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Senator David Koehler (D) - Previous General Assembly (98th)
46th District

Springfield Office:

M113 Capitol

Springfield, IL 62706

(217) 782-8250

(217) 782-2115 FAX

District Office:

400 NE. Jefferson, Suite 200

Peoria, IL 61603

(309) 677-0120

Additional District Addresses

Years served: Appointed December 2006, Elected 2008 - Present

Committee assignments: Agriculture and Conservation (Chair); Energy (Vice-Chair); Local Government; Transportation; Committee of the Whole; Subcommittee on Food Labeling (Sub-Chair); Executive Appointments; Advisory Committee on Healthcare (Co-Chair).

Biography: Born and raised in South Dakota, moved to Peoria in 1978; B.A., Yankton College, 1971; M.A. in divinity, United Theological Seminary, 1974; staff member, National Farm Worker Ministry; community organizer and program manager, Peoria Friendship House; executive director, Peoria Area Labor Management Council; president, Labor Management Cooperative Health Programs Inc.; Peoria County Board member, 1982-88; Peoria City Council member, 1989-97 (mayor pro tem, 1993-94); first elected to Senate in 2006; married with three daughters, a son-in-law and two granddaughters.

Associated Senator(s):	Jehan A. Gordon-Booth
	Michael Unes

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