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Senator Mattie Hunter (D) - Previous General Assembly (96th)
3rd District

Photograph of  Senator  Mattie Hunter (D)
 

Springfield Office:
Senator 3rd District
619 Capitol Building
Springfield, IL   62706
(217) 782-5966
 
District Office:
2929 S. Wabash Avenue
Suite 102
Chicago, IL  60616
(312) 949-1908
(312) 949-1958 FAX

Years served: 2003 - Present (Senate)

Committee assignments: Committee of the Whole; Human Services (Chair); Appropriations I; Public Health (Vice-Chair); Redistricting; Environment; Subcommittee on Amendments (Sub-Chair); Subcommittee - Nursing Home Care; Subcomm. Children's Health Issues (Sub-Chair).

Biography: Full-time state legislator; born June 1 in Chicago; B.A., Government, Monmouth College; M.A., Sociology, Jackson State University; single. Appointments: Co-Chair of Health Policy Task Force, Council of State Governments, Vice Chair of the Commission to Study the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its Past and Present Effects on African-Americans.

Associated Representative(s): Kenneth Dunkin
 Esther Golar