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{{Short description|American politician (born 1981)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Aaron Schock
| image               = Aaron Schock Official.jpg
| state               = [[Illinois]]
| district            = {{ushr|IL|18|18th}}
| term_start          = January 3, 2009
| term_end            = March 31, 2015
| predecessor         = [[Ray LaHood]]
| successor           = [[Darin LaHood]]
| state_house1        = Illinois
| district1           = 92nd
| term_start1         = January 12, 2005
| term_end1           = January 3, 2009
| predecessor1        = [[Ricca Slone]]
| successor1          = [[Joan Krupa]]<!-- Note: Schock was first succeeded by Krupa, not Jehan Gordon -->
| birth_name          = Aaron Jon Schock
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1981|5|28}}
| birth_place         = [[Morris, Minnesota]], U.S.
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| education           = [[Illinois Central College]]<br />[[Bradley University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])
}}
'''Aaron Jon Schock''' (born May 28, 1981)<ref name="congbio"/> is a former American politician who was [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for {{ushr|IL|18}} from 2009 until 2015. The district is based in [[Peoria, Illinois|Peoria]] and includes part of [[Springfield, Illinois|Springfield]]. He was the first member of the [[U.S. Congress]] born in the 1980s as well as the first millennial member of Congress; when he took his seat in 2009 he was the [[List of youngest members of the United States Congress|youngest member of Congress]], at age 27.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://schock.house.gov/Biography/ | title=Congressman Aaron Schock | access-date=July 18, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708000116/http://schock.house.gov/Biography/ | archive-date=July 8, 2009 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Previously, Schock had served two terms in the [[Illinois House of Representatives]], also as its [[Baby of the House|youngest member]].

Schock resigned from Congress in March 2015 amid a scandal involving his use of public and campaign funds. A subsequent congressional ethics investigation "revealed that he used taxpayer money to fund lavish trips and events".<ref name="SchleiferBrown">Theodore Schleifer and Pamela Brown, [http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/10/politics/aaron-schock-indicted-spending/ Ex-congressman Aaron Schock indicted in spending scandal], CNN (November 10, 2016).</ref> In November 2016, a [[federal grand jury]] indicted him in connection with the scandal. After he pled not guilty, prosecutors reached a deferred prosecution agreement with him in March 2019 whereby all charges against him were dropped in return for a period of good behavior and payment of $100,000 in restitution.<ref name ="chicagotribune">{{cite news |last1=Meisner |first1=Jason |date=March 6, 2019|title=Prosecutors in Chicago to drop charges against former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock if he pays back IRS, campaign |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-ex-congressman-aaron-schock-guilty-20190306-story.html |access-date=March 6, 2019 |via=chicagotribune.com |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref> As part of the deal, Schock's campaign committee, Schock for Congress, also pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of failing to properly report expenses.<ref name ="chicagotribune"/>

Despite having a voting record of consistently opposing [[LGBT|LGBTQ]] rights,<ref>{{cite web |last=Zaveri |first=Mihir |title=Aaron Schock, Former Illinois Congressman, Comes Out as Gay |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/us/politics/aaron-schock-gay.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=March 6, 2020 |date=March 6, 2020}}</ref> Schock [[came out as gay]] in March 2020 and expressed regret for some of his previous policy decisions.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock Comes Out As Gay |url=https://news.yahoo.com/aaron-schock-comes-out-as-gay-184303607.html |access-date=March 6, 2020 |agency=HuffPost}}</ref>

==Early life, education and career==
Schock was born in [[Morris, Minnesota]],<ref name="congbio"/> the youngest of the four children<ref name="nave"/> of Janice Marie (née Joos),<ref>Minnesota Marriage Index, "Janice M Joos to Richard F Schock" 1971</ref> a homemaker, and Richard Schock, a family practice physician and former school board member.<ref name="looking back"/><ref name="father"/><ref name="Generation Y"/> During his early years, the family lived on a rural farm site where the children were given the responsibility of tending a three-acre patch of strawberries and selling the fruit.<ref name="fighting"/> When he was in fourth grade, his family moved to [[Peoria, Illinois|Peoria]]. In 1995, he was elected to the executive board of the Illinois Association of Junior High Student Councils.<ref name="district representative"/>

Schock attended [[Richwoods High School]].<ref name="fighting"/> By his junior year of high school, he had completed nearly all of his graduation requirements, and had few course options available because the school district had recently discontinued most of the [[Advanced Placement]] and other advanced courses due to budget cuts.<ref name="IR focus"/><ref name="early college"/> School district policy did not allow him to graduate early, and the board members refused his requests to change the policy.<ref name="fighting"/><ref name="IR focus"/> He began attending classes at [[Illinois Central College]] in [[East Peoria, Illinois|East Peoria]], earning dual credits toward high school and college graduation.<ref name="early college"/> He graduated from high school in 2000.<ref name="fighting"/>

Schock received his [[Bachelor of Science]] degree from [[Bradley University]] in 2002,<ref name="congbio"/> with a major in [[finance]].<ref name="as-bio"/> Schock sold his Garage Tek franchise in 2004 before running for state representative.<ref name="bibo">{{cite web|url=http://www.pjstar.com/news/bibo/x2060888909/Bibo-Schock-needs-more-than-luck?zc_p=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131080945/http://www.pjstar.com/news/bibo/x2060888909/Bibo-Schock-needs-more-than-luck?zc_p=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |last=Bibo |first=Terry |title=Bibo: Schock needs more than luck |publisher=[[Peoria Journal Star]] |access-date=March 15, 2012 }}</ref>

==Peoria Board of Education==
Schock decided to run for the Peoria [[Board of Education]] a few months after graduating from high school because he felt the board needed a more diverse and youthful perspective.<ref name="fighting" /><ref name="IR focus"/><ref name="congbio"/> After he did not get on the ballot because he did not have the required number of valid signatures on his petition to run for office,<ref>Brown, Dayna R. "[http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=0EB6E97C4EF7F063&p_docnum=37&p_queryname=2 'Fatal Defects' Cited in District 150 Petitions: Attorney Defends 'Pickiness' in Attempt to End Schock Candidacy]". ''Journal Star'' (Peoria, Illinois). February 7, 2001.</ref> he organized a successful write-in campaign,<ref>Brown, Dayna R. "[http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=0EB6E97A5275D491&p_docnum=42&p_queryname=2 Teen-ager Launches a Write-in Campaign: Aaron Schock Wants Seat of District 150 School Board Leader]". ''Journal Star'' (Peoria, Illinois). February 27, 2001.</ref> using more than 200 volunteers who visited more than 13,000 households.<ref name="IR focus"/> He defeated the incumbent with 57% of the vote;<ref name= 2001g/> at age 19, he was the youngest person serving on a school board in Illinois.<ref name="through the years"/><ref name="wp-2008"/>

On July 2, 2003, his fellow board members elected him vice president of the board, on a vote of 4–3.<ref>Brown, Dayna R. "[http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=0FC334380CAF4644&p_docnum=12&p_queryname=3 District 150 picks its new leaders: School Board fills two top seats by 4-3 vote]". ''The Peoria Journal Star'' (Peoria, Illinois). July 2, 2003.</ref> On July 2, 2004, his fellow board members unanimously elected him school board president, making him, at 23, the youngest school board president in Illinois history.<ref name="through the years"/><ref>Hopkins, Elaine. "[http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=103DB94854A8CE51&p_docnum=176&p_queryname=2 School Board elects Schock president: 23-year-old becomes youngest chief in history at reorganization meeting]". ''The Peoria Journal Star''. July 2, 2004.</ref>

==Illinois legislature==
At the age of 23, Schock ran for a seat in the [[Illinois House of Representatives]]. In the November 2004 general election, he defeated four-term incumbent [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Ricca Slone]], by just 235 votes out of 40,000 ballots cast, and became the youngest member of the [[Illinois General Assembly]] in state history.<ref name="nave"/><ref name="as-bio"/><ref name="through the years"/> Five months after taking the office, he resigned from the school board to focus on his job as a state legislator.<ref name="through the years"/>

When Schock ran for reelection in 2006, he defeated Democrat Bill Spears, winning 58 percent of the total vote. He received more than 40 percent of the African-American vote in his district, despite his opposition to race-based [[affirmative action]].<ref name="nave"/> During his four years in the state legislature, Schock served on two appropriations committees that were "typically reserved for more senior lawmakers", as well as the Financial Institutions, Environment & Energy and Veteran's Affairs committees.<ref name="to serve"/><ref name="committees"/>

Schock was the chief sponsor of 38 bills, of which 13 became law.<ref name="chief sponsor"/> The bills dealt with education, child protection, prescription drug savings, veterans' assistance, road construction and high-tech identity theft.<ref name="chief sponsor"/> Another bill, co-sponsored with Democrat [[Dave Koehler]], expanded the taxation area for the [[Peoria Airport]].<ref name="airport">{{cite web|url=http://www.pjstar.com/news/x464040624/LaHood-Durbin-laud-new-airport-terminal|last=Haney|first=Dave|title=Dignitaries praise new Peoria airport terminal during ceremony|publisher=[[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]]|date=April 27, 2011|access-date=March 19, 2012}}</ref>

During his time in the state legislature, Schock was involved with Youth for a Cause, Peoria Mayor's Vision 2020, the Peoria Chamber of Commerce, Heart of Illinois Kids Count, St. Jude Telethon V.I.P. and medical mission trips to [[Mexico]] and [[Jamaica]].<ref name="to serve"/>

During his second term as state representative, Schock worked as Director of Development and Construction for Petersen Companies of Peoria,<ref name="almanac">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/person/aaron-schock-il|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825215940/http://www.nationaljournal.com/almanac/person/aaron-schock-il/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 25, 2012|title=Rep. Aaron Schock (R)|work=[[National Journal]]|date=July 1, 2011|access-date=March 15, 2012}}</ref> {{cns|date=March 2020|the real estate development arm of a senior citizen health care provider.}}

==U.S. House of Representatives==
[[File:Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock at Beardstown River in 2009.PNG|thumb|Schock visiting the Illinois River with Bob Walters, [[mayor]] of [[Beardstown, Illinois|Beardstown]], Illinois, in 2009]]

===Elections===
[[File:Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock at a press conference in 2009.PNG|thumb|Schock speaking at a press conference]]

====2008====
{{see also|2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois#District 18}}

In his speech announcing his candidacy for [[Illinois's 18th congressional district]], to succeed retiring incumbent [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] congressman [[Ray LaHood]], Schock said,
"If China continues to be irresponsible about nuclear proliferation in Iran, we should tell them that ... we will sell Pershing nuclear missiles to Taiwan for their defense. Nonproliferation will either be enforced universally or not at all – it is their choice. The Chinese will come around, I have no doubt."<ref name="pantagraph-20081004"/> His campaign manager described the policy as "well thought out" and Schock first defended the remarks, but Schock later said it was "more in jest" and that he had made a mistake.<ref name="financial"/><ref name="gloves off"/>

Schock easily won the Republican [[primary election|primary]] in February 2008, with 72% of the vote,<ref name="through the years"/> beating his opponents Jim McConoughey (16%) and John Morris (12%).<ref name="claims victory"/>

[[File:Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock at a school in 2009.PNG|thumb|left|Schock visiting students at Whittier Elementary School in [[Peoria, Illinois]]]]
Schock drew mixed reaction in late July 2008 when he brought President [[George W. Bush]] to Peoria to raise money for the congressional campaign. The city of Peoria provided 38 police officers, 30 city trucks for temporary security barriers, and a number of firefighters, spending $38,252 to facilitate the visit, even though it was a private, paid-admission fundraiser. When requests to compensate the city increased, Schock called it "obviously a political move" and compared the issue to [[Barack Obama]]'s endorsement of another state senator on the courthouse steps a few years before, for which the city did not request compensation.<ref name="talking point"/> A city councilman cited an ordinance against political activity by the city, but the [[mayor]] of Peoria, [[Jim Ardis]], called the requests "political rhetoric" and said the ordinance did not apply, and that the city did not have a policy addressing a situation where a sitting president visits town. Schock later said he would reimburse the city voluntarily, referring to payment for presidential protection as "unprecedented", and saying he believed his campaign was the first in the state and possibly the nation to repay a city for protective services provided to a president.<ref name="pjstar-20080930"/>

Schock spoke at the [[2008 Republican National Convention]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.cnn.com/2009-05-12/politics/aaron.schock_1_abs-same-sex-marriage-young-age?_s=PM:POLITICS |title=Schock and awe: The GOP's young secret weapon? |publisher=CNN |date=May 9, 2009 |access-date=April 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324083536/http://articles.cnn.com/2009-05-12/politics/aaron.schock_1_abs-same-sex-marriage-young-age?_s=PM%3APOLITICS |archive-date=March 24, 2012 }}</ref>

Prior to the general election, Schock was endorsed by 116 mayors across the district and the [[Illinois Farm Bureau]]. Schock's hometown newspaper, the [[Journal Star (Peoria)|''Journal Star'']], endorsed Schock "on the basis of his potential."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pjstar.com/opinions/x1022435456/Our-View-18th-Congressional-District-Aaron-Schock?zc_p=2|title=Our View: 18th Congressional District: Aaron Schock|publisher=[[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]]|date=November 1, 2008|access-date=April 12, 2012}}</ref>

In October 2008, Schock's father testified in a federal court that his son had notarized documents with false dates (a Class A misdemeanor under the Illinois Notary Public Act) while helping his parents establish tax shelters.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.pjstar.com/article/20081014/News/310149921|title = Peoria Star Journal|last = Wills|first = Christopher|date = October 14, 2008|work = False dates on documents raise questions for Schock|access-date = March 19, 2015}}</ref>

Schock won the November 4, 2008, general election with 59% of the vote, defeating Democratic candidate [[Colleen Callahan]] and Green Party candidate [[Sheldon Schafer]].<ref name="through the years"/><ref name="poster child"/> He was only the fifth person to serve the district since 1933. Upon taking his seat in Congress, at the age of 27, he became the [[Baby of the House#United States|youngest member of Congress]], supplanting 33-year-old [[Patrick McHenry]] of North Carolina,<ref name="rolls in"/> and the first member of the [[United States Congress]] born in the 1980s.<ref name="first gen y"/>

In the November 2008 election, [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Jehan A. Gordon]] won Schock's 92nd Representative District seat in the [[Illinois House of Representatives]].<ref name="week-0113"/>

====2010====
{{see also|2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois#District 18}}
In November 2010, Schock was challenged by Democrat D. K. Hirner, the Executive Director of the Illinois Environmental Regulatory Group and the Green Party nominee Sheldon Schafer. The [[Journal Star (Peoria)|''Journal Star'']] again endorsed Schock, writing, "Schock is a more self-assured, well-rounded candidate than he was two years ago." The endorsement noted that Schock had "voted with President Barack Obama more than a third of the time, breaking with GOP leaders on multiple issues, from his support for renewable energy to taming predatory lenders to FDA regulation of tobacco."<ref name=PJendorse>{{cite web|url=http://www.pjstar.com/opinions/endorsements/x1067687277/18th-Congressional-District-endorsement-Aaron-Schock |title=18th Congressional District endorsement: Aaron Schock |publisher=[[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]] |date=October 23, 2010 |access-date=April 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320011939/http://www.pjstar.com/opinions/endorsements/x1067687277/18th-Congressional-District-endorsement-Aaron-Schock |archive-date=March 20, 2012 }}</ref> Schock won with 59% of the vote.

====2012====
{{see also|2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois#District 18}}
For 2012, it appeared that Schock would face Darrel Miller in the Republican primary, but Miller was removed from the ballot in February 2012 due to problems with his petition signatures.<ref name="election">{{cite web | url=http://wjbc.com/schocks-gop-challenger-kicked-off-ballot/ |last=Denham|first=Ryan| title=Schock's GOP challenger kicked off ballot | publisher=[[WJBC (AM)|WJBC]]|date=February 14, 2012|access-date=March 19, 2012}}{{dead link|date=December 2015}}</ref> In the general election, Schock faced Democrat Steve Waterworth.<ref name="primary">{{cite web | url=http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1837952982/Waterworth-becomes-Schocks-next-opponent |last=Kaergard|first=Chris| title=Waterworth becomes Schock's next opponent | publisher=[[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]]|date=March 20, 2012|access-date=March 21, 2012}}</ref> Redistricting made Schock's district much safer. Most of the more Democratic portions of Peoria were cut out, replaced with Republican-leaning [[Quincy, Illinois|Quincy]] and [[Bloomington, Illinois|Bloomington]].<ref name=js>{{cite web|url=http://www.pjstar.com/news/x724656134/New-congressional-map-splits-city-of-Peoria|title=New congressional map splits city of Peoria|date=May 27, 2011|access-date=May 28, 2011|work=[[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]]|first=Scott|last=Hilyard}}</ref> On paper, the new 18th was now the second-most Republican district in Illinois; had the district existed in 2008, [[John McCain]] would have carried it with 60.7 percent of the vote.<ref>[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2012/11/19/1163009/-Daily-Kos-Elections-presidential-results-by-congressional-district-for-the-2012-2008-elections Daily Kos Elections database of presidential results by congressional district]</ref> By comparison, McCain had carried the old 18th with just over 50 percent of the vote.

In April 2012, watchdog groups filed a complaint with the [[Federal Election Commission]], claiming that Schock violated federal campaign rules when he solicited a $25,000 donation from House Majority Leader [[Eric Cantor]] for use in a Republican primary. Schock's campaign stated that it believed the FEC would dismiss the complaint after review.<ref name="FECPolitico">{{cite web | url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75745.html |last=Breshanan|first=John| title=Aaron Schock hit with FEC complaint | publisher=[[Politico]]|date=April 30, 2012|access-date=May 15, 2012}}</ref> In December 2012, the [[United States House Committee on Ethics|House Committee on Ethics]] confirmed that the same matter had been referred to it by the [[Office of Congressional Ethics]].<ref>{{cite news | first = Amanda | last = Becker | title = House Ethics Confirms Cases of Owens, Schock | date = December 14, 2012 | publisher = [[Economist Group]] | url = http://www.rollcall.com/news/house_ethics_confirms_cases_of_owens_schock-220011-1.html | work = [[Roll Call]] | access-date = December 19, 2012}}</ref> In February 2013, the Office of Congressional Ethics' report was publicly released, which stated, "there is substantial reason to believe that Rep. Schock violated federal law, House rules and standards of conduct." At the time of the release, Schock's communications director released a statement saying: "The release by the Ethics Committee of this report from the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) is just one more step in the long process of adjudicating ethics complaints that can be submitted by anyone for any reason...We remain firmly convinced that Congressman Schock will be exonerated when the Ethics Committee examines the complaint and in due course resolves this matter."<ref name="Pearson1">{{cite news | first = Rick | last = Pearson | author2 = Katherine Skiba | title = Ethics case against Schock outlined | date = February 7, 2013 | url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-aaron-schock-ethics-probe-20130207,0,3629864.story | work = [[Chicago Tribune]] | access-date = February 12, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130207165855/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-aaron-schock-ethics-probe-20130207,0,3629864.story | archive-date = February 7, 2013 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Questions have also been raised about a real estate transaction that occurred the month before the 2012 elections. Schock sold his Peoria home to a major Republican donor, who was also one of his campaign supporters, for a price that appeared to far exceed its then market value,<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/us/as-controversies-mounted-aaron-schock-confessed-to-a-tough-week.html|title=Aaron Schock, a Lawmaker Used to Attention, Draws a Little More Than He Wanted|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 7, 2015|access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref> and reported as three times its worth. This led to another ethics complaint being filed against Schock by the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/feb/10/aaron-schock-faces-second-ethics-complaint-over-ho/ |title=Aaron Schock faces second ethics complaint over home sale |publisher=Washingtontimes.com |date=February 10, 2015 |access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref>

Schock was endorsed by the editorial board of ''[[The State Journal-Register]]'', who wrote that Schock "has grown in his two terms in the House, building expertise on budget, trade, transportation and agriculture issues and reaching across the aisle at times to build a solid record."<ref>{{cite news|title=Our Opinion: In the 18th District, Schock for Congress|url=http://www.sj-r.com/breaking/x470407149/Our-Opinion-In-the-18th-District-Schock-for-Congress|access-date=October 24, 2012|newspaper=The State-Journal Register|date=October 19, 2012}}</ref> Schock was also endorsed by the ''[[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]]'' and the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''.<ref name=jstar1/><ref>{{cite news|title=For the U.S. House|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-congress6-1012-bd-20121012,0,4955220.story|access-date=November 4, 2012|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=October 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107092325/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-congress6-1012-bd-20121012,0,4955220.story|archive-date=November 7, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Schock defeated Waterworth to win reelection on November 6, 2012, winning 74% of the vote.<ref name="Schock rolls to reelection">{{cite web | url=http://www.whig.com/story/20022925/schock-rolls-to-re-election-victory-in-18th-congressional-district |last=Husar |first=Edward| title=Schock captures 74 percent of vote, eager to begin third term in Congress | publisher=[[Quincy Herald-Whig]]|date=November 7, 2012|access-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref>

====2014====
{{see also|2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois#District 18}}

After the 2012 election, there was speculation about Schock's ambitions for higher political office, including a ''[[Roll Call]]'' article noting that Schock's new district in central Illinois had been drawn, during redistricting after the 2010 census, to be very safe, leading to suggestions that Democrats were trying to keep him happy in the House and away from any statewide bid. An Illinois Republican was quoted as saying, "I think he would be the top candidate on the Republican side if [[Dick Durbin]] retired or if he wanted to run for governor ... His ability to fundraise and be popular with conservatives without coming across as an ideologue would suit him well if he chooses to run."<ref name="profile"/> In November 2012, it was reported that Schock had met with officials at the [[Republican Governors Association]] to explore the possibility of running for [[Governor of Illinois]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wilson |first=Reid |title=Schock Exploring Governor Bid |url=http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2012/11/schock-explorin.php |access-date=November 4, 2012 |newspaper=National Journal |date=November 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104035202/http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2012/11/schock-explorin.php |archive-date=November 4, 2012 }}</ref> However, in April 2013, Schock announced that he would not be running for governor, and would instead be seeking election to a fourth term in Congress.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aaron Schock to seek re-election to Congress|url=http://www.starcourier.com/article/20130426/NEWS/130429293|access-date=May 21, 2013|newspaper=Star Courier|date=April 27, 2013}}</ref>

Schock won the November 2014 general election with 75% of the vote, defeating Democrat Darrel Miller.

===Legislation===
Two weeks after taking office in 2009, Schock proposed an amendment, which passed, to the [[Troubled Asset Relief Program]] Accountability Act, to create a searchable website so Americans could see where bailout funds were being spent. The act's sponsor, Democrat [[Barney Frank]], said "this is a very thoughtful amendment and it will greatly enhance things."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.votesmart.org/public-statement/449209/schock-good-government-amendment-adopted-in-tarp-accountability-act | title=Schock Good Government Amendment Adopted In TARP Accountability Act |publisher=[[Project Vote Smart]]|date=January 15, 2009| access-date=March 21, 2009}}</ref>

In February 2009, President [[Barack Obama]] invited Schock to fly with him on [[Air Force One]] for a visit to a [[Caterpillar Inc.|Caterpillar]] plant in [[East Peoria, Illinois]]. During the visit, Obama appealed to Schock to support the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|$787 billion stimulus bill]] which was up for a vote the next day in Congress, but Schock ultimately voted against the legislation.<ref name="stimulus">{{cite news | url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/16/republican-obama-was-cordial-in-private-only-arm-twisted-in-public/| title=IL Republican: Obama only arm-twisted in public |publisher=CNN|date=February 16, 2009 |access-date=March 21, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090405040452/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/16/republican-obama-was-cordial-in-private-only-arm-twisted-in-public/| archive-date= April 5, 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>

During his first year in Congress, Schock passed more legislation than any other Republican freshman. In 2010 he secured $40.7 million in funding for Illinois.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/hilltopics/docs/htwi11-20101206b-issuu/10 |title=Schock named outstanding young graduate |publisher=[[Bradley University]] |date=Winter 2011 |access-date=January 3, 2017 }}</ref>

On February 28, 2013, Schock reintroduced the [[New Philadelphia, Illinois, Study Act]], a bill that would instruct the [[United States Department of the Interior]] to study the [[New Philadelphia Town Site|New Philadelphia archaeological site]] in [[Illinois]] to evaluate the national significance of the area and to determine the feasibility of designating the site as a unit of the National Park System.<ref name=930sum>{{cite web|title=H.R. 930 – Summary|url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/930|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=April 28, 2014}}</ref><ref name=cbo930>{{cite web|title=CBO – H.R. 930|date=August 22, 2013 |url=http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44519|publisher=Congressional Budget Office|access-date=April 28, 2014}}</ref> Schock had previously introduced similar legislation in the [[111th United States Congress]] ({{USBill|111|H.R.|5455}}).<ref name=5455sum>{{cite web|title=H.R. 5455 – Summary|date=June 4, 2010 |url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/5455|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=April 30, 2014}}</ref>

Schock and Rep. [[William R. Keating]] jointly introduced the [[Equitable Access to Care and Health Act]] on April 29, 2013.<ref name=1814sum>{{cite web|title=H.R. 1814 – Summary|url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1814|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> The bill would amend the [[Internal Revenue Code]], with respect to minimum essential health care coverage requirements added by the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]], to allow an additional religious exemption from such requirements for individuals whose sincerely held religious beliefs would cause them to object to medical health care provided under such coverage.<ref name="1814sum"/> Individuals could file an affidavit to get this exemption, but would lose the exemption if they went on to later use healthcare.<ref name=PeteApril>{{cite news|last=Kasperowicz|first=Pete|title=Bipartisan group calls for broader religious exemptions in ObamaCare|url=http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/296807-bipartisan-group-calls-for-broader-religious-exemptions-in-obamacare|access-date=March 11, 2014|newspaper=The Hill|date=April 29, 2013}}</ref> Schock and Keating wrote a letter in support of their bill saying, "we believe the EACH Act balances a respect for religious diversity against the need to prevent fraud and abuse."<ref name="PeteApril"/>

In December 2013, Schock was selected by House Speaker [[John Boehner]] to lead the congressional delegation to the [[Funeral of Nelson Mandela]]. Schock was the only current Republican House of Representatives member in the delegation and only other seated Republican Congressman other than Texas Senator [[Ted Cruz]].<ref>{{cite news |work= ABC News |url= https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/12/ted-cruz-newt-gingrich-defend-mandela-against-gop-critics/ |title= Ted Cruz, Newt Gingrich Defend Mandela Against GOP Critics |date= December 9, 2013 |author= Nicki Rossoll }}</ref>

===Political positions===
Schock was considered to be more [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] than his two [[moderate]]<ref name="moderate"/> predecessors, Congressmen [[Bob Michel]] and [[Ray LaHood]].<ref name="nave"/><ref name=jstar1>{{cite news|title=Our View: 18th Congress: Schock |url=http://www.pjstar.com/opinions/endorsements/x2143895864/Our-View-18th-Congress-Schock |access-date=October 24, 2012 |newspaper=Peoria Journal-Star |date=October 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128090921/http://www.pjstar.com/opinions/endorsements/x2143895864/Our-View-18th-Congress-Schock |archive-date=November 28, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="cassidy"/> The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', in their endorsements for the 2008 general election, described Schock's political positions to be [[Fiscal conservatism|fiscally conservative]] and somewhat moderate on [[social issues]].<ref name="tribune"/> Nevertheless, he has said he would have supported the financial bailout plan, or the [[Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008]], that passed Congress in October 2008<ref name="financial"/> and he did not support the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in 2010.<ref name="DADT"/> Schock is a former member of the [[Republican Study Committee]]<ref name="RSC"/> and the [[Republican Main Street Partnership]]. Schock has said "our strategy with young people needs to be economic issues", and that social issues are "not what compelled me to run for office."<ref name="times bio">{{cite news|url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/aaron_schock/index.html|title=Aaron Schock profile|work=The New York Times|date=July 8, 2010|access-date=March 21, 2012|first=Peter|last=Stevenson}}</ref>

In their 2010 endorsement of Schock, the ''[[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]]'' wrote, "We've not always seen eye to eye with Schock, but he has been far more influential than your average freshman. He's a hard worker, a rising star in the Republican Party...We have long valued independence in our congressmen; Aaron Schock is a conservative, but he also has a mind of his own, and he is endorsed."<ref name=PJendorse/>

Schock endorsed [[Mitt Romney]] in the [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012|2012 Republican presidential primaries]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/173757-2012-lawmaker-endorsements-for-president|title=2012 GOP Lawmaker Endorsements for President|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=July 20, 2011|access-date=March 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126145753/http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/173757-2012-lawmaker-endorsements-for-president|archive-date=November 26, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> and he appeared with Romney at campaign events.

====Economy====
Schock voted against the $787 billion stimulus plan in February 2009.<ref name="stimulus"/> He also voted against the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/22/health-care-reform-how-il_n_508176.html|title=Health Care Reform: How Illinois Representatives Voted|publisher=Huffington Post|date=May 22, 2010|access-date=April 11, 2012|first=Jen|last=Sabella}}</ref> He has advocated for [[tort reform]] and interstate health insurance competition as ways to reduce health care costs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinewsnow.com/news/local/Congressman-Schock-Sits-In-On-Obamacare-Hearings-144483305.html|title=Congressman Schock sits in on Obamacare hearings|publisher=[[WEEK-TV]]|date=March 27, 2012|access-date=April 11, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402181129/http://www.cinewsnow.com/news/local/Congressman-Schock-Sits-In-On-Obamacare-Hearings-144483305.html|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>

Schock has introduced legislation that would create the [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/thomas Federal Program Sunset Commission] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410080527/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/thomas |date=April 10, 2011 }} (H.R. 606). His proposed legislation would create a bipartisan commission made up of former members of Congress and outside experts to abolish federal programs that are found to be unnecessary or under-performing.

During the debate on the short-term Continuing Resolution that passed the House on February 19, 2011, Schock was successful in banning further funding for the creation of [https://web.archive.org/web/20120309134426/http://schock.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=225960 stimulus signs] that highlight stimulus-related projects around the country. In July 2010, Schock's bill was selected as a winning proposal in a public outreach effort designed by House Republicans to highlight proposals aimed at reducing government spending.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://schock.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=225960 |title=Schock Saves Taxpayers Tens of Millions in Wasteful Spending |publisher=Congressman Aaron Schock |date=February 19, 2011 |access-date=April 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309134426/http://schock.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=225960 |archive-date=March 9, 2012 }}</ref>

In February 2011, Schock was one of 23 Republicans who voted against an amendment that proposed cutting funding to the [[National Endowment for the Arts]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-31/pugilistic-nea-head-will-testify-arts-create-jobs-commentary.html|title=Pugilistic NEA Head Will Testify Arts Create Jobs: Commentary| publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]|date=March 31, 2011|access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>

In 2011, Schock and Delaware Democrat [[John Carney (Delaware politician)|John Carney]] co-sponsored a bill that would use U.S. oil exploration to help fund a five-year federal highway construction project. The bill had not been voted on as of April 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehill.com/blogs/transportation-report/highways-bridges-and-roads/197725-lawmakers-press-for-highway-bill-on-morning-joe|title=Lawmakers push for six-year highway bill| work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=December 7, 2011|access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pjstar.com/news/x58617011/Schock-transportation-bill-vote-could-come-next-month|title=Schock gathering support for highway bill|publisher=[[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]]|date=January 17, 2012|access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>

Schock has signed the [[Americans for Tax Reform]] Taxpayer Protection Pledge, promising not to vote for any new taxes.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://illinoispolicy.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=3462| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722062924/http://illinoispolicy.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=3462| url-status=dead| archive-date=July 22, 2012|title=List of ATR Tax Pledge Signers| publisher=[[Illinois Policy Institute]]|date=October 29, 2010|access-date=April 16, 2012}}</ref> Schock was a supporter of [[United States–Colombia Free Trade Agreement|free-trade agreements with Colombia]], [[Panama–United States Trade Promotion Agreement|Panama]], and [[United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement|South Korea]], which passed the House in fall 2011.<ref name="profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_97/Rep-Aaron-Schock-Looks-to-Build-Political-Profile-212462-1.html|title=Rep. Aaron Schock Looks to Build Political Profile|publisher=[[Roll Call]]|date=February 16, 2012|access-date=April 16, 2012}}</ref>

In September 2011, Schock and Democrat [[Leonard Boswell]] introduced the Help Veterans Own Franchises Act, which would allow tax credits for the establishment of franchises owned by veterans. As of April 2012, the bill was in committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr2888|title=H.R. 2888: Help Veterans Own Franchises Act|publisher=[[GovTrack]]|access-date=April 11, 2012}}</ref>

====Energy and environment====
In 2009, Schock voted to secure $23 million for restoration and conservation of the [[Illinois River|Illinois]] and [[Mississippi River]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pjstar.com/business/x576551517/River-projects-to-get-more-than-23-million|title=River projects to get more than $23 million| publisher=[[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]]|date=October 13, 2009|access-date=April 16, 2012}}</ref>

In April 2010, ''Biofuels Digest'' named Congressman Aaron Schock as #8 in the top ten groups of individuals that "make it happen for renewables, bioenergy in DC."<ref name="bio fuel"/> Schock, who says energy is the issue that people most want to talk about, supports eliminating federal taxes on the production of renewable energy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sj-r.com/news/x1157498545/Schock-Energy-defense-taxes-the-big-issues|title=Schock: Energy, defense, taxes the big issues|publisher=[[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]]|date=October 27, 2008|access-date=April 16, 2012}}</ref>

In March 2011, Schock signed on as an original co-sponsor to a proposal by Republican Congressman [[Devin Nunes]] of [[California]] called "A Roadmap for America's Energy future" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110307135549/http://nunes.house.gov/_files/FINALNUNES_008_xml.pdf H.R. 909]), a comprehensive plan focusing on policies that promote the production of a broad range of domestic energy supplies including traditional resources as well as renewable and alternative energy sources.

====Foreign policy====
Schock has been an opponent of using federal funds for the transfer of detainees from the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]] to elsewhere in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myjournalcourier.com/articles/guantanamo-24489-maximum-prison.html |title=Schock wants to prohibit federal funding of Guantanamo transfers |publisher=Journal Courier |date=November 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511011855/http://www.myjournalcourier.com/articles/guantanamo-24489-maximum-prison.html |archive-date=May 11, 2015 |access-date=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In January 2011, Schock introduced [https://web.archive.org/web/20110203064616/http://schock.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Gitmo_Legislation.pdf legislation] with Senator [[Mark Kirk]] to deny federal funds for the transfer of detainees to the United States. Similarly, he has fought to require military tribunals, as opposed to civilian courts, for detainee trials.

In August 2009, the [[Law Library of Congress]] issued a controversial and disputed<ref name = "Lawmakers ask for retraction1"/> [[legal opinion]], ''[[Honduras: Constitutional Law Issues]]'', that had been commissioned by Schock. It featured a legal analysis of the [[2009 Honduran constitutional crisis]] with a specific examination of the legality of [[President of Honduras|Honduran President]] [[Manuel Zelaya]]'s [[2009 Honduran coup d'état|June 28, 2009, removal from office and expatriation]].<ref name = "Honduras Constitutional Issues p8"/> After the report was issued, Schock argued that the [[Obama Administration]] should change its policy towards Honduras by resuming suspended aid and recognizing the upcoming [[2009 Honduran general election|Honduran November 29, 2009, elections]], based on the contents of the report.<ref name = "Schock Releases Report"/> After visiting the country twice, Schock created the congressional [[Colombia]] Caucus.<ref name="profile"/>

On December 15, 2009, during a discussion on ''[[Hardball with Chris Matthews]]'', Schock stated "I don't believe we should – we should limit [[water-boarding]] or, quite frankly, any other alternative [[torture]] technique if it means saving Americans' lives" in a "ticking time bomb" scenario or other critical situation. He added that he didn't believe such techniques "should be standard practice."<ref name="view on torture"/>

====Social issues====
Schock received a zero percent rating from the [[Human Rights Campaign]], an LGBT advocacy group and political lobbying organization.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/113thCongressionalScorecard_web_REV.pdf|website=[[Human Rights Campaign]]|title=Congressional Scorecard: Measuring Support for Equality in the 113th Congress}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Connor|last1=Simpson|access-date=June 29, 2019|title=Journalist Accuses Rep. Aaron Schock of Being a Hypocritical Gay|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/cbs-journalist-accuses-rep-aaron-schock-being-hypocritcal-gay/356695/|date=January 4, 2014|website=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref> Schock voted against amending federal [[hate crime]]s laws to include crimes where the victims were targeted on the basis of [[sexual orientation]], [[gender identity]], [[gender]] and [[disability]].<ref name="rollcall223"/> He voted against the repeal of the military's "[[Don't Ask, Don't Tell]]" in December 2010.<ref name="DADT"/>

Schock also voted against the Employment Discrimination Law Amendment H.R. 11 and H.R. 12, which were eventually passed on January 9, 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://votesmart.org/bill/8575/23233/33428/employment-discrimination-law-amendments#.UK6RE6n3DR0|title=H.R. 11 Employment Discrimination Law Amendments | publisher=Project Vote Smart|date=November 22, 2012}}</ref>

Schock voted for House Amendment 1416, which Prohibits Use of Funds in Contravention of the Defense of Marriage Act, adopted 247 to 166 in the House July 19, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/bill/15600/41178/33428/prohibits-use-of-funds-in-contravention-of-the-defense-of-marriage-act#.UK6TKqn3DR0|title=H. Amdt. 1416 Prohibits Use of Funds in Contravention of the Defense of Marriage Act | publisher=Project Vote Smart|date=November 22, 2012}}</ref>

Schock is [[pro-life]] and has voted to prohibit federal funding for the procedure with House Amendment 95.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.issues2000.org/IL/Aaron_Schock_Abortion.htm|title=Aaron Schock on Abortion|publisher=On The Issues|access-date=April 16, 2012}}</ref> In addition, Schock voted to pass H.R. 3 "[[No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/33428/aaron-schock/2/abortion-issues#.UK4olqn3C8o|title=Aaron Schock on Abortion|publisher=Project Vote Smart|access-date=November 22, 2012}}</ref>

Schock voted against the [[DREAM Act]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Representative Aaron Schock's Voting Records|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/33428/aaron-schock/47/military-issues#.UK-x2oXKy15|publisher=Project Vote Smart|access-date=November 23, 2012}}</ref> However, TheHill.com reported that Schock was "slammed" for calling illegal immigrants "undocumented citizens" and for showing support for a legalization program at a town hall event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehill.com/video/in-the-news/316241-gop-lawmaker-slammed-for-calling-illegal-immigrants-undocumented-citizens|title=GOP lawmaker slammed for calling illegal immigrants 'undocumented citizens'|publisher=TheHill.com|access-date=March 13, 2015|date=August 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Feere |first=Jon |url=https://cis.org/feere/gop-congressman-calls-illegal-aliens-undocumented-citizens-trusts-obama-administration |title=GOP Congressman Calls Illegal Aliens "Undocumented Citizens", Trusts Obama Administration &#124; Center for Immigration Studies |publisher=Cis.org |date=August 8, 2013 |access-date=March 13, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329215336/http://cis.org/feere/gop-congressman-calls-illegal-aliens-undocumented-citizens-trusts-obama-administration |archive-date=March 29, 2015 }}</ref>

Schock voted to repeal the [[Affordable Care Act]]. After this was done for the 56th time in 2015 without any replacement, the ''[[Peoria Journal Star]]'' stated: "The Affordable Care Act has its flaws, but its congressional detractors, Schock among them, have made it darn hard to conclude they are serious about governing."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pjstar.com/article/20150205/OPINION/150209471/10924/?Start=1|title=Our View: Aaron Schock's red room (and his very bad week) – Opinion|publisher=Pjstar.com|date=February 5, 2015|access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref>

====Taxes====
Schock, along with [[Marco Rubio|Senator Marco Rubio]], introduced a bill in 2013 known as the Higher Education and Skills Obtainment Act. The bill would narrow the eligibility for people to use certain [[tax credits]] related to [[higher education]]. To do so, the legislation would take away eligibility for those tax credits from people who aren't students or who "did not attend an eligible institution", according to ''[[Ripon Society|Ripon Advance]]''.<ref>Julie Harrison, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105125132/http://riponadvance.com/news/tax-foundation-gives-schock-rubio-higher-education-bill-thumbs-up/4593 "Tax Foundation gives Schock, Rubio higher education bill thumbs up"], ''The Ripon Advance'', March 9, 2013; retrieved April 9, 2013.</ref>

====Civil liberties====
Schock voted for the [[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012]].<ref>{{cite web|title=HR 1540 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 – Voting Record|url=http://votesmart.org/bill/votes/37467#.UK-yXYXKy15|publisher=Project Vote Smart|access-date=November 23, 2012}}</ref>

===Committee assignments===
*'''[[United States House Committee on Ways and Means|Committee on Ways and Means]]'''
** [[United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade|Subcommittee on Trade]]
** [[United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight|Subcommittee on Oversight]]
*'''[[United States House Committee on House Administration|Committee on House Administration]]'''
** [[United States House Administration Subcommittee on Elections|Subcommittee on Elections]]
** [[United States House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight|Subcommittee on Oversight]]

During his first term, Schock requested and was given three committee assignments.<ref name="LAT-TMZ"/> In addition, he was appointed by [[Party whips of the United States House of Representatives|Minority Whip]] [[Eric Cantor]] to be a deputy minority whip.<ref name="LAT-TMZ"/><ref name="voice"/> He served as [[Ranking Member]] of the Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology of the Small Business Committee. Soon after being sworn in to serve his first term, he joined the [[Republican Study Committee]], "a home for deficit hawks", according to the ''Los Angeles Times''.<ref name="LAT-TMZ"/> As of April 2012, he is no longer a member of the Republican Study Committee.<ref name="RSC">{{cite web|url=http://rsc.jordan.house.gov/AboutRSC/Members/ |title=RSC Member List |publisher=[[Republican Study Committee]] |access-date=April 17, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717124830/http://rsc.jordan.house.gov/AboutRSC/Members/ |archive-date=July 17, 2011 }}</ref> Schock was a member of the [[Republican Main Street Partnership]], a group of moderate Republicans who advocate reducing the deficit, cutting taxes, and focusing on education and environmental issues.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/situation.room/blog/2006/07/dont-call-me-moderate-im-centrist.html | title=Don't call me moderate, I'm a centrist|publisher=CNN|date=July 28, 2006| access-date=April 17, 2009}}</ref>

At the beginning of his second term in 2011, Schock was appointed to the [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means|Ways and Means Committee]].<ref name="voice">{{cite web|url=http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1714274668/Schock-appointed-to-Ways-and-Means-Committee|title=Schock given leading voice in House|publisher=[[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]]|date=December 9, 2010|access-date=March 21, 2009}}</ref> On the committee he served on the [[United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade|Subcommittee on Trade]], [[United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security|Subcommittee on Social Security]] and [[United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight|Subcommittee on Oversight]]. The Subcommittee on Trade has oversight over reciprocal trade agreements including multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations and implementation of agreements involving tariff and non-tariff trade barriers.

==Misappropriation of funds charges==

===Resignation===
In February 2015, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported that Schock's congressional offices had been lavishly redecorated in a style inspired by the aristocratic homes in the television show ''[[Downton Abbey]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-aaron-schock-downton-abbey-met-20150203-story.html|title=Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock under fire for 'Downton Abbey' office redo|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=February 3, 2015|access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Terris|first=Ben|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/hes-got-a-downton-abbey-inspired-office-but-rep-aaron-schock-wont-talk-about-it/2015/02/02/1d3f1466-ab1f-11e4-abe8-e1ef60ca26de_story.html|title=He's got a 'Downton Abbey'-inspired office, but Rep. Aaron Schock won't talk about it.|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=December 18, 2014|access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Julie|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/2015/02/aaron-schock-downton-abbey-office|title=33-Year-Old Congressman Aaron Schock Causes Controversy with Downton Abbey-Themed Office|publisher=Vanityfair.com|date=February 3, 2015|access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref> In response to that story, the watchdog group [[Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington]] (CREW) filed a complaint alleging Schock could have received an improper gift. CREW's executive director, Anne Weismann, stated, "Again and again, Rep. Schock's seeming obsession with his image impedes his ability to conduct himself in [an] ethical manner."<ref name="nbcchicago.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Rep-Schock-Faces-Ethics-Investigation-290712331.html|title=Rep. Schock Faces Ethics Investigation Over Lavish Office Decor|work=[[WMAQ-TV|NBCChicago.com]] |date=February 3, 2015|access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref> Schock dismissed the criticism with the statement "Haters gonna hate", which was in turn criticized for its apparent flippancy.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Schock Says 'Haters Gonna Hate' on Office Decor|date=February 4, 2015|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/02/04/shock-says-haters-gonna-hate-on-office-decor/}}</ref> Schock later stated he intended to pay the decorator.<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Keefe|first=Ed|author-link=Ed O'Keefe (journalist)|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/02/04/aaron-schock-plans-to-pay-decorator-for-his-downton-abbey-inspired-office|title=Aaron Schock plans to pay decorator for his 'Downton Abbey'-inspired office|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=February 4, 2015|access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref> Another investigation had discovered he had spent campaign money on workout DVDs.<ref name="nbcchicago.com"/>

Further media scrutiny of congressional expenditure reports showed that Schock had spent over $100,000 in government funds on office decorating and renovations between January 2009 and late 2014, mostly during his first term.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/02/03/schock-renovations-downton-abbey/22814807|title=Taxpayers pay thousands for Rep. Schock's renovations|first=Paul|last=Sincer|work=[[USA Today]]|date=February 3, 2015 |access-date=February 4, 2015}}</ref> In 2015, news company [[Politico]] reported Schock had charged thousands of dollars for private flights, legal expenses, new cars, tickets to the [[Super Bowl]] and Country Music Awards,<ref>{{cite web| last1=Sherman|first1=Ake| last2=Bresnahan|first2=John| last3=Palmer|first3=Anna|date=2015-02-09|title=Congressman's spending brings Schock and awe|website=[[Politico]] |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/aaron-schock-spending-115020|access-date=2021-03-31}}</ref><ref name="abcnews.go.com">{{cite web|last=Hughes|first=Greg|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/problems-downton-office-congressman-aaron-schock/story?id=28949475|title=The Many, Many Problems of 'Downton' Office Congressman Aaron Schock|work=[[ABC News]]|date=February 13, 2015|access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref> as well as cufflinks, massage, "gold equipment" and cigars<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wgntv.com/2015/02/12/spending-questions-surround-congressman|title=Spending questions surround congressman|publisher=[[WGN-TV]]|date=February 12, 2015|access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref> to his government-funded office account. The [[Associated Press]] accessed the location metadata on Schock's [[Instagram]] photos and correlated it with private flight records to identify flights that did not correspond to his campaign finance disclosures.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lawmaker with lavish decor billed private planes, concerts|author=Jack Gillum|date=February 23, 2015|magazine=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015/02/23/lawmaker-with-lavish-decor-billed-private-planes-concerts}}</ref> In response, Schock's office stated it had begun an internal review of the reimbursements.<ref name="abcnews.go.com"/>

In March 2015 there were further reports of spending and disclosure irregularities,<ref>{{cite web|last=Dukakis|first=Ali|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/time-aaron-schock-talked-congressional-ethics-rules-top/story?id=29587523|title=That Time Aaron Schock Talked Congressional Ethics Rules on 'Top Chef'|work=[[ABC News]]|date=February 6, 2015|access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/another-bad-trip-for-schock-20150312 |title=Another Bad Trip for Schock |work=[[National Journal]] |date=March 12, 2015 |access-date=March 13, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313231008/http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/another-bad-trip-for-schock-20150312 |archive-date=March 13, 2015 }}</ref> including that Schock had accepted money from an outside group, the [[Global Poverty Project]], to cover the cost of bringing a photographer on an all-expenses-paid trip to India organized to discuss sanitation and access to clean water.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aaron Schock took photographer to India, did not disclose it|author=Athena Jones|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/12/politics/aaron-schock-ethics-india-photographer|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=March 12, 2015|access-date=March 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Greg Hernandez|url=http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/republican-congressman-aaron-schock-under-scrutiny-taking-male-companion-official-trip-india|title=Republican Congressman Aaron Schock under scrutiny for taking male companion on official trip to India|publisher=[[Gay Star News]]|date=March 13, 2015|access-date=March 15, 2015|archive-date=March 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315035214/http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/republican-congressman-aaron-schock-under-scrutiny-taking-male-companion-official-trip-india|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Associated Press also reported that much of Schock's personal wealth had been built with the assistance of political donors.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-aaron-schock-donor-projects-20150313-story.html|title=Rep. Aaron Schock benefited from donor projects|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=March 13, 2015 |publisher=[[Tribune Publishing Company]]|access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pjstar.com/article/20150316/NEWS/150319333|title=Donors had role in Congressman Aaron Schock's 2014 property deal|work=[[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]]|location=Peoria, Illinois|date=March 16, 2015}}</ref> Conservative commentators began calling for Schock's replacement.<ref>{{cite news|author=David Weigel|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-11/conservatives-to-aaron-schock-don-t-let-the-door-hit-you|title=Conservatives to Aaron Schock: Don't Let the Door Hit You|publisher=Bloomberg.com|date=March 11, 2015|access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Chris Kaergard|url=http://www.pjstar.com/article/20150311/News/150319756|title=Rep. Aaron Schock brushes off calls for resignation, says he's 'not going anywhere'|newspaper=[[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]]|location=Peoria, Illinois|date=March 11, 2015|access-date=March 13, 2015}}</ref> ''[[National Review]]'' called him "a crook" and stated: "Politics shouldn't be a ticket to a celebrity lifestyle on the public's dime. For a man who has enjoyed such a short and undistinguished career, Illinois's Representative Aaron Schock (R) has sure packed in a lot of corruption."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/415172/aaron-schock-should-find-different-job-charles-c-w-cooke|title=Aaron Schock Should Find a Different Job|last=Cooke|first=Charles C.W.|work=[[National Review]]|date=March 10, 2015|access-date=December 3, 2020}}</ref>

On March 16, ''[[Politico]]'' reported that Schock had requested the federal government and his campaign reimburse him for a total of 170,000 miles that were driven on his personal car, a Chevrolet Tahoe, between January 2010 and July 2014. But when he transferred that car back to the dealer in July 2014, he signed documents saying it had only been driven 80,000 miles.<ref name=PoliticoResign>{{cite news|last1=Sherman|first1=Jake|last2=Palmer|first2=Anna|last3=Bresnahan|first3=John|author-link1=Jake Sherman (journalist)|title=Aaron Schock resigns after new questions about mileage expenses|date=March 17, 2015|publisher=Politico|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/aaron-schock-resigns-116153.html|access-date=December 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621001745/https://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/aaron-schock-resigns-116153|archive-date=June 21, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> A subsequent investigation by the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' of reimbursements on Schock's previous vehicle, a [[GMC Envoy]], revealed a similar discrepancy. He bought the Envoy in 2007 while still in the state house. The Envoy had 24,300 miles on its odometer when he bought it. When he sold it in 2009, he'd put an additional 53,100 miles on it in a little over two years. However, during 2009 he billed the federal government and his campaign for a total of 42,300 miles.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2015/3/22/18459234/new-schock-mileage-questions-how-he-got-caught|title=New Schock mileage questions: How he got caught|last=Sweet|first=Lynn|date=March 22, 2015|work=Chicago Sun-Times|access-date=June 28, 2019}}</ref>

On March 17, 2015, Schock announced his resignation from Congress, effective March 31, 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/03/17/rep-aaron-schock-plans-to-resign-in-wake-of-spending-probe|title=Rep. Aaron Schock announces resignation in wake of spending probe|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=March 18, 2015|first=Mike|last=DeBonis|date=March 17, 2015}}</ref> The resignation came less than 12 hours after the ''Politico'' report about the questionable reimbursements went online. On the day he announced his resignation, his spokesman said that Schock had refunded all reimbursements he had received for mileage on his car.<ref name=PoliticoResign/> By resigning, he avoided an impending congressional ethics inquiry. On March 20, the ''Chicago Tribune'' reported that federal investigators had opened a "preliminary investigation" into the activities of Schock.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-aaron-schock-investigation-20150320-story.html|title=Feds investigate Schock's expenses, seek grand jury in Springfield|last1=Serrano|first1=Richard|date=March 20, 2015|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=March 20, 2014|last2=Skiba|first2=Katherine}}</ref> In October 2016, Schock agreed to pay a $10,000 civil penalty to the [[Federal Election Commission]] for having asked Rep. [[Eric Cantor]] to contribute $25,000 to pay for advertisements for Rep. [[Adam Kinzinger]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Skiba|first1=Katherine|title=Ex-Rep. Aaron Schock fined $10,000 for seeking campaign cash from Eric Cantor|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-aaron-schock-fined-by-fec-20161024-story.html|access-date=November 1, 2016|work=Chicago Tribune|date=October 25, 2016}}</ref>

===Prosecution===
On November 10, 2016, the [[United States Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois|Central District of Illinois]] announced that a [[federal grand jury]] had indicted Schock on 24 criminal counts including theft of government funds, fraud, [[making false statements]] and filing false tax returns.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-aaron-schock-indicted-20161110-story.html|title=Former U.S. Rep Aaron Schock indicted on 24 criminal counts|first=Katherine|last=Skiba|work=Chicago Tribune|date=November 10, 2016|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> The charges arose in connection with the spending scandal.<ref name="SchleiferBrown"/>

Schock pleaded not guilty to all charges when arraigned on December 12, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-illinois-crime-idUSKBN1412S8|title=Ex-Illinois congressman pleads not guilty to spending scandal|agency=Reuters|date=December 12, 2016|newspaper=Reuters}}</ref> A trial date was set for July 11, 2017.<ref>[http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Trial-Date-Set-for-Aaron-Schock-411046505.html Trial Date Set for Former Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock], NBC Chicago (January 18, 2017).</ref> In March 2017, Schock's attorneys, led by [[George J. Terwilliger III]] of [[McGuire Woods]], filed public documents criticizing activities of an FBI confidential informant, a former Schock staffer enlisted after Schock's indictment.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/03/28/aaron-schock-informant-in-ex-congressmans-corruption-case-broke-law-attorneys-claim.html|title=Aaron Schock: Informant in ex-congressman's corruption case broke law, attorneys claim|date=March 28, 2017|work=Fox News|access-date=May 16, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/28/politics/aaron-schock-staffer-fbi-bug/|title=Ex-congressman Aaron Schock claims staffer dimed him out to the FBI|first=Laura |last=Jarrett|date=March 28, 2017|work=CNN|access-date=May 16, 2018}}</ref> On May 19, 2017, Judge [[Colin S. Bruce]] set a new trial date for January 22, 2018, but the trial was delayed again in November 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chillicothetimesbulletin.com/news/20170519/ex-rep-aaron-schocks-trial-moved-to-mid-january|title=Ex-Rep. Aaron Schock's trial moved to mid-January|last=Kravetz|first=Andy|date=May 19, 2017|work=Chillicothe Times|access-date=May 16, 2018|language=en|archive-date=October 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008162019/http://www.chillicothetimesbulletin.com/news/20170519/ex-rep-aaron-schocks-trial-moved-to-mid-january|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/03/aaron-schock-trial-delayed-seeks-charges-dismissed-244515|title=Schock trial delayed as ex-lawmaker seeks dismissal of charges|work=POLITICO|access-date=May 16, 2018}}</ref> On October 23, 2017, Judge Bruce dismissed two of the 24 counts against Schock, but denied Schock's motion to dismiss the entire indictment.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/23/judge-aaron-schock-indictment-244088|title=Federal judge lets stand Schock indictment|publisher=[[Politico]]|date=October 23, 2017|first=John|last=Bresnahan}}</ref> On May 30, 2018, the [[Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals]] affirmed the district court's denial of Schock's motion to dismiss the entire indictment and dismissed his appeal.<ref>[http://media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/rssExec.pl?Submit=Display&Path=Y2018/D05-30/C:17-3277:J:Easterbrook:aut:T:fnOp:N:2162868:S:0 U.S. v. Schock.] Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. May 30, 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2018-05-30/appeals-court-refuses-to-toss-aaron-schock-charges|title=Appeals Court Refuses to Dismiss Schock Corruption Charges|work=[[Associated Press|AP]]|publisher=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|last=Tarm|first=Michael|date=May 30, 2018|access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref>

On June 26, 2018, Assistant U.S. Attorney Timothy Bass was removed from the Schock case, and that was followed, in mid-August 2018, by Judge Bruce being bumped from all of his criminal cases for commenting in emails about an unrelated trial he was overseeing, thus causing the U.S. Department of Justice to transfer the case to Judge [[Matthew Kennelly]] who, on August 30, 2018, was informed by U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois John Childress that the Justice Department was replacing the prosecutors overseeing the Schock case, that were not named, other than Childress noting that the new prosecution team would be from outside of the Central District of Illinois.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/26/aaron-schock-prosecutor-timothy-bass-678718|title=Top Aaron Schock prosecutor off the case|last=Gerstein|first=Josh|date=June 26, 2018|publisher=[[Politico]]|access-date=September 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Tarm |first=Michael |date=August 30, 2018 |title=Aaron Schock corruption case will be moved |work=Shaw Local News Network |publisher=[[List of newspapers in Illinois|Sauk Valley Media]] |url=https://www.shawlocal.com/2018/08/30/aaron-schock-corruption-case-will-be-moved/ar5m72h/ |access-date=September 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/30/federal-prosecutors-replaced-aaron-schock-804575|title=Federal prosecutors replaced in Aaron Schock case|last=Breshnahan|first=John|date=August 30, 2018|publisher=[[Politico]]|access-date=September 3, 2018}}</ref>

In March 2019 prosecutors reached an agreement with Schock suspending the case for six months and requiring him to be under court supervision. If he stayed out of legal troubles all charges against him would be dropped in six months in exchange for him paying $42,000 to the IRS and $68,000 to his congressional campaign fund.<ref name ="chicagotribune"/><ref>{{cite news |date=March 6, 2019|title=Ex-congressman Aaron Schock strikes deal to avert prosecution |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/ex-congressman-aaron-schock-strikes-deal-to-avert-prosecution/2019/03/06/085d664e-3f9d-11e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html |access-date=March 6, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en}}</ref> As part of the deal, Schock's campaign committee, Schock for Congress, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of failing to properly report expenses.<ref name ="chicagotribune"/> The six months probationary period ended in September 2019, and all charges against Schock were dropped.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/4/20849271/aaron-schock-indictment-dismissed-federal-court-public-corruption-congressman-republican|title=Former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock officially off the hook for public corruption charges|date=September 4, 2019|first=Syd|last=Stone|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times}}</ref>

==Media coverage==
According to ''[[The New York Times]]'', Schock has "cultivated an image that is more about lifestyle and less about lawmaking."<ref name="nytimes.com"/> Schock was selected "hottest freshman" congressman in a February 2009 reader poll on ''[[The Huffington Post]]''.<ref name="readers elect"/> Schock had been frequently targeted by [[TMZ.com]] reporters since his arrival in Washington.<ref name="schockingly"/><ref name="ab test"/> Schock told [[CNN]]'s ''[[Reliable Sources]]'' that such soft media coverage could increase voters' interest in politics. "People who watch TMZ or different mediums don't expect to see their congressman on such a show", he said. "To see their hometown congressman on a show like this kind of raises their interest and gets them a little excited."<ref>[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/23/aaron-schock-defends-tmz_n_178075.html Aaron Schock Defends TMZ Appearances, Abs On "Reliable Sources"]. The Huffington Post. March 23, 2009.</ref>

In 2009, Schock appeared on ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', during which the host, [[Stephen Colbert]]&nbsp;– making fun of the TMZ reports &nbsp;– "grilled" Schock about his "six-pack abs".<ref name="colbert grills"/> Schock went on to appear on the cover of the June 2011 issue of ''[[Men's Health (magazine)|Men's Health]]'', which one commentator decried as evidence of "a narcissism that never rests".<ref name="auto">{{cite news|title=Noxious narcissism: The Capitol high life|author=Kevin Rennie|date=March 16, 2015|url=http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/opinion/op-ed/noxious-narcissism-the-capitol-high-life/article_aa8996af-de6c-52d2-a7b9-5c398f4e0a92.html|access-date=March 17, 2015|archive-date=June 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622142730/http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/opinion/op-ed/noxious-narcissism-the-capitol-high-life/article_aa8996af-de6c-52d2-a7b9-5c398f4e0a92.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Schock appeared on [[Top Chef (season 7)|Season 7]] (2010) of ''[[Top Chef]]'', a competition [[reality television|reality-television]] program, as a guest judge.<ref name="building consensus"/>

In 2012, Schock told ''[[Roll Call]]'' that "I'm a big believer if you want to change people's minds or get someone to vote for you, either a voter or a colleague, you've got to first get their attention. If people don't know who you are, they're not going to listen to your message. And not everybody pays attention to politicians by watching [[Fox News]] and [[CNN]]."<ref name=profile/> In May 2013, Schock was nominated for and included in a ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine poll titled "Who's the Most Influential [[Millennial]]?"<ref>{{cite news|title=Poll: Who's the Most Influential Millennial?|url=http://nation.time.com/2013/05/09/poll-whos-the-most-influential-millennial/slide/all|access-date=May 21, 2013|newspaper=Time|date=May 9, 2013}}</ref>

==Sexuality==
Since 2004, media outlets have questioned Schock's [[sexual orientation]] in relation to his [[socially conservative]] voting record.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=June 29, 2019|title=Aaron Schock: The Freshman|first=Jason|last=Zengerle|url=http://men.style.com/details/features/full?&id=content_8757|archive-date=April 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418162255/http://men.style.com/details/features/full?&id=content_8757|date=April 18, 2009|website=[[Style.com]]|publisher=[[Condé Nast]]}}</ref> In an interview with ''[[Details (magazine)|Details]]'' in 2009, Schock said that he was not [[gay]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Signorile |first1=Michaelangelo |title=Aaron Schock, Republican Congressman, Responds To Gay Rumors, Anti-Gay Voting Record |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/09/03/aaron-schock-gay-rumors_n_1851827.html |access-date=April 18, 2019 |work=[[HuffPost]] |date=September 3, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jung |first1=Alex |title=Aaron Schock, gay hero? Hardly |url=https://www.salon.com/2010/07/09/schock/ |access-date=April 18, 2019 |work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]] |date=July 9, 2010}}</ref>

In January 2014, journalist Itay Hod made a post on his personal [[Facebook]] page accusing an unknown Republican congressman from Illinois of voting against [[gay rights]], while showering with his male roommate and visiting [[gay bar]]s.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Capehart |first1=Jonathan |title=No Schock in gay gossip |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2014/01/07/no-schock-in-gay-gossip/ |access-date=April 18, 2019 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 7, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Coscarelli |first1=Joe |title=''The New York Times'' Almost Outs Congressman Aaron Schock Online, But Not in Print |url=http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2014/01/new-york-times-aaron-schock-itay-hod.html?gtm=bottom |access-date=April 18, 2019 |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=January 16, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Simpson |first1=Connor |title=Journalist Accuses Rep. Aaron Schock of Being a Hypocritical Gay |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/01/cbs-journalist-accuses-rep-aaron-schock-being-hypocritcal-gay/356695/ |access-date=April 18, 2019 |work=The Atlantic |date=January 4, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=June 29, 2019|first=Itay|last=Hod|title=Itay Hod - people always say, no one has the right to out...|url=https://www.facebook.com/iamitayhod/posts/10153719602440624|website=[[Facebook]]|date=January 3, 2014}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' stated that the post "might be described as the world's most obvious [[blind item]]", and media outlets considered the post to be an [[outing]] of Schock.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ambrosino |first1=Brandon |title=Outing the Hypocrisy of Outing |url=http://time.com/171/outing-the-hypocrisy-of-outing/ |access-date=April 18, 2019 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=January 7, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bernstein |first1=Jacob |title=Pointing a Finger on Facebook |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/16/fashion/Facebook-gay-congressman-Itay-Hod.html |access-date=April 18, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 15, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=D'Addario |first1=Daniel |title=The bizarre quasi-"outing" of Aaron Schock |url=https://www.salon.com/2014/01/06/the_bizarre_quasi_outing_of_aaron_schock/ |access-date=April 18, 2019|work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]] |date=January 6, 2014}}</ref>

In April 2019, Schock was photographed at the [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]] with several gay men, and a video was publicized that showed Schock kissing and [[fondling]] another man at the same event.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=June 29, 2019|title=Former GOP congressman with anti-gay voting record seen kissing man at Coachella: Report|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/former-gop-congressman-with-anti-gay-voting-record-seen-kissing-man-at-coachella-report|date=April 19, 2019|website=[[Washington Examiner]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Tracer |first1=Dan |title=Former GOP Congressman Aaron Schock spotted at Coachella making out with a guy |url=https://www.queerty.com/former-gop-congressman-aaron-schock-spotted-coachella-making-guy-20190416 |access-date=April 18, 2019 |work=[[Queerty]] |date=April 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.queerty.com/watch-video-emerges-aaron-schock-hooking-guy-coachella-20190418 |title=WATCH: Video emerges of Aaron Schock hooking up with a guy at Coachella |last=Tracer |first=Dan |work=[[Queerty]] |date=April 18, 2019 |access-date=April 19, 2019 }}</ref> In June 2019, a video was released showing Schock [[Gratuity|tipping]] a male [[go-go dancer]] at a gay bar in [[Zona Rosa, Mexico City]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Daniel|last=Avery|access-date=June 29, 2019|title=Former GOP representative Aaron Schock reportedly filmed putting money in go-go boy's underwear|url=https://www.newsweek.com/aaron-schock-gay-mexico-1446549|date=June 28, 2019|website=[[Newsweek]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Slovacek |first1=Randy |title=Video: Former Congressman & The Go-Go Dancer |url=https://instinctmagazine.com/video-former-congressman-the-go-go-dancer/ |access-date=June 28, 2019 |work=[[Instinct (magazine)|Instinct]] |date=June 28, 2019}}</ref> In October 2019, Schock was seen and photographed at a dance party for gay men in [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=October 21, 2019|title=Aaron Schock Photographed in Shirtless Embrace at Queer L.A. Nightclub|url=https://www.towleroad.com/2019/10/shirtless-aaron-schock/|date=October 21, 2019|website=[[Towleroad]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gremore |first1=Graham |title=Aaron Schock spotted at another queer party… but is anyone surprised? |url=https://www.queerty.com/aaron-schock-spotted-another-gay-circuit-party-anyone-surprised-20191021 |access-date=October 21, 2019 |work=[[Queerty]] |date=October 21, 2019}}</ref> Schock's actions drew condemnation from gay rights activists due to his past political stances and votes on gay issues.{{refn|<ref>{{cite news|first1=Michelangelo|last1=Signorile|access-date=June 29, 2019|title=Aaron Schock and the Politics of Outing|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/aaron-schock-and-the-politics-of-outing-13|date=June 1, 2019|website=[[The Daily Beast]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ritzen |first1=Stacey |title=A Former GOP Congressman With An Anti-Gay Voting Record Has Stirred Up A Firestorm After Attending Coachella |url=https://uproxx.com/viral/aaron-schock-coachella/ |access-date=April 18, 2019 |work=[[Uproxx]] |date=April 17, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Randy|last=Slovacek|access-date=June 29, 2019|title=Coachella Gays Apologize For Aaron Schock|url=https://instinctmagazine.com/coachella-gays-apologize-for-aaron-schock/|date=April 22, 2019|website=[[Instinct (magazine)|Instinct]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=June 29, 2019|title=Gay couple apologizes for posing for photo with Aaron Schock at Coachella|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/04/23/gay-couple-apologizes-for-posing-for-photo-with-aaron-schock-at-coachella/|date=April 23, 2019|website=[[Washington Blade]]|first=Mariah|last=Cooper}}</ref>}}

Schock [[coming out|came out]] as gay in an Instagram post on March 5, 2020, as well as in a statement posted on his website. In his statement, Schock expressed regret for some of his stances and attributed his voting record to his estrangement from his socially conservative family and struggles to come to terms with his sexual orientation. He furthermore claimed that if he were elected to Congress now he "would support LGBTQ rights in every way [he] could."<ref name="Johnson">{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Chris |title=Aaron Schock comes out as gay |url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2020/03/05/aaron-schock-comes-as-gay/ |access-date=March 5, 2020 |work=Washington Blade: Gay News, Politics, LGBT Rights |date=March 5, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Hall">{{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=Ellie |title=Former Republican Lawmaker Aaron Schock Has Come Out As Gay |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/aaron-schock-gay-comes-out |access-date=March 5, 2020 |work=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}</ref>

==Electoral history==

===Peoria Board of Education===
{{Election box begin no change |title=General Election – April 3, 2001 – Board of Education, Peoria, Illinois – District 150<ref name= 2001g>Sofradzija, Omar. "[http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=0F5261285EAC0E37&p_docnum=57&p_queryname=2 Schock to the system: Improbable write-in wins]". ''The Peoria Journal Star''. (Peoria, Illinois). April 4, 2001.</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Aaron Schock ([[write-in candidate|write-in]])
|votes = 6,328
|percentage = 57
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = Rhonda Hunt (incumbent)
|votes = 4,448
|percentage = 43
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Illinois House of Representatives===
{{Election box begin no change |title=General Election – November 2, 2004 – Illinois General Assembly – 92nd district<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionInformation/VoteTotalsList.aspx?ElectionType=GE&ElectionID=16&SearchType=OfficeSearch&OfficeID=2842&QueryType=Office&|title=Ballots Cast – General Election – 11/2/2004 – General Assembly – 92nd Representative|access-date=February 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721043100/http://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionInformation/VoteTotalsList.aspx?ElectionType=GE&ElectionID=16&SearchType=OfficeSearch&OfficeID=2842&QueryType=Office&|archive-date=July 21, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate =Aaron Schock
|votes = 19,719
|percentage =50.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate =[[Ricca Slone]] (incumbent)
|votes = 19,484
|percentage = 49.7
}}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing
|winner = Republican Party (US)
|loser = Democratic Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change |title=General Election – November 7, 2006 – Illinois General Assembly – 92nd district<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionInformation/VoteTotalsList.aspx?ElectionType=GE&ElectionID=19&SearchType=OfficeSearch&OfficeID=3715&QueryType=Office&|title=Ballots Cast – General Election – 11/7/2006 – General Assembly – 92nd Representative|access-date=February 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721043055/http://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionInformation/VoteTotalsList.aspx?ElectionType=GE&ElectionID=19&SearchType=OfficeSearch&OfficeID=3715&QueryType=Office&|archive-date=July 21, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate =Aaron Schock (incumbent)
|votes =14,703
|percentage =58.87
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate =Bill Spears
|votes = 10,271
|percentage =41.13
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner = Republican Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}

===U.S. House of Representatives===
{{Election box begin no change |title=General primary – February 5, 2008 Illinois's 18th congressional district<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionInformation/VoteTotalsList.aspx?ElectionType=GP&ElectionID=21&SearchType=OfficeSearch&OfficeID=4068&QueryType=Office&|title=Ballots Cast – General Primary Election – 2/5/2008 – 18th Congressional District|publisher=Illinois State Board of Elections|access-date=February 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721043048/http://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionInformation/VoteTotalsList.aspx?ElectionType=GP&ElectionID=21&SearchType=OfficeSearch&OfficeID=4068&QueryType=Office&|archive-date=July 21, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate =Aaron Schock
|votes = 55,610
|percentage =71.17
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate =Jim McConoughey
|votes = 13,363
|percentage =17.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate =John D. Morris
|votes = 9,160
|percentage = 11.72
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change|title=General election – November 4, 2008 Illinois's 18th congressional district<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionInformation/VoteTotalsList.aspx?ElectionType=GE&ElectionID=22&SearchType=OfficeSearch&OfficeID=4383&QueryType=Office&|title=Ballots Cast – General Election – 11/4/2008 – 18th Congressional District|publisher=Illinois State Board of Elections|access-date=February 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721043042/http://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionInformation/VoteTotalsList.aspx?ElectionType=GE&ElectionID=22&SearchType=OfficeSearch&OfficeID=4383&QueryType=Office&|archive-date=July 21, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate =Aaron Schock
|votes =182,589
|percentage =58.88
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate =Colleen Callahan
|votes =    117,642
|percentage = 37.94
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party =Green Party (US)
|candidate =Sheldon Schafer
|votes =9,857
|percentage =3.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner = Republican Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |title=General election – November 2, 2010 Illinois's 18th congressional district<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionInformation/VoteTotalsList.aspx?ElectionType=GE&ElectionID=29&SearchType=OfficeSearch&OfficeID=5184&QueryType=Office&|title=Ballots Cast – General Election – 11/2/2010 – 18th Congressional District|publisher=Illinois State Board of Elections|access-date=February 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721043028/http://www.elections.il.gov/ElectionInformation/VoteTotalsList.aspx?ElectionType=GE&ElectionID=29&SearchType=OfficeSearch&OfficeID=5184&QueryType=Office&|archive-date=July 21, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate =Aaron Schock (incumbent)
|votes =152,868
|percentage =69.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate =Deirdre "DK" Hirner
|votes =57,046
|percentage =25.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Green Party (US)
|candidate =Sheldon Schafer
|votes =11,256
|percentage =5.09
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner = Republican Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change |title=General Election – November 6, 2012 Illinois's 18th congressional district<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.il.gov/Downloads/ElectionInformation/VoteTotals/2012GEOfficialVote.pdf|title=Official Vote: November 6, 2012 General Election|page=37|publisher=Illinois State Board of Elections|access-date=March 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119063113/http://www.elections.il.gov/Downloads/ElectionInformation/VoteTotals/2012GEOfficialVote.pdf|archive-date=November 19, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate =Aaron Schock (incumbent)
|votes =244,467
|percentage =74.16
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = Steve Waterworth
|votes = 85,164
|percentage = 25.84
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner = Republican Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change |title=General Election – November 4, 2014 Illinois's 18th congressional district<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.il.gov/Downloads/ElectionInformation/VoteTotals/2014GEOfficialVote.pdf|title=Official Vote: November 4, 2014 General Election|page=37|publisher=Illinois State Board of Elections|access-date=March 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128022954/http://www.elections.il.gov/Downloads/ElectionInformation/VoteTotals/2014GEOfficialVote.pdf|archive-date=January 28, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party = Republican Party (US)
|candidate = Aaron Schock (incumbent)
|votes = 184,363
|percentage = 74.72
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = Darrel Miller
|votes = 62,377
|percentage = 25.28
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner = Republican Party (US)
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|United States|Politics}}
* [[List of people from Peoria, Illinois]]
* [[List of United States representatives from Illinois]]
* [[List of youngest members of the United States Congress]] 
* [[List of federal political scandals in the United States]]
* [[List of LGBT members of the United States Congress]]
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<ref name="chief sponsor">{{cite web|url=http://www.ilga.gov/house/RepBills.asp?GA=94&MemberID=1117&Primary=True |title=Representative Aaron Schock (R), 92nd District&nbsp;– Bills, Chief Sponsor |work=Illinois General Assembly, 94th Assembly (2005–2006) |publisher=State of Illinois |access-date=February 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721043322/http://www.ilga.gov/house/RepBills.asp?GA=94&MemberID=1117&Primary=True |archive-date=July 21, 2011 }}; {{cite web|url=http://www.ilga.gov/house/RepBills.asp?GA=95&MemberID=1302&Primary=True |title=Representative Aaron Schock (R), 92nd District&nbsp;– Bills, Chief Sponsor |work=Illinois General Assembly, 95th Assembly (2007–2008) |publisher=State of Illinois |access-date=February 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721043336/http://www.ilga.gov/house/RepBills.asp?GA=95&MemberID=1302&Primary=True |archive-date=July 21, 2011 }}</ref>

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<ref name="colbert grills">{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/16/stephen-colbert-grills-aa_n_187711.html| work = [[The Huffington Post]] |title= Stephen Colbert Grills Aaron Schock: 'Do You Or Do You Not Have Six-Pack Abs?' (Video)|date=April 16, 2009|access-date=February 5, 2011}}</ref>

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<ref name="father">{{cite news|url=http://www.galesburg.com/news/news_state/x1379334940|title=Schock's Father Ensnarled in Tax Fraud Case|author=Schoenburg, Bernard|agency=Gatehouse News Service|newspaper= [[The Register-Mail]] |access-date=February 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711071943/http://www.galesburg.com/news/news_state/x1379334940|archive-date=July 11, 2011|url-status=dead}} Includes father's name, medical specialty and mother's married name.</ref>

<ref name="fighting">{{cite news|url=http://www.peoriamagazines.com/ibi/2006/oct/aaron-schock|title=Aaron Schock&nbsp;– Fighting to Make Changes in Springfield|date=October 2006|work=Peoria Magazine|access-date=September 17, 2016|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402181922/http://www.peoriamagazines.com/ibi/2006/oct/aaron-schock|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="financial">{{cite news|url=http://www.sj-r.com/news/x1157498545/Schock-Energy-defense-taxes-the-big-issues|title=Schock: Energy, defense, taxes the big issues|author=Adriana Colindres|date=October 2008|work=The State Journal-Register|access-date=March 20, 2012}}</ref>

<ref name="Generation Y">{{cite news|title=Generation Y Comes To Congress|url= http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/06/earlyshow/main4701671.shtml|work=[[The Early Show]] | publisher = [[CBS News]]|date=January 6, 2009|quote=His mother, Jan Knapp, says Schock doesn't take rejection lightly}}</ref>

<ref name="gloves off">{{cite news | url = http://www.sj-r.com/news_columnists/x1738027461/Bernard-Schoenburg-Feisty-Callahan-takes-off-gloves-in-TV-ad-vs-Schock | title = Feisty Callahan Takes Off Gloves in TV Ad vs. Schock | author = Schoenburg, Bernard | work = [[The State Journal-Register]] | date = September 25, 2008 }}</ref>

<ref name="first gen y">{{cite magazine|author=James, Randy |title=The First Gen Y Congressman |date=January 8, 2009 |url=http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1870301,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=February 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213092550/http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0%2C8599%2C1870301%2C00.html |archive-date=February 13, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="Honduras Constitutional Issues p8">{{cite web|url=http://schock.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Schock_CRS_Report_Honduras_FINAL.pdf |title=Honduras: Constitutional Issues |author=Gutiérrez, Norma C. |date=August 2009 |publisher=[[Law Library of Congress]] |page=12 |access-date=February 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203055820/http://schock.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Schock_CRS_Report_Honduras_FINAL.pdf |archive-date=February 3, 2011 |url-status=dead }} LL File Number 2009-002965.</ref>

<ref name="IR focus">{{cite web|url=http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2008/02/ir-focus-aaron.html|title=IR Focus: Aaron Schock, GOP candidate for 18th CD|date=February 7, 2008|access-date=February 6, 2011| work = Illinois Review}}</ref>

<ref name="LAT-TMZ">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-aaron-schock5-2009apr05,0,7578228.story |title = Aaron Schock, GOP's Fresh Face, Mixes TMZ and House Committees |date=April 5, 2009 | work =[[Los Angeles Times]] | author = Oliphant, James |access-date=February 5, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name = "Lawmakers ask for retraction1">{{cite web | url = http://www.mcclatchydc.com/257/story/77937.html | title = Lawmakers Ask Library of Congress To Retract Honduras Report|author=Clark, Lesley| date = October 28, 2009 | publisher=[[McClatchy Newspapers]]|access-date=February 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100101181430/http://www.mcclatchydc.com/257/story/77937.html|archive-date=January 1, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="looking back">{{cite news|url=http://www.morrissuntribune.com/content/looking-back-311|title=Looking Back|date=May 20, 2009|newspaper=Morris Sun Tribune|author=Plank, Tami|quote="Items taken from the Tribune, May 10, 1984...Voters will elect school board members throughout Minnesota on Tuesday, May 15. In the Morris-Donnelly district, the candidates are Lowell Roholff, Roy Larson, and incumbent Richard Felstul. Incumbents Harold Luthi and Dr. Richard Schock did not file.|access-date=December 24, 2015|archive-date=December 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224110114/http://www.morrissuntribune.com/content/looking-back-311|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="moderate">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/01/AR2007080102050_pf.html |title=A Setback For Civility |date=October 2, 2007 |access-date=February 5, 2011 |newspaper= [[The Washington Post]] |author=Broder, David S.}}</ref>

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<ref name="nave">{{cite web |url=http://www.illinoistimes.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A8551 |title=Kid Schock |date=October 2, 2008 |access-date=February 5, 2011|work=[[Illinois Times]] |author=Nave, R.L.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005170224/http://illinoistimes.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A8551|archive-date= October 5, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="pantagraph-20081004">{{cite news|url=http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/10/04/news/doc48e6feb7e5de9645916956.txt |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131060357/http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/10/04/news/doc48e6feb7e5de9645916956.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |title=Shock, Callahan Hope To Show Differences in Debate |newspaper=[[The Pantagraph]] |date=October 4, 2008 |author=Riopell, Mike |access-date=February 5, 2011 }}</ref>

<ref name="pjstar-20080930">{{cite news|url = http://www.pjstar.com/homepage/x345115176/Schock-to-repay-city-for-costs-of-Bush-visit|title = Schock To Repay City for Costs of Bush Visit |newspaper = [[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]]| author = Sampier, Kevin |date = September 30, 2008|access-date = February 5, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="poster child">{{cite news | url = http://www.pjstar.com/homepage/x1720641763/Schock-could-be-next-poster-child-fo-GOP-LaHood-says | title = Schock Could Be Next 'Poster Child' for GOP, LaHood Says | author = McDonald, Karen | date = November 5, 2008| access-date = February 5, 2011|newspaper = [[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]]}}</ref>

<ref name="readers elect">{{cite news | url =https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/04/aaron-schock-huffpost-rea_n_163784.html | title =Aaron Schock: HuffPost Readers Elect Republican Congressman "Hottest Freshman"|date=February 4, 2009 | work = [[The Huffington Post]]| access-date = February 6, 2011 | quote = Aaron Schock is an active member of Bethany Baptist Church in Peoria. | first=Anya | last=Strzemien}}</ref>

<ref name="rollcall223">{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?year=2009&rollnumber=223 |title=Final Vote Results for Roll Call 223: H R 1913 Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act |date=April 29, 2009 |access-date=February 11, 2011|publisher= [[United States House of Representatives]]| archive-url= http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20101206131920/http%3A//clerk%2Ehouse%2Egov/cgi%2Dbin/vote%2Easp?year%3D2009%26rollnumber%3D223| archive-date= December 6, 2010| url-status= live}}</ref>

<ref name="rolls in">{{cite news| author = McDonald, Karen |title=Schock Rolls in 18th Congressional District| date=November 4, 2008|url=http://www.pjstar.com/homepage/x1588605005/Schock-leading-in-18th-Congressional-District|newspaper = [[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]] | access-date=February 5, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="schockingly">{{cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=dc22b4e1-ec51-41fd-8ca5-3327a3c007f6|publisher= [[TMZ.com]]|title=Illinois Congressman is Schockingly Hot|format=video|access-date=February 5, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="Schock Releases Report">{{cite press release|url=http://schock.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=146377 |title=Schock Releases Report Contradicting State Department on Honduras |date=September 24, 2009 |publisher=Office of U.S. Representative Aaron Schock |access-date=February 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203081223/http://schock.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=146377 |archive-date=February 3, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="talking point">{{cite news|url = http://www.pjstar.com/features/x344271050/Talking-Point-for-Sept-26|title = Talking Point for Sept. 26: The Back Story|newspaper = [[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]] |date = September 25, 2008|access-date = February 5, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="to serve">{{cite news|title=Schock To Serve on Committees|date=February 5, 2005|newspaper= [[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]]}}</ref>

<ref name="through the years">{{cite news|url=http://www.pjstar.com/news/regional/x1794959801/Aaron-Schock-through-the-years |title=Aaron Schock through the Years |date=January 3, 2009 |access-date=February 6, 2011 |newspaper=[[Journal Star (Peoria)|Journal Star]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715091540/http://www.pjstar.com/news/regional/x1794959801/Aaron-Schock-through-the-years |archive-date=July 15, 2011 }}</ref>

<!--video which is not being used as a source- <ref name="today show">{{cite interview | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj5jrgAdggA | last = Schock | first = Aaron | interviewer = [[Jamie Gangel]] | program = ''[[Today (NBC program)|Today]]'' | callsign = [[NBC]] | date =February 27, 2009| format = video |publisher= [[NBC]] (via [[YouTube]])|access-date = February 6, 2011 }} School board information starts at 1:26.</ref>-->

<ref name="tribune">{{cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-10-22/news/0810210269_1_foster-republican-jim-oberweis-illinois-republicans/2 |title=For Congress |date=October 22, 2008 |page=46 |access-date=April 28, 2009 |work = [[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref>

<ref name="view on torture">{{cite news|author = Schoenburg, Bernard|date = December 16, 2009|url = http://www.sj-r.com/opinions/x1508040051/Bernard-Schoenburg-Schock-s-views-on-torture-draw-fire-from-opponents#transcript|title=Schock's View on Torture Draw Fire|newspaper = [[The State Journal-Register]] |access-date = February 5, 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="week-0113">{{cite news|url=http://www.week.com/news/local/37546404.html |title=State Representative Joan Krupa |date=January 13, 2009 |publisher=[[WEEK-TV]] |access-date=March 22, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210112937/http://www.week.com/news/local/37546404.html |archive-date=February 10, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="wp-2008">{{cite news | url = http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008/elections/il/house/1193/aaron-schock/ | title =Election 2008, Aaron Schock (R) | newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] | year = 2008 | access-date = February 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922182832/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008/elections/il/house/1193/aaron-schock/|archive-date=September 22, 2012| url-status=dead}}</ref>

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* [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/412314 Congressional profile] at [[GovTrack]]
* [http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/412314 Congressional profile] at [[Participatory Politics Foundation|OpenCongress]]
* [http://www.rollcall.com/members/27815.html Congressional profile] at ''[[Roll Call]]''
* [http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00029273 Financial information (federal office)] at [[Center for Responsive Politics|OpenSecrets.org]]
* [https://apps.washingtonpost.com/politics/capitol-assets/member/aaron-schock Financial investments (personal)] at ''[[The Washington Post]]''
* [http://www.legistorm.com/member/949/Rep_Aaron_Schock.html Staff salaries, trips and personal finance] at LegiStorm.com
* [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=4945 Financial information (state office)] at the National Institute for Money in State Politics
* [http://www.ontheissues.org/IL/Aaron_Schock.htm Issue positions and quotes] at [[On the Issues]]
* [http://www.c-spanvideo.org/person/1030003 Appearances] on [[C-SPAN]] programs
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3278856 Appearances] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gIQAh1zkMP_topic.html Collected news and commentary] at ''[[The Washington Post]]''
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* [http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/March-2009/Young-Gun/ Young Gun], Edward McClelland, ''[[Chicago Magazine]]'', March 2009
* [http://www.menshealth.com/fitness/aaron-schock-fitness The Ripped Representative], Stephen Perrine, ''[[Men's Health (magazine)|Men's Health]]'', May 6, 2011

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