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Senator David Koehler (D) - Previous General Assembly (99th)
46th District

Photograph of  Senator  David Koehler (D)
 

Springfield Office:
Senator 46th District
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: Elected November 2006, Appointed December 2006, Elected 2010 - Present

Committee assignments: Agriculture; Local Government; Transportation; Committee of the Whole; Environment and Conservation (Chair); Labor; Sub on EPA 111(d) Requirements (Sub-Chair); Com. Oversight Medicaid Mang. Care; Sub on Transportation Innovation; Subcommittee on Consolidation.

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 Representative(s): Jehan Gordon-Booth
 Michael D. Unes