I live in his district, (it's a lot more than Peoria) I've always believed he was homo, based on all the articles published about his homoness plus my infallible gaydar. (I've met and talked to him).
He was our great conservative hope but as soon as he took office, he started talking about "global warming" and "climate change".
A pox on his homo house.
So he pretended to be a conservative, but was really a liberal Republican. That’s Illinois.
-ex life long Chicagoan
Aaron got his start in a very unassuming way. Before he won his first election, he literally went door-to-door in heavily Democrat neighborhoods and went into people's homes to talk with them about their issues. Many had never voted non-Democrat in their lives, but they voted overwhelmingly for Aaron because he had talked with them at length. Those first offices were local/state, in my recollection.
This is something more candidates ought to do, doing it with people who wouldn't otherwise believe you could care about their plight.
At first, I was hoping Aaron would have simply had some poor bookkeeping, but it truly appears fraudulent on amounts that are paltry when compared with Democrat fraud. My guess is that, because he does like “better things” and wanted to keep up appearances, he grew to continually fudge his expenses. Where most others in Congress come from wealth or are businessmen/women, I don't believe Aaron had these, and compensated by stretching the truth too many times.
I am not aware of a job he ever held before his first office. Surely he will find something right-away, but being visible will not be something we would now expect.
There's supposed to be a Tea Party attorney out of Bloomington/Normal that could be interested. Let's hope this RINO is replaced by such a person.