Senator Neil Anderson Contact information

Neil Anderson (born April 14, 1982) is an American Republican politician who currently represents the 47th district in the Illinois Senate. He assumed this district after his win in the November 2022 election. Previously, he defeated incumbent Democrat Mike Jacobs in the November 2014 election to represent the 36th district, located in Western Illinois. Western Illinois includes all or parts of East Moline, Moline, Rock Island, Rock Falls and Sterling.

Anderson defeated incumbent Democratic State Senator Mike Jacobs in the 2014 general election, 55%-45%. Anderson works as a firefighter/paramedic for the Moline Fire Department and has a wife and two children. Anderson ran for state representative in 2012 in the 72nd district. He lost to incumbent representative Patrick J. Verschoore by a margin of 64%-35%.

Anderson currently serves on the following committees: Licensed Activities (Minority Spokesperson); Public Safety (Minority Spokesperson); Commerce; Criminal Law; Energy and Public Utilities; Transportation; Redistricting- Northern Illinois; Criminal Law- Clear Compliance.

In terms of electoral history, Anderson has had a varied career. In the 2022 General Election for Illinois State Senate District 47, Anderson secured 100% of the votes. In the 2018 General Election for Illinois State Senate District 36, Anderson won with 50.8% of the votes. In the 2014 General Election for Illinois State Senate District 36, Anderson won with 54.3% of the votes. However, in the 2012 General Election for Illinois House of Representatives District 72, Anderson lost with 35.7% of the votes.

State Senator Neil Anderson is a 15-year professional firefighter and paramedic for the City of Moline, where he holds the rank of Engineer and recently qualified as promotable for Lieutenant. He has served the IL-36th District for 2 terms, and was recently redistricted into the IL-47th District where he sought re-election in 2022.