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APPOINTED BY SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER,
FRANK WATSON

 

 

 

 

 

Senator Carole Pankau (R), Co-Chair

23rd District
Appointed: 2/5/07

Springfield Office:
105K Capitol Building
Springfield, Illinois 62706
(217) 782-9463
(217) 557-3908 FAX

District Office:
One Tiffany Point, Suite G
Bloomingdale, Illinois 60108
(630) 582-0390
(630) 582-0391 FAX

Years served: 2003-05 (House), 2005-Present (Senate)

Legislative assignments: Senate Committee of the Whole; Public Health (Minority Spokesperson); Appropriations III; Environment and Energy; Labor; Revenue.
Biography: B.S., Accounting, University of Illinois, 1981; former Bloomingdale Township committeeman; former vice-chair of the Bloomingdale Township Republican organization; Legislative awards include "Champion of Local Government" and "Voice of Employers Award"; married (husband, John), has four children.

 

 

 

 

 

Senator Larry K. Bomke (R)

50th District
Appointed: 2/5/07

Springfield Office:
307 Capitol Building
Springfield, Illinois 62706
(217) 782-0228
(217) 782-5406 FAX

Springfield & District Office:
120 S. McLean Street
Lincoln, IL 62656
(217) 732-4433

Years served: 1995 - Present
Legislative assignments: Senate Committee of the Whole; Transportation (Minority Spokesperson); Appropriations II; Financial Institutions; State Government & Veterans Affairs.
Biography: Born June 6, 1950, in Springfield; attended Lincoln Land Community College, majored in political science; former chair, Sangamon County Board (two years) and member (19 years); listed in Outstanding Young Men of America, 1983; married (wife, Sally Jo), has two children.

 

 

 

 

Senator John J. Millner (R)

28th District
Appointed: 2/5/07

Springfield Office:
105C State Capitol
Springfield, Illinois 62706
(217) 782-8192
(217) 782-4079 FAX

District Office:
290 Springfield Drive, Suite 225
Bloomingdale, IL  60108
(630) 351-9340
(630) 351-9370 FAX

Years served: 2003-05 (House), 2005-Present (Senate)
Legislative assignments: Senate Committee of the Whole; Judiciary Criminal Law (Minority Spokesperson); Education; Executive Appointments; Financial Institutions; Human Services.
Biography: Master's Degree, Law Enforement Administration, Western Illinois University; B.A., Social Justice, Lewis University; A.S., Triton College; Elmhurst Police Department, 1972-2003; former president of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police; married (wife, Debbie), has two children.
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APPOINTED BY SENATE PRESIDENT,
EMIL JONES

 

 

 

 

 

Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D)

16th District
Appointed: 2/9/07

Springfield Office:
M118 Capitol Building
Springfield, Illinois 62706
(217) 782-1607

District Office:
1155 West 79th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60620
(773) 224-2830
(773) 224-2855 FAX

Years served: 2003-Present
Legislative assignments: Senate Committee of the Whole; Financial Institutions (Chairperson); Appropriations I; Education; Housing and Community Affairs; Subcommittee on Housing (Sub-Chairperson).
Biography:Full Time Legislator. Born December 10th in McComb, Mississippi. Studied journalism at Northwestern University; MA from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government; MA in Human Services Administration from Spertus College; MA in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School, June 2003. Former Emmy Award-nominated news editor at CBS-TV in Chicago, Minister of Communications for St. Sabina Catholic Church in Chicago and 2001 Legislative Fellow with United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

 

 

 

Senator Kimberly A. Lightford (D)

4th District
Appointed: 2/9/07

Springfield Office:
M114 Capitol Building
Springfield, Illinois 62706
(217) 782-8505

District Office:
10001 West Roosevelt Road, Suite 202
Westchester, Illinois 60154
(708) 343-7444
(708) 343-7400 FAX

Years served: 1998-Present (Senate)
Legislative assignments:Senate Committee of the Whole; Education (Chairperson); Higher Education (Vice-Chairperson); Financial Institutions; Public Health; Revenue.
Biography: Born May 10, 1968, in Chicago; B.A., public communications & human relations, Western Illinois University; Master's in public administration, University of Illinois at Springfield.

 

 

 

 

Senator Antonio Muñoz (D)

1st District
Appointed: 2/9/07

Springfield Office:
123 Capitol Building
Springfield, Illinois 62706
(217) 782-9415

District Office:
2021 West 35th St.
Chicago, IL  60609
(773) 869-9050
(773) 869-9046 FAX
Years served: 1999-Present
Legislative assignments: Senate Committee of the Whole; Licensed Activities (Vice-Chairperson); Transportation (Chairperson); Environment and Energy; Pensions and Investments.
Biography: Born February 18, 1964, in Chicago; Served in U.S. Army with the 82nd Airborne Division; City of Chicago-Mayor's License Commission, Local Liquor Control Section (1990); Dept. of Aviation; Mayor's Office of Budget & Management; member of Fraternal Order of Police; married (wife, Patricia), has three children.
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