Today, we start a new feature on the Capitol Fax blog. Light, kinda silly interviews with individual state legislators during session days.

Our first victim… er… subject… is Rep. Ken Dunkin (D-Chicago). The questions will evolve as we go along.

Dunkin chairs the House Tourism & Conventions Committee, is the vice chair of Child Support Enforcement, and sits on Insurance, Approp-Public Safety, Mass Transit, Telecommunications and Financial Institutions committees.

White Sox or Cubs? White Sox.

Favorite TV show? “Friends.”

Least favorite household chore. Mopping.

Do you speak a foreign language? Spanish.

Favorite vacation spot? Jamaica.

Golf handicap? “I don’t even know what that means.”

Favorite band/performer? Donna Summer.

Last book you’ve read? “Winning the Future” by Newt Gingrich.

Favorite color? Burnt Cranberry.

K-Mart or Costco? Costco.

Did you play high school sports? Three years of football.

Favorite historical figure? Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.