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Senator Jim Oberweis (R)
25th District
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Springfield Office: | | Senator 25th District | | 303F Stratton Building | | Springfield, IL 62706 | | (217) 782-0471 | | |
| | District Office: | | 959 Oak Street | | North Aurora, IL 60542 | | (630) 800-1992 | | ( ) - FAX |
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Years served: 2013 - Present
Committee assignments: Appropriations I; Labor and Commerce (Minority Spokesperson); Environment; Local Government; Public Health; Committee of the Whole; Subcommittee on Special Issues (LG) (Sub-Minority Spokesperson); Subcommittee on Special Issues (SN).
Biography: Jim Oberweis of Sugar Grove has served in the Illinois Senate since January 2013.
He serves as Republican spokesperson for the Labor and Commerce Committee, and is a member of the Appropriations I, Environment, Local Government, and Public Health committees.
A lifelong resident of the Fox Valley, Jim graduated from Marmion Military Academy, earned a B.A. from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
His first job was a math and science teacher at Waldo Junior High School in Aurora. He later launched a career in the financial services industry. Today, Oberweis Asset Management manages approximately $1 billion in growth stock assets. Jim also serves as the Chairman of Oberweis Dairy, a business founded by his grandfather Peter.
Jim and his wife, Julie, have five adult children, two stepchildren, and sixteen grandchildren.
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