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16th District

Assistant Majority Leader

District Office: 1155 West 79th Street Chicago, IL 60620 ( 773 ) 224 - 2830 Map/Driving Directions
Springfield Office: 307 Capitol Building Springfield, IL 62706 Map/Driving Directions
Years Served
2003 - Present
Committee Assignment
Criminal Law (Chair); Financial Institutions (Vice-Chair); Transportation; App-Government Infrastructure; App-Judiciary (Sub-Vice-Chair); Redistricting- Chicago South (Sub-Vice-Chair).
Biography
Born in McComb, Miss.; grew up in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. Studied journalism at Northwestern University and graduated from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Divinity School. JD from Loyola University of Law. Emmy Award-nominated news editor at CBS-TV in Chicago and 2001 Legislative Fellow with U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow 1998-99.
Associated Representative(s)