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        Republican
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      • Current Office

        U.S. Senate
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      • First Elected

        11/2/2010
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      • Next Election

        2016
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        7.15%
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      • Votes with Party

        82.62%
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    • Mark Steven Kirk is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, Kirk was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Illinois's 10th congressional district.
      Born in Champaign, Illinois, he graduated from Cornell University, the London School of Economics, and Georgetown University Law Center. He practiced law throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He joined the United States Navy Reserve as a Direct Commission Officer in the Intelligence career field in 1989 and was recalled to active duty for the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. He participated in Operation Northern Watch in Iraq the following year. He remains a member o...
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Date Born

BORN

9/15/1959

Official Birthplace

BIRTHPLACE

Champaign-Urbana, IL

Home City

HOME CITY

Highland Park, IL

Religion

Religion

  Congregationalist

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Commander, United States Naval Reserve, 1989-present Counsel, International Relations Committee, United States House of Representatives, 1995-1999 Attorney, Baker and MacKenzie, 1993-1995 Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Inter-American Affairs, United States Department of State, 1992-1993 Officer, World Bank, International Finance Corporation, 1990 Administrative Assistant, United States House of Representatives, Representative John Porter, 1984-1990 Parliamentary Assistant, British House of Commons, Office of Julian Critchley, Member of Parliament, 1982-1983 Teacher, The Milestone School, 1982-1983

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Senator, United States Senate, 2011-present Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2000-2010

EDUCATION

JD, Georgetown University, 1992 MS, London School of Economics, 1982 BA, Cornell University, 1981

FAMILY

Divorced

COMMITTEES JOINED
  • Sen. Mark Kirk

    Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Member, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, Member, Subcommittee on Children and Families, Member, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, Member, Special Committee on Aging, Member, Committee on Appropriations, Member, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Member, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Member,