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Senator Linda Holmes (D) - Previous General Assembly (96th)
42nd District

Photograph of  Senator  Linda Holmes (D)
 

Springfield Office:
Senator 42nd District
M122 Capitol Building
Springfield, IL   62706
(217) 782-0422
(217) 782-2115 FAX
 
District Office:
13242 S. Rt. 59
# 2B-1
Plainfield, IL  60544
(815) 609-3711
(815) 609-0071 FAX

Years served: 2007 - Present

Committee assignments: Gaming; Agriculture and Conservation; Labor (Vice-Chair); Local Government; Consumer Protection (Chair); Committee of the Whole; State Government & Veterans Affairs; Subcommittee on Coal Mining; LaborSubcommittee on Special Issues (Sub-Chair); Subcommittee on Gaming Activities (Sub-Chair); Subcomm. on Fertilizers & Chemicals; Subcommittee on Special Issues (Sub-Chair); Subcommittee on Procedures.

Biography: Elected to the Senate in 2006; Born March 16, 1959, in Chicago, IL; 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.

Associated Representative(s): Tom Cross
 Linda Chapa LaVia