Elizabeth Coulson is a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 member of the Illinois House of Representatives

Illinois House of Representatives

The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The state House of Representatives is made of 118 representatives elected from...

, representing the 17th district where she has served since 1997. She ran for the Illinois's 10th congressional district seat being vacated by Mark Kirk

Mark Kirk

Mark Steven Kirk is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, Kirk was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Illinois's 10th congressional district....

, but lost to Bob Dold

Bob Dold

Robert James "Bob" Dold, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Republican Party. Prior to his election, Dold ran his family-owned business, Rose Pest Solutions...

 in the February 2nd, 2010, primary election. She currently backs Hamilton Chang as the Republican candidate for the Illinois House of Representatives 17th district.

External links

• Illinois General Assembly - Representative Elizabeth Coulson (R) 17th District official IL House website
  • Bills Committees
• Project Vote Smart - Representative Elizabeth Coulson (IL) profile
• Follow the Money - Elizabeth Coulson
  • 2006 2004 2002 2000 1998 1996 campaign contributions