Dave Sullivan (Illinois politician)

Dave Sullivan
Member of the Illinois Senate from the 33rd district 28th District (1998-2003)
In office December 1998 (1998-12) – September 2005
Preceded by	Marty Butler (28th District)
Succeeded by	Cheryl Axley (33rd District)
Personal details
Born	(1964-12-29) December 29, 1964 (age 59) Chicago, Illinois
Political party	Republican
Residence	Park Ridge, Illinois
Occupation	Lobbyist

Dave Sullivan (born December 29, 1964, in Chicago) is a former Illinois State Senator and is a member of the Republican Party. He was first appointed in 1998 to fill a vacancy following the death of former State Senator Marty Butler, and in 2000 and 2002, was subsequently re-elected. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Marquette University.[1]

He resigned in September 2005 and did not run for re-election in the 2006 state elections stating that his salary would not cover the cost of sending his four children to Marquette University.^[citation needed]

During the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries, Sullivan worked on behalf of the presidential campaign of former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson as a congressional district chair for Illinois's 9th congressional district.[2]

References

1. "Illinois General Assembly - Senator Biography".
2. Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T., eds. (November 8, 2007). "Press Release: Thompson Campaign Announces Illinois Leadership Team". The American Presidency Project. University of California, Santa Barbara. Archived from the original on August 20, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.

External links

• Appearances on C-SPAN