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Representative Mike Fortner (R) - Previous General Assembly (94th)
95th District

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Springfield Office:
Springfield, IL 62706
District Office:
135 Fremont St.
West Chicago, IL 60185
(630) 293-9344
Years served:

Committee assignments:

Biography: Mike Fortner (R-95, West Chicago) is currently the mayor of West Chicago, and has headed transportation policy for the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference. He has a B.A. in math and physics from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from Brandeis University in Massachusetts. He also teaches physics at Northern Illinois University, and co-chairs the Illinois Articulation Initiative Physics Panel. He formerly was a West Chicago alderman and a member of the West Chicago Elementary District 33 school board.


Associated Senator(s): Randy Hultgren