Assistant Majority Leader, Illinois State Senate, 2019-present

Senator, Illinois State Senate, District 46, 2006-present

Candidate, Illinois State Senate, District 46, 2022, 2024

Majority Caucus Whip, Illinois State Senate, 2017-2018

Member, Peoria City Council, 1989-1997

Member, Peoria County Board, 1982-1988

Member, Agriculture Committee

Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on Education

Vice Chair, Energy and Public Utilities Committee

Member, Higher Education Committee

Member, Labor Committee

Member, Legislative Budget Oversight Commission

Former Vice Chairperson, Agriculture Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and Energy, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Committee of the Whole, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Committee on Oversight Medicaid Management Care, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Enterprise Zone Extensions Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Chairperson, Environment and Conservation Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Environment and Conservation Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Environment and Conservation Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Labor Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Labor Subcommittee on Employment Issues, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Local Government Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Local Government Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Redistricting Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Special Committee on Oversight of Medicaid Managed Care, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Special Committee on Supplier Diversity, Illinois State Senate

Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Amendments, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on EPA 111(d) Requirements, Illinois State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Interscholastic Athletics, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Redistricting I, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Special Issues, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Transportation Committee, Illinois State Senate

Former Member, Transportation Subcommittee on Capital, Illinois State Senate

President, Labor Management Cooperative Health Programs, Incorporated, 1992-present

Co-Owner, Peoria Bread Company, 2005-2011

Staff Member, National Farm Worker Ministry, 1972-1978

Member, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Committee, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), present

Former Executive Director, Peoria Area Labor Management Council, present

Member, Task Force on Energy Supply, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), present

Former Community Organizer/Program Manager, Peoria Friendship House

Number of Grandchildren:

1