Biography

Dave Syverson was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1992. He has sponsored property tax caps, historic welfare reform and the State of Illinois’ children’s health insurance program. He is a proponent of improving the business/job creation environment in Illinois, insurance and Medicaid reforms, vocational education and senior health issues.

Syverson is the Republican Spokesman for the Senate Appropriations I Committee, member of the Senate Appropriations III Committee, member of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, member of the Senate Insurance Committee, member of the Senate Transportation Committee and member of the Governor’s Council on Health and Physical Fitness.

Syverson is also a member of the Rockford Chamber of Commerce, Rockford Area Economic Development Council, Rockford Machine Tool Association, National Federation of Independent Business, the National Association of Financial Planners, on the Board of Advisors for Zion Development Corporation and Reformer’s Unanimous International.

Syverson was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Rockford in his early childhood. He attended Guilford High School and Rock Valley College. A broker with Williams Manny, Inc., he lives in Rockford with his wife, Shirley, and their two children.

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