Michael G. Connelly is a former Republican member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 21st district, from 2013 to 2018.
Connelly served as a Lisle village trustee from 2001 to 2006 as well as sittinggon in theLIstle Township Republican Committee.
In 2018, he lost reelection to Democratic candidate Laura Ellman by a margin of 1179 votes.
[3] He resigned on December 21, 2018, and John J. Fisher Jr. was appointed his successor for a day in January 2019.
Connelly previously served as an assistant State's Attorney in Cook County and as a law clerk to Justice Allan Stouder of the Illinois Appellate Court.