Thanks to Matt at Jumping in Pools for allowing me to post this article:
I was digging around the President’s Illinois State Senate Record and found an interesting exchange from 1997, when he proposed a bill to help community college students. All of this can be found here, the official record of the Illinois State Senate. This is undoctored and direct from the record:
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These are all from the March 13th, 1997 session. His further records can be looked up on the state database. See what you can find!
UPDATE: Senator Caroll is a Democrat!