Dan Caulkins

{{short description|American politician}}

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| name = Dan Caulkins

| image = Dan Caulkins by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| state_house = Illinois

| district = 88th

| term_start = {{start date|2023|01|11}}

| term_end = {{end date|2025|01|08}}

| preceded = Keith P. Sommer

| succeeded = Regan Deering

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| birth_place = Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.

| party = Republican

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| residence = Decatur, Illinois, U.S.

| alma_mater = Eastern Illinois University

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| profession = Business owner (retired)

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Dan Caulkins is a former Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 88th district of Illinois, USA. The district, located in east central Illinois, includes all or parts of Livingston, DeWitt, Macon, McLean and Piatt counties. In the 2018 Republican primary, Caulkins defeated Todd Henricks, the Cerro Gordo C.U.S.D. #100 Board of Education president, and Randy Keith, the Piatt County Board chairman.{{cite interview|last=Caulkins|first=Dan|title=Dan Caulkins, Republican candidate for Illinois House (101st district)|interviewer=Chicago Tribune Editorial Board|work=Chicago Tribune|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=February 28, 2018|access-date=November 16, 2018|url=http://elections.chicagotribune.com/candidates/responses/dan-caulkins.html}} He defeated Democratic candidate Jen McMillan in the 2018 general election.{{cite news|last=Denham|first=Ryan|title=GOP House Candidate Caulkins: 'Only Way To Shrink Government Is To Starve It'|date=September 26, 2018|newspaper=WGLT|access-date=December 5, 2018|url=http://www.wglt.org/post/gop-house-candidate-caulkins-only-way-shrink-government-starve-it#stream/0}}{{cite web|url=http://elections.il.gov/Downloads/VotingInformation/PDF/2011Districts/2011RepDist101.pdf|title=Representative District 101|publisher=Illinois State Board of Elections|date=May 18, 2011|access-date=November 19, 2018}} Caulkins was on the city council in Decatur, Illinois, from 2005 until 2009 and as a member of the Eastern Illinois University Board of Trustees from 2015 until 2018. He owned a number of assisted living facilities until retiring in 2015.

On July 30, 2024, Caulkins was a member of the following Illinois House committees:{{Cite web |title=Representative Committees |url=https://ilga.gov/house/RepCommittees.asp?MemberID=3154 |access-date=2024-07-30 |publisher=Illinois General Assembly}}

• Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, & IT Committee (HCDA)
• Energy & Environment Committee (HENG)
• Labor & Commerce Committee (HLBR)
• Occupational Licenses Subcommittee (HLBR-HLOL)
• Prescription Drug Affordability & Accessibility Committee (HPDA)
• Public Utilities Committee (HPUB)