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Paul Kendrick's Biography

On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for State House (IL) - District 12

Contact Information

Full Name:

Paul Kendrick

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Kori; 2 Children

Birth Date:

09/23/1983

Home City:

Chicago, IL

MS, Public Administration, The George Washington University, 2005-2007

BA, American Studies, The George Washington University, 2001-2005

Candidate, Illinois State House of Representatives, District 12, 2026

Director of Program Strategy, Hope Chicago, 2024-present

Elected Community Representative, Local School Council, Lincoln Park High School, 2023-present

Elected Community Representative, Local School Council, Alcott Elementary School, 2022-2024

Executive Director, Rust Belt Rising, 2019-2024

Adjunct Faculty, Career Development, National Louis University, 2019-2023

Regional Get Out the Vote Director, JB Pritzker for Governor, 2018

Domestic Director and Advisor, Executive Office of the President at The White House, 2016-2017

Director of Coalition and Grassroots Engagement, Opportunity Nation, 2014-2016

Special Assistant, U.S. Department of Education, 2013-2014

Associate Director for the Day of Service Alumni Project, Presidential Inauguration Committee 2013, 2012-2013

State Youth Vote Director, Obama for America-Wisconsin, 2012

Director of Policy, Single Stop USA, 2011-2012

Director, College Success, Harlem Childrens Zone, 2007-2010

Presidential Administrative Fellow, The George Washington University, 2005-2007

No organizational membership information on file.

Publications:

Co-author of Nine Days: The Race to Save Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life and Win the 1960 Election
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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