Jason Barickman graduated from Woodland High School before going on to Illinois State University, where he served as the student body president, and the University of Illinois College of Law.
11 Facts About Jason Barickman
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Jason Barickman is a principal at the Meyer Capel law firm.
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Jason Barickman was chosen by the legislative committee to serve a two-year term in the 97th General Assembly as a State Representative from the 105th House District in Illinois, a district that comprised parts of Livingston, Iroquois, Ford, McLean, Vermilion and Champaign counties.
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On January 10,2011, Jason Barickman was sworn in to succeed Geisler.
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Jason Barickman defeated Cultra with 19,713 votes to Cultra's 11,861 votes.
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On February 14,2013, Jason Barickman was the lone Republican senator to vote in favor of the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act which legalized same-sex marriage in Illinois.
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Jason Barickman has continued to work with members of both political parties to address the shortcomings in Illinois grant law to prevent future disasters similar to NRI.
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On September 18,2016, following Deputy Minority Leader Matt Murphy's resignation from the Illinois Senate, Republican Minority Leader Christine Radogno appointed Jason Barickman to serve as Republican Minority Whip for the Republican Senate Caucus, then after the next recent election, Senator Jason Barickman was promoted to one of four Assistant Republican Leadership positions.
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Senator Jason Barickman was heavily involved in the process of reforming Illinois' outdated formula for distributing school funding.
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Jason Barickman was the first to file legislation establishing an Evidence Based Model.
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On December 5,2022, Jason Barickman announced that he would resign effective at the end of the 102nd General Assembly.