- Marty Ozinga
Infobox_Congressman
name=Marty Ozinga
caption= Marty Ozinga
state=Illinois
nominee= U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois, 11th district
incumbent=Jerry Weller
opponent=Debbie Halvorson Jason Wallace
party=Republican
date of birth=birth date and age|1950|01|09
place of birth=Evergreen Park, Illinois
date of death=
place of death=
alma_mater=
profession=President, Ozinga Bros.
spouse=Ruth Ozinga
residence=
religion=|Marty Ozinga III (born
January 9 ,1950 ) is the Republican nominee forU.S. Congress in ushr|Illinois|11| ( [http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/il11_109.gifmap] ). He was announced as a replacement candidate on April 30 after New Lenox Mayor Tim Balderman dropped out of the race abruptly after winning the February 5 primary [ [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-11thcongdropout_23feb23,1,2632063.story Republican drops out of hotly contested 11th District race] Hal Dardick, Chicago Tribune, February 23, 2008] .Ozinga is the president of [http://ozinga.com/index.php?NavID=0 Ozinga Bros.] , the largest family-owned concrete company in the country. He first worked there when he was 15, becoming General Manager in 1973 after graduating from
Calvin College inGrand Rapids, Michigan . The company has grown since then from one location and about 80 employees to 30 locations and about 1,200 people in the Chicago metropolitan area.Ozinga has served on four school boards and is an active board member of Restoration Ministries, a recovery program for drug addicts in Harvey. He travels overseas each year to work with local health professionals to relieve community health problems such as
AIDS ,malaria , andmalnutrition .Ozinga and his wife have six sons and ten grandchildren. They are active members of Eagle Rock Community Church and have lived in
Will County since 1992. [ [http://martyozinga.com/learn-more/martys-bio Marty Ozinga bio] ]ee also
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United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2008 References
External links
* [http://www.martyozinga.com/ Ozinga for Congress] - Official campaign website
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