Preceded by Suzanne Bassi Residence Palatine, Illinois Political party Republican Alma mater Hillsdale College | Spouse(s) Bethany Name Tom Morrison Children two | |
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Thomas R. "Tom" Morrison is a Republican member of the Illinois General Assembly, 54th district, first elected in November 2010.
Morrison defeated incumbent State Representative Suzanne Bassi in the Republican primary on February 2, 2010, receiving 54.3% of the vote, to Bassi's 45.7%. Morrison went on to defeat Democrat Matt Flamm in the general election, receiving 61.9% of the vote, to Flamm's 38.1%.
Morrison is a graduate of Hillsdale College. He has been a radio news reporter and anchor in Iowa, a 5th grade teacher at Christian Liberty Academy of Arlington Heights, which his parents helped found in 1969, for six years, and a ServPro franchise owner of Palatine/Rolling Meadows and Elk Grove/Itasca/Roselle.
In 2016, Morrison introduced a "bathroom bill", which would require Illinois public school students to use the bathroom corresponding with their birth sex.