EducationPrinceton University (B.A.)

Notable personal detailsPatrick John “PJK” Keating is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois’s 2nd Congressional District (2026 cycle). He is a litigation attorney in private practice with Practus LLP and has served as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law. Keating earned a B.A. from Princeton University and a J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School, and he has been active in local community and school-related leadership in Flossmoor/Homewood.