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Raja Krishnamoorthi
Subramanian Raja Krishnamoorthi (/ˈrɑːdʒə ˌkrɪʃnəˈmʊərθi/ RAH-jə KRISH-nə-MOORTH-ee; born July 19, 1973) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district since 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Born in New Delhi, India, and raised in Peoria, Illinois, Krishnamoorthi served as a special assistant attorney general before he was first elected to the House in 2016. He is the first Indian American or person of South Asian descent to serve as a ranking member or chair of any full committee in the U.S. Congress. He also served as an assistant whip. He ran for the Democratic nomination in the 2026 United States Senate election in Illinois, but lost to Juliana Stratton.
Krishnamoorthi was born in 1973 into a Tamil Hindu family in New Delhi, India. His family moved to Buffalo, New York, when he was three months old so that his father could attend graduate school. Early economic hardships necessitated the family living in public housing and using food assistance for a time. In 1980, the Krishnamoorthis moved to Peoria, Illinois, where his father became a professor at Bradley University, and the family enjoyed a middle-class upbringing. Krishnamoorthi attended public schools in Peoria, and was a valedictorian of his graduating class at Richwoods High School.
Krishnamoorthi attended Princeton University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering summa cum laude. He then received a Juris Doctor with honors from Harvard Law School. During law school, Krishnamoorthi was managing editor of the Harvard Civil Rights–Civil Liberties Law Review, and published a law review article on the implementation of Local School Councils in Chicago public elementary schools.
After graduating from Harvard, Krishnamoorthi served as a law clerk for federal judge Joan B. Gottschall in the Northern District of Illinois and then worked on Barack Obama's 2000 election campaign for the United States House of Representatives. He also served as an issues director for Obama's 2004 campaign for the United States Senate and aided in the development of Obama's 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address.
After being appointed to the Board of the Illinois Housing Development Authority, Krishnamoorthi practiced law and then served as a special assistant attorney general, helping start the state's anti-corruption unit under Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. He served as deputy state treasurer for Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias from 2007 to 2009 and then as vice-chairman of the Illinois Innovation Council. He was the president of high-tech small businesses in the Chicago area until he resigned before entering Congress to eliminate any conflicts of interest.
In 2010, Krishnamoorthi ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Illinois comptroller. He lost the primary election to state representative David E. Miller by less than 1% of the vote. In 2012 he ran for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives seat in Illinois's 8th congressional district, and lost to Tammy Duckworth with 33.8% of the vote.
In 2016, Duckworth ran for the U.S. Senate, leaving her Congressional seat open. Krishnamoorthi then declared his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives seat she was vacating, the same one he had run for four years prior. He won the March 2016 primary election with 57% of the vote, to state senator Michael Noland's 29% and Deb Bullwinkel's 13%. Krishnamoorthi defeated Republican DuPage County County board member Pete DiCianni in the November general election, capturing 58.1% of the vote after a campaign in which he vowed to fight for middle-class families in Congress.
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Raja Krishnamoorthi
Subramanian Raja Krishnamoorthi (/ˈrɑːdʒə ˌkrɪʃnəˈmʊərθi/ RAH-jə KRISH-nə-MOORTH-ee; born July 19, 1973) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district since 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Born in New Delhi, India, and raised in Peoria, Illinois, Krishnamoorthi served as a special assistant attorney general before he was first elected to the House in 2016. He is the first Indian American or person of South Asian descent to serve as a ranking member or chair of any full committee in the U.S. Congress. He also served as an assistant whip. He ran for the Democratic nomination in the 2026 United States Senate election in Illinois, but lost to Juliana Stratton.
Krishnamoorthi was born in 1973 into a Tamil Hindu family in New Delhi, India. His family moved to Buffalo, New York, when he was three months old so that his father could attend graduate school. Early economic hardships necessitated the family living in public housing and using food assistance for a time. In 1980, the Krishnamoorthis moved to Peoria, Illinois, where his father became a professor at Bradley University, and the family enjoyed a middle-class upbringing. Krishnamoorthi attended public schools in Peoria, and was a valedictorian of his graduating class at Richwoods High School.
Krishnamoorthi attended Princeton University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering summa cum laude. He then received a Juris Doctor with honors from Harvard Law School. During law school, Krishnamoorthi was managing editor of the Harvard Civil Rights–Civil Liberties Law Review, and published a law review article on the implementation of Local School Councils in Chicago public elementary schools.
After graduating from Harvard, Krishnamoorthi served as a law clerk for federal judge Joan B. Gottschall in the Northern District of Illinois and then worked on Barack Obama's 2000 election campaign for the United States House of Representatives. He also served as an issues director for Obama's 2004 campaign for the United States Senate and aided in the development of Obama's 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address.
After being appointed to the Board of the Illinois Housing Development Authority, Krishnamoorthi practiced law and then served as a special assistant attorney general, helping start the state's anti-corruption unit under Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. He served as deputy state treasurer for Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias from 2007 to 2009 and then as vice-chairman of the Illinois Innovation Council. He was the president of high-tech small businesses in the Chicago area until he resigned before entering Congress to eliminate any conflicts of interest.
In 2010, Krishnamoorthi ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Illinois comptroller. He lost the primary election to state representative David E. Miller by less than 1% of the vote. In 2012 he ran for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives seat in Illinois's 8th congressional district, and lost to Tammy Duckworth with 33.8% of the vote.
In 2016, Duckworth ran for the U.S. Senate, leaving her Congressional seat open. Krishnamoorthi then declared his candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives seat she was vacating, the same one he had run for four years prior. He won the March 2016 primary election with 57% of the vote, to state senator Michael Noland's 29% and Deb Bullwinkel's 13%. Krishnamoorthi defeated Republican DuPage County County board member Pete DiCianni in the November general election, capturing 58.1% of the vote after a campaign in which he vowed to fight for middle-class families in Congress.
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