John Laesch (born January 29, 1974 in Monrovia, Liberia) is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Illinois. His most recent race was in the 2008 Democratic primary election in Illinois' 14th congressional district. He was the 2006 Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative of the 14th District of Illinois, which he lost to Bill Foster (see Illinois's 14th congressional district special election, 2008). He ran against Republican incumbe...
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John Laesch (born January 29, 1974 in Monrovia, Liberia) is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Illinois. His most recent race was in the 2008 Democratic primary election in Illinois' 14th congressional district. He was the 2006 Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative of the 14th District of Illinois, which he lost to Bill Foster (see Illinois's 14th congressional district special election, 2008). He ran against Republican incumbent Dennis Hastert, the Speaker of the House, who has announced he would not stand for reelection in 2008. Laesch is member of the Fighting Dems, former members of the U.S. Armed Forces who ran for election to the Congress in 2006.
Laesch was born in Liberia to missionary parents. A veteran of the United States Navy, he enlisted in 1995 and graduated first in his class from the Great Lakes Training Naval Center in 1996. He served as an intelligence analyst in the Middle East. Following his honorable discharge from the military, Laesch earned a...
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