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Senator Kimberly A. Lightford (D) - Previous General Assembly (102nd)
4th District
Senate Majority Leader

Photograph of Senator  Kimberly A. Lightford (D)
 

Springfield Office:
309 H Capitol Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-8505
District Office:
4415 Harrison St.
Suite 550
Hillside, IL 60162
(708) 632-4500
(708) 632-4515 FAX
Years served: 1998 - Present

Committee assignments: Assignments (Chair); Education; Executive; Higher Education; Labor; App-Education; App- Personnel and Procurement; Redistricting- Chi. West and W Cook (Sub-Chair); Executive- Cannabis; Executive- Government Operations (Sub-Chair); Executive- Special Issues (Sub-Vice-Chair).

Biography: B.A. in Communications, Western Illinois University; M.A. in Public Administration, University of Illinois Springfield; former Village of Maywood trustee; former employee at Secretary of State, Department of Corrections and Central Management Services; longtime champion in the Senate for education, working families and women's issues; lives in Maywood with her family.


Associated Senator(s): La Shawn K. Ford
 Emanuel Chris Welch