I’m 41, and I live in Northfield, IL, which is about five miles north of Chicago. I have a B.A. in political science. I’ve worked, as a paid employee, for three U.S. Senate campaigns and for a congressional campaign. I volunteered at the 1988, 1996, 2000, and 2008 Republican National Conventions and for seven congressional candidates including Bob Dornan, Ken Arnold, and David McSweeney. On Sept. 20, 2008, I was reelected to the steering committee of the Illinois Center Right Coalition, which was founded, in 2002, to recruit conservative republican candidates and help their campaigns. On Aug. 12, 2006, I became the secretary and webmaster of the ICRC. Please check the site, www.illinoiscenterright.com. I’m a member of the Republican Assembly of Lake Co.

On Apr. 30, 2006, I retired from the navy, with 21 years of service, 11 on active duty and 10 in the reserves. I was a hospital corpsman. I was in near Baghdad, in the Triangle of Death, Sept. 2004-Mar. ‘05.

On July 11, 2005, I started working for Martin E. Janis, a p.r. company in downtown Chicago.

On Valentine’s Day, 2008, I got engaged to Nicole Macaluso. Like me, she’s Lutheran.

On June 7, I attended the Illinois Republican Convention, as a delegate for Lake Co. I ran for delegate to the Republican National Convention, for Mike Huckabee. My congressional district had 18 delegate candidates, and the top three won. I was seventh, receiving more votes than a state representative and a county clerk, combined. I volunteered at the Republican National Convention. I volunteered for Ken Arnold, a congressional candidate in Illinois' 8th District. His primary had three Republicans, and he was second, with 20%.