Senator Dan McConchie Contact information

Dan McConchie is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate. He represents the 26th Senate District which includes Algonquin, Barrington, Cary, Deer Park, Fox River Grove, Hawthorn Woods, Hoffman Estates, Island Lake, Kildeer, Lake Zurich, Libertyville, Long Grove, Mundelein, and Wauconda.

Early Life, Education, and Military Service: At age nine, McConchie went door-to-door to his neighbors offering to do odd jobs. He started his first business when he was 15 years old and a second one while in college. McConchie joined the Illinois Army National Guard on his 17th birthday, and he served in the Guard for nine years as an infantryman and a military policeman. McConchie holds a bachelor’s degree from Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri, and a master’s degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois.

Career: Prior to his campaign for and subsequent appointment to the Illinois Senate, McConchie served as vice president for Americans United for Life. In the years prior to his first campaign, McConchie had been asked to run for public office but declined. McConchie is the senior advisor for the Public Sector division at The Shelby Group, a company that works to optimize procurement operations. He serves on the Board of Regents for The Fund for American Studies, an international group that trains young people in leadership, and also serves on the Board of Directors of Informed Choices Pregnancy & Parenting.

Illinois Senate: After originally running for the Illinois House of Representatives, McConchie announced he would run to replace Dan Duffy for 26th Senate District after the latter announced that he would be retiring. He defeated two other candidates in the March 15, 2016 primary election, winning 36.6% of the vote to opponent Casey Urlacher ’s 32.8% and Martin McLaughlin ’s 30.6%. In April 2016, McConchie was subsequently appointed to the district after Duffy chose to retire early, and he opened his Senate office on July 27, 2016. In the 2016 general election, McConchie defeated Democratic challenger Kelly Mazeski with over 59 percent of the vote. On November 5, 2020, McConchie was selected as Senate Republican Leader-elect for the 102nd General Assembly, and he was confirmed to the position on January 13, 2021.