| Wednesday, October 1, 2008 6:30 AM CDT |
11th Congressional District: Candidate bios
By Associated Press
Deborah “Debbie” Halvorson
Party: Democrat
Age: 50
Home: Crete
Family: Husband Jim; four children.
Education: Secretarial certificate, Robert Morris College; associate’s degree, Prairie State College; bachelor’s and master’s degrees in communications from Governor’s State University.
Experience: State senator, 1997 to present, and current senate majority leader; former Crete Township Clerk; also has been a cosmetics saleswoman and stay-at-home mother.
Martin “Marty” Ozinga III
Party: Republican
Age: 58
Home: Will County
Family: Wife, Ruth, and six sons
Education: Bachelor’s degree, Calvin College.
Experience: President, Ozinga Bros., a family company specializing in concrete that has been around for 80 years and has more than 1,000 employees.
Jason Wallace
Party: Green Party
Age: 26
Home: Normal
Family: Single
Education: Bachelor’s degree, Illinois State University; associate’s degree, Community College of the Air Force and Heartland Community College.
Experience: Served in the Illinois Air National Guard
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