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Senator Rachel Ventura (D)
43rd District

Photograph of  Senator  Rachel Ventura (D)
 

Springfield Office:
Senator 43rd District
119 B Capitol Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-8800
 
District Office:
221 Springfield Ave.
Unit 3
Joliet, IL 60435
(331) 290-0443

Years served: 2023 -

Committee assignments: Human Rights (Chair); Appropriations; Child Welfare; Financial Institutions; Local Government; Public Health (Vice-Chair).

Biography: Ventura was born and raised in Joliet. She graduated from Benedictine University with a B.S. in Mathematics and later with an A.S. in Biology from Tidewater Community College. Former actuary, naturalist, pet nurse, substitute teacher and business director. She served from 2018-2022 on the Will County Board and was the Vice President of the Forest Preserve District of Will County. She currently serves as a full-time legislator in the IL State Senate, since 2023. She is the Chair of the Human Rights committee, the Vice-chair of Public Health; and serves on the following committees: Local Government; Child Welfare; Financial Institutions, and Appropriations. She is appointed to the Human Trafficking Task Force, and Public Financing of Judicial Elections Task Force, as well as a member of the National Council of State Legislators and The Council of State Governments National Intergovernmental Affairs Committee. She is a proud mother to twin daughters.

Associated Representative(s): Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr.
 Dagmara Avelar