BackgroundAttorney (trial and appellate; private practice in Chicago)

EducationPrinceton University — B.A.

Notable personal detailsPatrick John “PJK” Keating is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Illinois’s 2nd Congressional District in the March 17, 2026 primary. He is a trial and appellate attorney in private practice in Chicago and has taught law as an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois Chicago. Keating earned a B.A. from Princeton University and a J.D. from Notre Dame Law School, where he served as an editor of the Journal of Legislation. He is a Flossmoor resident and has three daughters.