Adam Brown (born 1985) is a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 101st district. Brown is a graduate of the

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Univer ...

(2007). He worked for the United States Department of Agriculture and served on the Decatur, Illinois city council before his election to the Illinois House in 2010. In 2011, Brown joined with State Representative Bill Mitchell of the 87th district in proposing statehood for

Cook County Cook County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Illinois and the second-most-populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, California. More than 40% of all residents of Illinois live within Cook County. As of 20 ...

. Mitchell said that

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is "dictating its views" to the rest of the state and Brown added that Chicago "overshadows" the rest of Illinois. In September 2015, Brown announced he was retiring from the Illinois House of Representatives.

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Representative Adam Brown (R) 102nd District
at the Illinois General Assembly **By session
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Adam 1985 births Living people University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni Illinois Republicans 21st-century American politicians