Facts:   - profession: business owner    - residence: shelby county , illinois    - preceded: roger l. eddy    - state house: illinois    - party: republican    - spouse: linda      - district: 110th    - term end: 2015 jan    - succeeded: reginald h. phillips    - term start: 2012 april    - state: illinois    - name: brad halbrook    - birth place: pana , illinois    - religion: christian   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of brad halbrook .
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brad halbrook is a republican member of the illinois general assembly .halbrook was a small business owner running a company that makes fences before joining the general assembly .in april 2012 , halbrook was appointed to the state legislature to fill out the term of retiring state legislator roger l. eddy .