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Senator Kwame Raoul (D) - Previous General Assembly (98th)
13th District

Photograph of  Senator  Kwame Raoul (D)
 

Springfield Office:
Senator 13th District
122 Capitol Building
Springfield, IL   62706
(217) 782-5338
(217) 558-6006 FAX
 
District Office:
1509 E. 53rd Street, 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL  60615
(773) 363-1996
(773) 681-7166 FAX

Years served: 2004 - Present

Committee assignments: Criminal Law (Vice-Chair); Insurance; Labor and Commerce; Judiciary (Chair); Public Health; Committee of the Whole; Public Pensions & State Investments (Co-Chair); Subcommittee on CLEAR Compliance (Sub-Chair); Conference Committee on SB1 (Chair); Joint Criminal Justice Reform Comm..

Biography: Attorney; born Sept. 30, 1964; B.A. from DePaul University; J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law; previously served as Cook County prosecutor and in-house counsel for City Colleges of Chicago; serves on Boards of Legal Prep Charter Academies and International Child Care USA; Vice Chairman of the Sentencing Policy Advisory Commission; Director of Haitian Relief Network; lives in Hyde Park with his two children, Che and Mizan.

Associated Representative(s): Barbara Flynn Currie
 Christian L. Mitchell