science research facilities, including Argonne National Laboratory, located in her congressional district.

Cited by Glamour as one of the "New Female Power Players" and by Fortune as one of "The Picks of Congress' New Litter," Judy met and matched expectations. Shortly after her election in 1998, she was selected as the only Member-Elect to serve on the Congressional Delegation to the White House Conference on Social Security. Judy was also the only freshman Member of Congress to be named Vice-Chair of two subcommittees. During her first term in office, two of her initiatives became law: the Cybertipline legislation made it easier to report and track down computer-based sex crimes against children, and another bill that increased penalties for traffickers of club drugs such as Ecstasy.

Judy began her legislative career in 1992, when she was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives to serve the newly created 81st District. She became the first member of the Illinois House in the 20th century to be named to leadership after serving only one term. She was reelected in 1994 and 1996.

While serving in the Illinois General Assembly, Judy's work on state economic initiatives, such as tort reform, property tax cuts, and balanced budgets without tax increases earned her top ratings from the Illinois Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB). For her work to protect the children and families of Illinois, she was named "Woman of the Year" in Government, Politics and Civic Affairs by the DuPage YWCA in 1996 and was inducted into the Hinsdale Central High School Hall of Fame in 1997 for her leadership in education.

A lifetime of community service prepared Judy for the challenges of public office. She served for four years as Chairman of the Village of Hinsdale Plan Commission and for four years as a member of the Steering Committee of the Hinsdale Citizens for Property Tax Accountability. She has served as Chairman of the Hinsdale Assembly of the Hinsdale Hospital, Chairman of the Hinsdale Antiques Show, and as member of the Board of Directors of Salt Creek Ballet. She served for eight years as a Sunday School teacher, two years as an Assistant Soccer Coach in the American Youth Soccer Organization, and for two terms as President of the Oak School PTA.

She's a former School Board President of Hinsdale Township High School District 86, Chairman of the Visiting Nurses Association of Chicago and a former President of the Junior League of Chicago. She has served as President of the Chicago Junior Board of the Traveler's Aid Society.

A graduate of Stanford University and Northwestern University School of Law, Judy began her legal career as clerk to the Honorable Luther M. Swygert, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. While raising her four children, Judy ran a home-based private law practice specializing in real estate, estate planning and probate law. She is a member of the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the DuPage Bar Association, and the DuPage Association of Women Lawyers.

Judy was born in Chicago on August 15, 1937 and attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois. She and her husband Rody are the proud parents of Courtney Caverly, Alison Cabot, Rody Biggert, and Adrienne Morrell, and the proud grandparents of Bray, Gillian and Grant Caverly, and John Henry, Matthew, and Ethan Cabot, and Greer and Charlotte Morrell. Judy and Rody live in their 138-year-old home in Hinsdale, Illinois.

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Kirk for Senate
P.O. Box 8
Winnetka, IL 60093

Campaign HQ: 3100 Dundee Rd, Ste 108  
Northbrook, Il 60062
Campaign Phone:     847-498-0300

Mark Kirk represents the 10th Congressional District of Illinois located in the suburbs north of Chicago.

Now in his fifth term, Congressman Kirk is a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee and is co-chairman of the moderate GOP Tuesday Group and the bipartisan House US-China Working Group.

In Congress, Congressman Kirk works to advance a suburban agenda that is pro-defense, pro-personal responsibility, pro-environment, and pro-science. He wrote a number of provisions which became law, including funding for commuter rail, improving veteran’s health care, ensuring military voting, and boosting aviation security.

Mark Kirk’s father was from Sullivan and his mother from Park Ridge. Kirk was born in Champaign and grew up in Chatham, Downers Grove and Kenilworth. Representative Kirk graduated from New Trier High School (Winnetka) and attended Blackburn College (Carlinville) and the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico before earning a B.A. from Cornell. He holds a Masters Degree from the London School of Economics and a law degree from Georgetown.

Congressman Kirk began his career on the staff of his predecessor, Congressman John Porter. He later served in the World Bank, the State Department, the law firm of Baker & McKenzie, and the U.S. House International Relations Committee.

Kirk, who holds the rank of Commander, is a Naval Reserve intelligence officer and has served during conflicts with Afghanistan, Iraq, Haiti, and Bosnia. He recently became the first House member to serve in an imminent danger zone since 1942 when he deployed as a reservist to Afghanistan in December, 2008.  He completed his second deployment to Afghanistan in January.  Kirk was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for his Kosovo service in 1999. The U.S. Navy and National Military Intelligence Association named Kirk’s team the VADM Rufus Taylor Intelligence Unit of the Year for outstanding service during Operation Allied Force.