Randy Hultgren (R-Il-14)

LEGISLATOR US Representative RANDY HULTGREN (R-IL-14)

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Up for re-election in 2016 Email Contact Form https://hultgren.house.gov/ 3rd Term contact/email-randy Re-elected in 2014 Web hultgren.house.gov http://hultgren.house.gov

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BGOV BIOGRAPHY

By Carter Dougherty, Bloomberg News Randy Hultgren holds a seat with an important legacy -- the last Republican to hold it, J. Dennis “Denny” Hastert, became Speaker of the House in January 1999 and went on to become the longest-serving Republican speaker in U.S. history. Hultgren got an early start in politics. He worked for Hastert from 1988-90 before going attending Chicago-Kent College of Law of the Illinois Institute of Technology. He graduated in 1993 and was elected to the DuPage County Board the following year. He served in the state House and Senate before winning a seat in Congress in the Republican landslide of 2010, and now represents a swath of Illinois that stretches west from the Chicago exurbs before turning southwest to end near the banks of the Mississippi River. In the primary he defeated Hastert’s son, Ethan, by 10 percentage points. He unseated Democratic incumbent Bill Foster by 6 percentage points in November. In April 2011, Hultgren introduced a bill that would deny salaries to members of Congress until they pass all of the annual appropriations bills. Salaries would be held in escrow after Oct. 1, the start of the fiscal year, until all the measures pass. “Outside of Washington, getting paid only when you do your job would sound like common sense; unfortunately, that’s not the case here,” Hultgren told The Beacon-News of Aurora, Illinois. Hultgren resides in Winfield, Illinois, with his wife, Christy. They have four children, Karsten, Kylie, Kade and Koleson. Caterpillar Inc., the multinational maker of construction, mining and agricultural equipment, was a top five contributor to Hultgren, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The firm’s Aurora, Illinois, plant is in Hultgren’s district and the Joliet, Illinois, plant is nearby. “He shares the pro-business, pro-trade record of Denny Hastert,” said Bill Lane, a Washington-based lobbyist for Caterpillar

From the Representative's Website Born and raised in Illinois, and having spent more than 15 years serving Illinois and its citizens at multiple levels of government, Congressman Randy Hultgren represents the state's 14th Congressional District. The district is comprised of seven suburban counties including McHenry, Lake, Kendall, Kane, DuPage, DeKalb and Will. In Washington, Congressman Hultgren has committed himself to working for fiscal sanity, real healthcare reform, and pro- growth policies that will put Americans back to work. In the current 114th Congress, Randy serves on the Financial Services and Science, Space & Technology Committees. Randy was elected to the DuPage County Board and County Forest Preserve Board in 1994, to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1999, and to the Illinois Senate in 2007. At every level, he has fought for prosperity and free enterprise and for smaller, smarter government. Randy served on the Financial Institutions Committees in the Illinois House and Senate and is credentialed in FINRA Series 7, 6 and 63. He later became a Vice President at Performance Trust Investment Advisors in Chicago. Randy was born March 1, 1966 in Park Ridge, Illinois. He graduated from Bethel College in 1988 and later attended Chicago-Kent College of Law, graduating in 1993. He currently resides in Plano with his wife, Christy, and four children.

PERSONAL PROFILE

COMMITTEES Birthdate 03/01/1966 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS House Committee on Financial Education Services Birthplace Park Ridge, IL

Joint Commission on Security and Political Party Republican Party Bethel College Cooperation in Europe Bachelor's Degree 1988 Joint Congressional-Executive Marital Status Married Commission on China Illinois Inst of Technology Spouse Christy House Committee on Science, JD 1993 Space, and Technology Residence Plano, IL CAUCUSES Family 4 children House Science and National Labs Rep Precinct Committeeman, Milton Caucus Township 1994 - 1998 Member, County of Religion Evangelical Dupage IL 1999 - 2007 State Congressional Friends of Sweden Representative, (IL)House of Caucus Representatives 2007 - 2010 State Senator, House STEM Education Caucus (IL)Senate 01-03-2011 - Present Representative:Illinois, (US)House of Representatives