Ryan Spain | |
|---|---|
| Member of theIllinois House of Representatives from the 73rd district | |
| Assumed office January 11, 2017 (2017-01-11) | |
| Preceded by | David R. Leitch |
| Member of thePeoria City Council | |
| In office May 1, 2007 (2007-05-01) – October 5, 2016 (2016-10-05) | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1982-10-11)October 11, 1982 (age 43) Peoria, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Peoria, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois Bradley University |
Ryan Spain (born October 11, 1982) is aRepublican member of theIllinois House of Representatives, representing the 73rd district which includes parts ofBureau,Marshall,Peoria,Rock Island,Stark andWhiteside counties in west central Illinois.[1]
At age 24, Spain was elected an at-large member of the Peoria City Council. He was sworn in May 1, 2007.[2] On October 5, 2016, Spain announced his resignation from the City Council with an effective date of November 18, 2016.[3]
Spain has undergraduate degrees in political science and speech communications from theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and an M.B.A. fromBradley University.[4] Prior to his service in the Illinois House, Spain was Vice President of Government Relations atOSF HealthCare, which included serving as one of OSF Healthcare's lobbyists onCapitol Hill.[5][6] As of 2020, Spain is Vice President of Economic Development with OSF.[7]
On October 8, 2015, RepresentativeDavid R. Leitch, the most senior Republican in theIllinois House of Representatives, announced that he would not seek re-election to the House from the 73rd district.[8] The 73rd district consisted, at the time, of all or parts ofBureau,Marshall,Peoria,Stark,Woodford, andLaSalle counties in west central Illinois.[9][10] Spain was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in the 2016 general election to succeed Leitch.[4]
As part of the 2021 decennial reapportionment, the 73rd district was redrawn to add parts ofBureau,Rock Island andWhiteside counties while removingLaSalle andWoodford counties, and removing various portions of Peoria, Stark, and Marshall counties.[1]
On February 11, 2021, Minority LeaderJim Durkin announced that Spain would be leading the House Republican Organization, the campaign arm of Republican candidates running for the Illinois House of Representatives, for the 2022 general election.[11] He was reappointed to this role chairing the House Republican Organization in 2023.[12] At the start of the 103rd Illinois General Assembly, newly installed Minority LeaderTony McCombie elevated Spain to serve as one of two Deputy Minority Leaders alongsideNorine Hammond ofMacomb.[13]
As of July 3, 2022, Representative Spain is a member of the following Illinois House committees:[14]