district succeeded religion birth_place profession party state_house birth_date term_start spouse article_title state name
28th incumbent roman catholic oak lawn , illinois heavy equipment operator democratic illinois 02 october 1969 2002 divorced robert rita
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robert rita

robert rita -lrb- born october 2 , 1969 -rrb- is a democratic member of the illinois house of representatives , representing the 28th district since 2002 .
rita is also the calumet township democratic committeeman and a trustee on the township board .
his state representative district includes parts of chicago 's 9th and 34th wards , as well as several suburbs .
rita lists economic redevelopment , equitable school funding and increased health care availability as his top priorities in the state legislature .
rita is an operating engineer and a member of local # 150 .
rita has been re-elected four times , and was unopposed in the 2008 general election .
his opponent in the february 5 , 2008 democratic primary , earick rayburn , was backed by william dugan - then-head of operating engineers union local 150 .
the union contributed nearly $ 100,000 to rayburn 's campaign .
rita defeated rayburn by a margin of more than 3-to-1 in the primary , and received about 60 % of the vote in a five candidate race .
