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Senator Daniel Biss (D) - Previous General Assembly (99th)
9th District

Photograph of Senator  Daniel Biss (D)
 

Springfield Office:
M121 Capitol Building
Springfield, IL   62706
(217) 782-2119
District Office:
3706 Dempster Street
Skokie, IL  60076
(847) 568-1250
(847) 568-1256 FAX
Years served: 2011 - 2012 (House) ; 2013 - Present (Senate)

Committee assignments: Education; Committee of the Whole; Appropriations I; Human Services (Chair); Financial Institutions; Revenue; Subcommittee on Special Issues (RV) (Sub-Chair); Com. Oversight Medicaid Mang. Care.

Biography: Full-time legislator; former University of Chicago math professor; doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and undergraduate degree from Harvard University. Served one term in the House before his election to the Senate. Resides in Evanston with his wife, Karin, and their children, Elliot and Theodore. Co-chair of a bipartisan pensions working group in the House and chair of the Digital Divide Elimination Advisory Committee.


Associated Senator(s): Robyn Gabel
 Laura Fine