Eamon Kelly got his start in progressive politics volunteering for Jan Schakowsky – who’s supporting Eamon for Committeman – in her first campaign for Congress during his senior year at Evanston Township High School. He has played an active role in progressive campaigns ever since - volunteering on the Obama campaign in the Iowa caucus in 2007 and serving on his Illinois Finance committee, to currently serving as Finance Chair for Senator Michael Frerichs, a downstate-progressive running for State Treasurer.
Eamon is also active in the Evanston community, including, serving on the board of Youth Organization Umbrella (Y.O.U.) and a member of the Young Professionals board for the Chicago Bar Foundation.
Eamon is an attorney at the litigation boutique Sperling & Slater P.C. Among other matters Eamon specializes in representing insurance policyholders suing insurance companies. Eamon attended the University of Illinois for undergraduate and law school, where he graduated near the top of his class and was the managing editor of the University of Illinois law review. Before attending law school Eamon served as the Chief of Staff of the Illinois State Board of Education.
Eamon lives in Evanston with his wife Lakshmi Lakshmanan, a delegate to the 2012 democratic national convention, and their two children.
Eamon Kelly's Supporters
Eamon is proud to have the following endorsements:
- Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
- Senator Daniel Biss
- Representative Robyn Gabel
- Representative Laura Fine
- Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl
- Honorable Jeff Schoenberg
- Commissioner Larry Suffredin
-
Alderman Delores Holmes
- Alderman Peter Braithwaite
- Alderman Coleen Burrus
- Alderman Mark Tendam
- Carol Ronen, 9th District State Central Committeewoman
- Daniel Montgomery
- Evanston Fire Fighters Local 742
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