DANVILLE — Subramanian Raja Krishnamoorthi is the very definition of the American Dream.
Krishnamoorthi, better known as just Raja, was born in New Delhi, India, moved to the United States when he was three months old, eventually settled in Peoria where he graduated from Richwoods High School in 1991, followed by Princeton University (1995) and Harvard Law School (2000). Krishnamoorthi has served as the U.S. representative for the Eighth Congressional District in Illinois since 2017.
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