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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Adam Andrzejewski |
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Hinsdale, Illinois , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | [Link] |
| Born |
August 02, 1969
(54 years)
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| Contributor | ev |
| Last Modifed | ev
Jan 19, 2012 03:11pm |
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| Info | Adam Andrzejewski is raised in the close knit, farming community of Herscher, IL, in Kankakee County. He is the oldest of 7 children.
In a county beleaguered by unemployment, his father worked two jobs, as a school teacher and real estate agent, to provide for the family. Early in life, Adam relied on his family, faith and rural community while developing his tough work ethic.
Adam worked various odd jobs helping those in the town and worked in the hot summer fields alongside the local farmers. During college years, he worked at a suburban insurance company and also at a construction company as a laborer. His life experiences taught him the value of each hard earned dollar. He was frugal and saved his earnings, allowing him to graduate from Northern Illinois University with a business degree.
After college, Adam started a family publishing business with his brother. After early struggles, Adam sold his share of the still very successful business in early 2007. He then founded ForTheGoodOfIllinois organization to pursue his life-long dream of making Illinois a land of opportunity and hope for others, and the best state to live, work and raise a family.
The mission of ForTheGoodOfIllinois is to bring transparency, accountability, efficient service, and frugality to Illinois governments. Just like in business, Adam is results oriented. His organization spearheaded the financial transparency movement. Starting with Illinois school districts, Adam trained hometown people to ask their own school districts to post their check register online. The result is that over $1 billion in checks detailing spending of taxpayer money have been posted to local websites! Adam resigned from ForTheGoodOfIllinois before announcing his candidacy for Governor.
Adam is married to Kerry. They are parents of three daughters. The Andrzejewski home is in Hinsdale.
Adam has played the violin since the fourth grade. Enjoying the challenge of chess as a youth, Adam beat the high school chess champion while still in grade school and played a ranked U.S. chess player on a visit to his county. Adam is a marathon runner and he competed in the 26.2 mile Chicago Marathon in 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002.
Adam Andrzejewski brings a much needed new perspective to Illinois leadership. He is determined to organize people who will demand government results. Together, there is a reason for hope to bring a new direction to Illinois.
FAVORITE QUOTATION:
G.K. Chesterton stated, “The highest office any of us can aspire to is to the office of citizen!”
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