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HARE, Phil, a Representative from Illinois; born in Galesburg, Knox County, Ill., February 21, 1949; graduated from Alleman High School, Rock Island, Ill., 1967; attended Black Hawk Community College, Moline, Ill., 1967-1968; United States Army Reserve, 1969-1975; factory worker, 1969-1982; staff, United States Representative Lane Evans of Illinois, 1983-2006; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2007-present).