Ryan Spain (born October 11, 1982) is a
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member of the
Illinois House of Representatives
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, representing the 73rd district which includes
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Peoria,
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counties in west central Illinois.
Early life and career
At age 24, Spain was elected an at-large member of the Peoria City Council. He was sworn in May 1, 2007. On October 5, 2016, Spain announced his resignation from the City Council with an effective date of November 18, 2016.
Spain has undergraduate degrees in political science and speech communications from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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, and an M.B.A. from
Bradley University
Bradley University is a private university in Peoria, Illinois. Founded in 1897, Bradley University enrolls 5,400 students who are pursuing degrees in more than 100 undergraduate programs and more than 30 graduate programs in five colleges. The ...
. Prior to his service in the Illinois House, Spain was Vice President of Government Relations at
OSF HealthCare
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, which included serving as one of OSF Healthcare's lobbyists on
Capitol Hill
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. As of 2020, Spain is Vice President of Economic Development with OSF.
State legislature
On February 11, 2021, Minority Leader
Jim Durkin
James Brian Durkin (born January 28, 1961) is a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 82nd District since 2006 when he was sworn in to replace Eileen Lyons after she retired mid-term. Durkin previously rep ...
announced that Spain would be leading the House Republican Organization, the campaign arm of Republican candidates running for the Illinois House of Representatives, for the 2022 general election.
As of July 3, 2022, Representative Spain is a member of the following Illinois House committees:
* Appropriations - Human Services Committee (HAPH)
* Business & Innovation Subcommittee (HLBR-BUIN)
* Ethics & Elections Committee (SHEE)
* Executive Committee (HEXC)
* Financial Institutions Committee (HFIN)
* Labor & Commerce Committee (HLBR)
* Prescription Drug Affordability Committee (HPDA)
* Redistricting Committee (HRED)
* Tourism Committee (SHTO)
References
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Illinois General Assembly
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1982 births
Living people
21st-century American politicians
Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
University of Illinois alumni
People from Henry County, Illinois
Peoria, Illinois City Council members
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