Melissa Bean

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Melissa Bean
U.S. Representative – IL-08

Party	Democratic
Assumed office January 3, 1993
Preceded by	January 3, 2005
Committees	Financial Services Small Business
Born	February 22, 1962
Spouse	Alan Bean
Religion	Serbian Orthodox

Melissa Luburich Bean represents the 8th Congressional District of Illinois. In 2004, Melissa Bean ousted the longest-serving Republican in Congress, the ultra-right-wing Phil Crane, and was one of only two Democrats to defeat a Republican incumbent.

1 Background
2 Frugal Foreign Travel
3 Committees
4 Contact
5 GovTrack link
6 External links
7 Related areas

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Background

Congresswoman Bean was born in Chicago on January 22, 1962. Her father, a WWII Marine Raider and small business owner, and her mother, a full-time homemaker, raised their family in Park Ridge, where Bean graduated from Maine East High School. She earned her BA in Political Science from Roosevelt University. [1]

Frugal Foreign Travel

In 2004-2005 Bean traveled to Kuwait, Qatar and Ireland, and reported only $1,041.00 in expenses paid by U.S. taxpayers. Source: "Where the Illinois Congressional Delegation Traveled in 2004-2005." Associated Press. March 13, 2006.

Committees

Contact

Washington DC Office
512 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-3711
Fax: (202) 225-7830

Cook County Office
1430 Meacham Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Phone: (847) 519-3434
Fax: (847) 519-3436

Lake County Office
Round Lake Beach Village Hall
1937 N. Municipal Way
Round Lake Beach, IL 60073

McHenry County Office
Woodstock Municipal Center
121 W. Calhoun Street
Woodstock, IL 60098

GovTrack link

GovTrack: Rep. Melissa Bean

External links

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Illinois

President: 2004, 2008

Congress: IL-Sen, IL-01, IL-02, IL-03, IL-04, IL-05, IL-06, IL-07, IL-08, IL-09, IL-10, IL-11, IL-12, IL-13, IL-14, IL-15, IL-16, IL-17, IL-18, IL-19

State: IL-Gov, Illinois Senate, Illinois House, Illinois elections, 2008, Illinois election results

Counties: Adams, Alexander, Bond, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Coles, Cook, Crawford, Cumberland, De Witt, DeKalb, Douglas, DuPage, Edgar, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Franklin, Fulton, Gallatin, Greene, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jersey, Jo Daviess, Johnson, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Knox, Lake, LaSalle, Lawrence, Lee, Livingston, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Massac, McDonough, McHenry, McLean, Menard, Mercer, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Perry, Piatt, Pike, Pope, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Richland, Rock Island, Saline, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, St. Clair, Stark, Stephenson, Tazewell, Union, Vermilion, Wabash, Warren, Washington, Wayne, White, Whiteside, Will, Williamson, Winnebago, Woodford

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