Aaron Schock (R)
About The Candidate
- Office Sought: Representative, Illinois (18)
- Birth Date: May 28, 1981
- Web site: http://www.aaronschock.com
- E-mail address: info@aaronschock.com
Education
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Bradley University, BA
Aaron Schock was born in Peoria, Ill. and grew up on a farm with his parents, brother and two sisters.
At 19, he won a write-in campaign to become the youngest person serving on an Illinois school board. He unseated an incumbent to become a state representative in 2005 to become one of the state's youngest legislators on record. He was re-elected in 2006 with 59 percent of the vote.
Schock, seen as a rising star in the Republican Party, easily beat his two challengers for the 18th Congressional District nomination. He works in real estate management.
He is single.
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