- U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Schaumburg, is seeking the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Springfield.
- Krishnamoorthi says he wants to put his middle-class values to work in the Senate.
- As a member of the House Intelligence Committee, he says he is capable of immediately engaging in foreign policy.
- He was a lead sponsor of a law to force the sale of communist Chinese-owned TikTok for it to continue operating in the U.S.
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SPRINGFIELD — Raja Krishnamoorthi has worn many hats: lawyer, small business owner, and for the last 10 years, United States representative.
The 51-year-old Schaumburg Democrat, who represents Illinois’ 8th Congressional District across the northwest suburbs and was born in India, didn’t always have a middle-class life.
Shortly after immigrating to…
