My home county is Tazewell County, just a short jaunt down the road from ISU. Tazewell was formed in 1827 by being carved out of Peoria county and named after an elected official: Littleton Tazewell, a senator.
The elected Representative from my district is Aaron Schock, a Republican. Mr. Schock is the youngest member of congress at 27 and entered office with experience as an elected official already under his belt, both as a school board president and state representative. He currently serves on the Highway and Transit Subcommittee and Small Business Committee.
One of two Senators is Dick Durbin, a Democrat, who holds the position of Majority Whip. Mr. Durbin was first elected to the House in 1983, and won election as a senator in 1996 and 2002. Some issues Durbin has been involved with have been health care and gun safety. As a member of the House, Durbin authored a bill to ban smoking on airline flights, and he also spearheaded an effort to penalize adults for failing to properly secure their firearms when used by a child for a crime.
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