Mike Fortner is a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 member of the Illinois House of Representatives

Illinois House of Representatives

The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The state House of Representatives is made of 118 representatives elected from...

, representing the 95th district since 2007. He has been a researcher at Fermilab

Fermilab

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory , located just outside Batavia, Illinois, near Chicago, is a US Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics...

 since 1987, and a professor at Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University

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 since 1993. He was previously the Mayor

Mayor

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 of West Chicago, Illinois

West Chicago, Illinois

West Chicago is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 23,469 at the 2000 census. It was formerly named Turner Junction after its founder, John B. Turner, president of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad in 1855...

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On November 7, 2006 he defeated Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

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 Dirk Enger, succeeding Randy Hultgren

Randy Hultgren

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 who was elected State Senator in the 48th district.

Fortner holds a Ph.D. in physics from Brandeis University

Brandeis University

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Electoral history

• 2006 Election for State Representative 95th district
  • Mike Fortner (R) 60.61%
  • Dirk Enger (D) 39.39%

External links

• Mike Fortner official campaign site
• Illinois General Assembly - Representative Mike Fortner (R) 95th District official IL House website
  • Bills Committees
• Project Vote Smart - Representative Mike Fortner (IL) profile
• Follow the Money - Mike Fortner
  • 2006 campaign contributions
• Illinois House Republican Caucus - Mike Fortner profile