Senate Candidate Welcomes Newest Member of “Team Walker”

For Immediate Release:  August 9, 2010

For More Information:  AJ Sheehan (217) 622-3580

Senate Candidate Welcomes Newest Member of “Team Walker”

FIRST-TIME CANDIDATE BECOMES FIRST-TIME FATHER EARLY THIS MORNING

RED BUD, IL – Illinois State Senate candidate Jeremy Walker is pleased to announce the newest edition to “Team Walker.” Walker and his wife, Jennie, had a healthy baby boy, Grayson Glenn Walker, early this morning at 9:41 am weighing 8 pounds, 15 ounces. Both Jennie and the baby are in good health.

“I would like to thank everyone who has contacted us to extend their best wishes to our family,” Walker said. “My wife, Jennie, and I are thrilled to welcome the newest edition to our family. I cannot be more excited to be a father for the first time.”

Jeremy Walker, a Southern Illinois native, graduated from Red Bud High School. After earning his associate’s degree at Belleville Area College (now Southwestern Illinois College), the first-time candidate attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale (SIUC) where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Political Science and minored in Agribusiness. Walker also earned his law degree at SIUC and now serves as the Randolph County Public Defender in Red Bud.

Walker is running for the State Senate in the 58th District against fifteen-year incumbent Dave Luechtefeld (R-Okawville).

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