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Senator Patricia Van Pelt (D) - Previous General Assembly (100th)
5th District

Photograph of Senator  Patricia Van Pelt (D)
 

Springfield Office:
218A Capitol Building
Springfield, IL   62706
(217) 782-6252
District Office:
1016 W. Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL  60607
(312) 888-9191
(312) 277-3716 FAX
Years served: 2013 - Present

Committee assignments: Commerce and Economic Development; Committee of the Whole; Criminal Law; Energy and Public Utilities; Gaming; Public Health (Chair); State Government; Oversight Medicaid Mang. Care, Spec; Subcommittee on Special Issues (CL); Subcommittee on Energy Innovation.

Biography: first elected to the Senate in 2012; born Nov. 12, 1957, in Chicago. Bachelor's degree, Roosevelt University (1996); master's degree, Spertus Institute (1996); doctorate, Capella University (2009); earned her CPA. Currently Chairperson with Ariix International. She has one child.


Associated Senator(s): Arthur Turner
 Melissa Conyears-Ervin