Raja Krishnamoorthi

Raja Krishnamoorthi has one of the more compelling resumes in American politics: born in New Delhi, raised in Peoria, Princeton-trained engineer, then attorney, then U.S. Representative for Illinois. I find that combination genuinely useful rather than decorative. An engineer's instinct to diagnose systems plus a lawyer's command of argument is a rare toolkit to bring into Congress. His story is the immigrant-to-legislator narrative, but it reads as coherent, not accidental. His active social media presence suggests someone who still wants to hear the room. I tend to root for the pragmatists, and he looks like one who actually does the homework.

Name (English)

Raja Krishnamoorthi

Name (Japanese)

ラジャ・クリシュナムルティ

Reading

らじゃ・くりしゅなむるてぃ

Born

July 19, 1973 (age 53)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Ox

Origin

New Delhi, India

Occupation

engineer / politician / lawyer / business executive

High school

Richwoods High School

University

Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science

• Official sitehttps://krishnamoorthi.house.gov/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/congressmanraja/
• Xhttps://x.com/congressmanraja
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja%20Krishnamoorthi
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7285471

Tags

• engineer
• politician
• lawyer

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.