Representative Rodney Davis
Illinois Republican Representative
Rodney Davis, a Representative from Illinois; born in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, January 5, 1970; attended the public schools in Taylorville, Ill.; B.A., Millikin University, Decatur, Ill., 1992; staff, Illinois secretary of state, 1992-1996; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Illinois state house of representatives in 1996; staff, United States Representative John M. Shimkus of Illinois, 1997-2012; unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Taylorville, Ill., in 2001; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Thirteenth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2013-present).