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 Illinois General Assembly |  House of Representatives

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Representative  Michael J. Zalewski (D)B.A., Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; J.D., John Marshall Law School; Attorney specializing in civil and criminal law; Committee assignments:Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, & IT; Elections & Campaign Finance; Health Care Licenses; Higher Education; Insurance: Health & Life; Personnel & Pensions (Vice-Chairperson); Revenue & Finance (Chairperson); Property Tax Subcommittee (Sub-Chairperson); Sales and Other Taxes Subcommittee; Finance Subcommittee; Growth, Reform & Fairness Subcommittee (Sub-Chairperson); Campaign Finance Subcommittee; Ballot Access Subcommittee (Sub-Chairperson); Higher Education Analysis Subcommittee; Distributed Ledgers

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Representative Jonathan Carroll (D)57th District. Special Education Teacher and Learning Disability Advocate; M.A.in Learning Disabilities from Northeastern Illinois University, B.A. in Communications from DePaul. Advocate for those who have ADHD and executive functioning issues in \order to help them meet personal, professional and educational goals. Committee assignments: Elem Sec Ed: Charter School Policy; Mass Transit; Government Consolidation & Modern; Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, & IT; Government Consolidation Analysis.

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Representative Keith R. Wheeler (R)50th District, Republican Conference Chairperson. B.A. degree

in Economics from the University of Illinois; owner of Responsive Network Service for over 23 years with offices inChicago and Oswego; past Chairman of NFIB Illinois Leadership Council; past Board Chairman for the Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce; past Chairman of the Kendall County Republican Central Committee; Committee assignments:Appropriations-General Service; Construction Industry & Code Enforcement Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, & IT; Economic Opportunity; Health Care Licenses; Labor & Commerce Committee; Mass Transit; Public Utilities; Workers Compensation Subcommittee; Distributed Ledgers &Cryptocurrency.

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                                                      Illinois General Assembly  |  Senate

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Senator  David Koehler (D), 46th District, Majority Caucus Whip. Committee assignments:: Agriculture; Committee of the Whole; Education; Environment and Conservation (Chairperson); Labor; Local Government; Transportation; Oversight Medicaid Mang.. Care, Spec; Sub. on Interscholastic Athletics (Sub-Chairperson); Sub. Confined Animal Feeding Ops.; Subcommittee on Dry cleaners; Subcommittee on Special Issues (LB); Supplier Diversity, 
Biography: Born and raised in South Dakota, moved to Peoria in 1978; B.A., Yankton College, 1971; M.A. in divinity, United Theological Seminary, 1974; staff member, National Farm Worker Ministry; community organizer and program manager, Peoria Friendship House; executive director, Peoria Area Labor Management Council; president, Labor Management Cooperative Health Programs Inc.; Peoria County Board member, 1982-88; Peoria City Council member, 1989-97 (mayor pro tem, 1993-94); member of the NCSL Natural Resources and Infrastructure Committee and Task Force on Energy Supply; first elected to Senate in November 2006; appointed to Senate in December 2006 to fill term of retiring Senator George Shadid.
 

Senator Julie A. Morrison (D)29th District. Elected to the Senate in 2012; born in Beardstown; received a bachelor's degree from Knox College; served as supervisor of West Deerfield Township, Chairperson).Committee assignments:Appropriations II; Committee of the Whole; Environment and Conservation; Gaming; Government Reform; Human Services (Chairperson); Transportation; Oversight Medicaid Mang. Care, Spec; Sub. on Consequences of Fed. Policy; Subcommittee on Fracking (Sub- Chairperson).Committee assignments:Appropriations II; Committee of the Whole; Environment and Conservation; Gaming; Government Reform; Human Services (Chairperson); Transportation; Oversight Medicaid Mang. Care, Spec; Sub. on Consequences of Fed.Policy; Subcommittee on Fracking (Sub-Chairperson).

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Sen. Jim Oberweis,of Sugar Grove has served in the Illinois Senate since January 2013. He serves as Republican spokesperson for the Labor and Commerce Committee, and is a member f the Appropriations I, Environment, Local Government, and Public Health committees. A lifelong resident of the Fox Valley, Jim graduated from Marmion Military Academy, earned a B.A. from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. His first job was a math and science teacher at Waldo Junior High School in Aurora. He later launched a career in the financial services industry. Today, Oberweis Asset Management manages approximately $2 billion in growth stock assets. Jim also serves as the Chairman of Oberweis Dairy, a business founded by his grandfather Peter.

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Senator Linda Holmes (D)42nd District, Majority Caucus Whip Elected to the Senate in 2006; born March 16, 1959, in Chicago; received a bachelor's degree from the National College of Education (now National-Lewis University); First woman president of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry; Full-time state legislator.

Committee assignments:Agriculture; Commerce and Economic Development (Chairperson); Committee of the Whole; Insurance; Labor (Vice-Chairperson); Local Government; Telecommunications & Info-Technology; Subcommittee on Special Issues (LB) (Sub-Chairperson); Special Committee On housing.

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Senator Toi W. Hutchinson (D)40th District. Elected to the Senate in

2006; born March 16, 1959, Graduated University of Illinois at Urbana with a Bachelor in English; J.D. Northern Illinois University, College of Law 2014, Former Olympia Fields Village Clerk; Harvard Kennedy School of Government Executive Management Program (Women and Power) 2004, 2012 Edgar Fellow at University of Illinois at Urbana Institute of Government and Public Affairs; Chair of Senate Revenue Committee, lives in Olympia Fields. Commerce and Economic Development; Committee of the Whole; Government Reform; Judiciary; Public Health; Revenue (Chairperson); Transportation; Subcommittee on Civil Rights; Subcommittee on Firearms; State & Pension Fund Invest, Spec.

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Senator Cristina Castro (D)22nd District. Elected to the Senate in 2016. Received her Associate in Science from Elgin Community College, her Bachelor of Science and Masters of Business Administration from Northern Illinois University. Served on Kane County Board. Committees: Commerce and Economic Development; Committee of the Whole; Financial Institutions; Higher Education; Local Government; Telecommunications & Info-Technology; Transportation (Vice-Chairperson); Sub. on Public Notif. Requirements (Sub-Chairperson).

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