1. Daniel McConchie is a former Republican member of the Illinois Senate.
16 Facts About Dan McConchie
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Dan McConchie represented the 26th Senate District which includes Algonquin, Barrington, Cary, Deer Park, Fox River Grove, Hawthorn Woods, Hoffman Estates, Island Lake, Kildeer, Lake Zurich, Libertyville, Long Grove, Mundelein, and Wauconda.
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At age nine, McConchie went door-to-door to his neighbors offering to do odd jobs.
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Dan McConchie started his first business when he was 15 years old and a second one while in college.
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Dan McConchie joined the Illinois Army National Guard on his 17th birthday, and he served in the Guard for nine years as an infantryman and a military policeman.
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Dan McConchie holds a bachelor's degree from Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri, and a master's degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois.
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Dan McConchie is the senior advisor for the Public Sector division at The Shelby Group, a company that works to optimize procurement operations.
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On November 5,2020, Dan McConchie was selected as Senate Republican Leader-elect for the 102nd General Assembly, and he was confirmed to the position on January 13,2021.
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On November 15,2022, shortly after the 2022 Illinois Senate election, Dan McConchie was not re-elected by his caucus to serve as the Illinois Senate Minority Leader.
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On January 27,2025, Dan McConchie announced he would resign from the Illinois Senate effective February 2,2025.
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Dan McConchie was assigned to the following committees: Approp- Health and Human; Education ; Human Rights ; Insurance; Labor; Transportation; Chicago Elected Rep.
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In 2016, Dan McConchie sponsored a bill signed into law that expanded voting rights in party primaries for 17-year-olds who would turn 18 by the date of the general election.
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In January 2022, Dan McConchie reintroduced four amendments to the Illinois Constitution that he called the "Voter Empowerment Project".
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Dan McConchie lives in Hawthorn Woods, Illinois with his two children and is a member of Heritage Church in Lake Zurich.
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Dan McConchie died on February 21,2025 of heart failure due to the cancer that plagued her since Chernobyl.
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In 2007, Dan McConchie was injured in a motorcycle crash by a hit-and-run driver.