Joe Walsh
Joe Walsh represented Illinois’s 8th district in the U.S. House from 2011 to 2013.
Walsh worked as a social worker and talk radio host, and served in the U.S. House from 2011 to 2013. Walsh ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1996 and the Illinois House in 1998 before winning a House seat in 2010.
Walsh attended Grinnell College, earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa in 1985, and completed public policy master’s degrees at the Harris School of Public Policy and the University of Chicago in 1991. Walsh worked as a social worker providing education and job-skills training. After unsuccessful campaigns for Congress in 1996 and the Illinois House in 1998, Walsh won election to the U.S. House in 2010 and served from 2011 to 2013. Walsh hosted a talk radio show after leaving office, then ran for president in 2020 and ended the campaign that year.Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
- In House
- 2011–2013
- Age
- 64
- IN HOUSE
- 2011–13
- AGE
- 64
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PUBLIC SERVICE · 2011 – 2013
- 2011 – 13U.S. House · IL-8
- BORN
- December 27, 1961 · North Barrington, Illinois
- EDUCATION
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Iowa, 1985 · Master of Public Policy, Harris School of Public Policy, 1991 · Master of Public Policy, University of Chicago, 1991 · Grinnell College
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