I’m 41, and I live in the city of North Chicago. I have a B.A. in political science. I’ve worked, as a paid employee, for three U.S. Senate campaigns and for a congressional campaign. I volunteered at the 1988, 1996, and 2000 Republican National Conventions and for seven congressional candidates including Bob Dornan, Ken Arnold, and David McSweeney. I'll volunteer at the 2008 Republican National Convention.

On June 29, 2006, I was reelected to the steering committee of the Illinois Center Right Coalition, which was founded, in 2002, to recruit conservative republican candidates and help their campaigns. On Aug. 12, 2006, I became the secretary and webmaster of the ICRC. Please check the site, www.illinoiscenterright.com. I’m a member of the Republican Assembly of Lake Co.

On Apr. 30, 2006, I retired from the navy, with 21 years of service, 11 on active duty and 10 in the reserves. I was a hospital corpsman. I was in near Baghdad, in the Triangle of Death, Sept. 2004-Mar. ‘05.

On July 11, 2005, I started working for Martin E. Janis, a p.r. company in downtown Chicago.

On Valentine’s Day, 2008, I got engaged to Nicole Macaluso. Like me, she’s Lutheran and republican.

On June 7, I attended the Illinois Republican Convention, as a delegate for Lake Co. I ran for delegate to the Republican National Convention, for Mike Huckabee. My congressional district had 18 delegate candidates, and the top three won. I was seventh, receiving more votes than a state representative and a county clerk, combined. I'll volunteer at the Republican National Convention. I volunteered for Ken Arnold, a congressional candidate in Illinois' 8th District. His primary had three Republicans, and he was second, with 20%.