# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-sorensen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:44:08.387Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-sorensen"
name: "Eric Sorensen"
slug: "eric-sorensen"
description: "Eric Sorensen is an American politician and meteorologist serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 17th congressional district since 2023. His district covers a large swath of western and central Illinois, centered around Moline, Rock Island, and the Illinois side of the Quad Cities. It also includes parts of Peoria and Rockford. A member of the Democratic Party, Sorensen is the first openly gay member of Congress from Illinois."
tagline: "American meteorologist and politician (born 1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sorensen_House_Photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1976-03-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.754506666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://sorensen.house.gov"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Sorensen"
    title: "Eric Sorensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Sorensen"
    title: "Eric Sorensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Sorensen_(politician)"
    title: "Eric Sorensen (politician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Sorensen"
    title: "Eric Sorensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%9F"
    title: "אריק סורנסן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Sorensen"
    title: "Eric Sorensen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115182513"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump