Rodney Davis

A Representative from Illinois; born in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, January 5, 1970; attended the public schools in Taylorville, Ill.; B.A., Millikin University, Decatur, Ill., 1992; staff, Illinois secretary of state, 1992-1996; unsuccessful candidate for the Illinois state house of representatives in 1996; staff, United States Representative John Shimkus of Illinois, 1997-2012; unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Taylorville, Ill., in 2001; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress (January 3, 2013-present).