Dan Seals (politician)

Dan Seals
Dan Seals in 2008
Born	Daniel Joseph Seals (1971-06-19) June 19, 1971 (age 46) Chicago, Illinois
Residence	Wilmette, Illinois
Alma mater	University of Chicago (MBA) Johns Hopkins University (M.A.) Boston University (B.A.)
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Mia Seals
Children	3
Website	Dan Seals for Congress

Daniel "Dan" Joseph Seals (born June 19, 1971) is an American business consultant and a Democratic politician from Illinois. Seals was the Democratic nominee in three campaigns to become U.S. Representative for Illinois's 10th congressional district. The first two times, he was defeated by the incumbent Mark Kirk. In his third run, he was defeated by Republican candidate, Robert Dold, on November 2, 2010, for the seat Kirk was vacating.

Daniel Joseph Seals was born on June 19, 1971 in Chicago, Illinois to George Seals, a former Chicago Bears football player, and a social worker. Both of his parents are of mixed-raced ancestry. His parents divorced and Seals was primarily raised by his mother in Hyde Park. He graduated from Kenwood Academy High School in 1989. He holds a bachelor's degree in Journalism from Boston University, a master's degree in International Economics and Japanese Studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He and his wife Mia live in Wilmette with their three daughters.

After receiving his bachelor's degree Seals taught English in Japan from 1993 to 1995. From 1997 to 1998 he was a Presidential Management Intern (PMI), working as an aide to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce and as an aide to Senator Joe Lieberman. He worked in marketing at Sprint from 2001 to 2003 and was Director of Marketing with General Electric Commercial Finance from 2003 until he took a leave of absence to run for Congress in 2005.