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Representative Peter Breen (R) - Previous General Assembly (99th)
48th District
Assistant Republican Leader

Photograph of Representative  Peter Breen (R)
 

Springfield Office:
214-N Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-8037
District Office:
929 S. Main St.
Suite 105A
Lombard, IL 60148
(630) 403-8135
Years served: January 2015 - Present

Committee assignments: Consumer Protection; Economic Development & Housing; Energy; Insurance; Judiciary - Civil; Labor & Commerce Committee; Restorative Justice; Workers Compensation Subcommittee; Civil Process Subcommittee.

Biography: Peter Breen is a constitutional attorney, specializing in defense of free speech and religious liberty rights. Prior to his election to the General Assembly, Breen served on the Lombard Village Board, as a Trustee and as Acting Village President. He also founded and directed a local not-for-profit that serves women in difficult or untimely pregnancies and their children. He is the only member of the General Assembly to hold an electrical engineering degree, which he earned in three years from Vanderbilt University. Breen also holds a law degree from the University of Notre Dame. Representative Breen resides in Lombard with his wife, Margie.


Associated Senator(s): Chris Nybo