Angelo "Skip" Saviano is a
Republican and a former member of the
Illinois House of Representatives
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, representing the 77th district from 1993 to 2012.
He served on seven committees: Registration and Regulation; Committee of the Whole; Aging; Appropriations-Public Safety; Executive; Public Utilities; and Ex-Offender and Reentry Subcommittee. He is currently the Village President of Elmwood Park, a large municipality in northwest
Cook County
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.
During the
2008 Republican Party presidential primaries
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, Saviano served on the Illinois leadership team of the
presidential campaign
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of former New York City Mayor
Rudy Giuliani
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. In 2015, Saviano signed an
amicus brief
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to the
United States Supreme Court
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in favor of
same-sex marriage
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. In the
2016 Republican Party presidential primaries
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, Saviano was a delegate pledged to the
presidential campaign
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of
Jeb Bush
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.
See also
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1990 Cook County Board of Commissioners election —unsuccessful race for Saviano
References
External links
Skip Savianoofficial website
Illinois General Assembly - Representative Angelo Saviano (R) 77th Districtofficial IL House website
BillsCommittees
Project Vote Smart
Illinois House Republican Caucus - Angelo Saviano
profile
1958 births
Living people
Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
Mayors of places in Illinois
People from Elmwood Park, Illinois
Politicians from Chicago
DePaul University alumni
21st-century members of the Illinois General Assembly
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