Phil Hare
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 17th district |
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In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Lane Evans |
| Succeeded by | Bobby Schilling |
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Philip Gary Hare February 21, 1949 Galesburg, Illinois |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Rebecca Hare |
| Children | Amy Hare Louis Hare |
| Residence | Rock Island, Illinois |
| Alma mater | Black Hawk College |
| Occupation | political assistant, union leader |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch | United States Army Reserves |
| Years of service | 1969–1975 |
Philip Gary "Phil" Hare (born February 21, 1949) is a former U.S. Representative for Illinois's 17th congressional district, serving from 2007 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district was based in Illinois's share of the Quad Cities area and included Rock Island, Moline, Quincy, Decatur, Galesburg and part of Springfield.
Hare was born in Galesburg but grew up in Rock Island. He graduated from Alleman High School in 1967. The son of a machinist, Hare went to work at Seaford Clothing Factory in Rock Island, where he stayed for 13 years. He received his A.A. degree at Black Hawk College in Moline, Illinois. While working there Hare served as a union leader and was President of UNITE HERE Local 617. He served in the U.S. Army Reserves from 1969 to 1975.
Hare began his political career in 1980 when he ran as an alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention in support of the presidential candidacy of Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts. He was one of six candidates running for alternate delegate but the three Kennedy delegates were defeated by the three candidates supporting President Jimmy Carter.
In 1982 Hare left his union position to help his friend Lane Evans, who was running for the U.S. House of Representatives in an attempt to unseat 16-year incumbent Republican Tom Railsback. Hare first met Evans in 1976 when the two were volunteers in U.S. Senator Fred R. Harris's campaign for president. Railsback was upset by conservative State Senator Kenneth McMillan in the Republican primary, and Evans defeated McMillan in November, and appointed Hare as district director.
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