The Government of Illinois,under Illinois' Constitution,has three branches of government:Executive,Legislative,and Judicial. The State's executive branch is split into several statewide elected offices,with the Governor as chief executive and head of state,and has numerous departments,agencies,boards and commissions. Legislative functions are granted to the General Assembly,a bicameral body consisting of the 118-member House of Representatives and the 59-member Senate. The judiciary is composed of the Supreme Court of Illinois and lower courts.
Lee A. Daniels is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1975 until 2007 including two years as Speaker of the House.
Kirk W. Dillard is an American politician and former Republican member of the Illinois State Senate,representing the 24th District from 1993 until his resignation in August 2014. He is also the former chairman of the DuPage County Republican Party. Dillard is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC),serving as Illinois state leader.
Larry Bomke is a former Republican member of the Illinois Senate,representing the 50th district from 1995 to 2013.
Cam Ward is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Alabama Senate,representing District 14 from 2010 to 2020. He previously represented District 49 of the Alabama House of Representatives from 2002 to 2010.
Adefemi KilaListen is a Nigerian politician and engineer who served in the Senate,representing Ekiti Central in April 2007 just after working for Julius Berger Nigerian Plc for 30 years as a civil engineer and as a technical manager (administration) for 18 years. He is currently a council member of Standards Organisation of Nigeria SON. He is a devoted Christian of the Anglican church of Nigeria.
Bob Dixon is an American Republican politician currently serving as Presiding Commissioner of Greene County,Missouri. He formerly served in the Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri State Senate.
Sue Rezin is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate,representing the 38th district since her appointment in December 2010. The 38th district includes Bureau,Putnam,LaSalle,Grundy,and Kendall counties in north central Illinois.
Jason Barickman,is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate,representing the 53rd district since January 2013. He previously served in the Illinois House of Representatives,representing the 105th district from 2011 to 2013.
Elgie R. Sims Jr. is the Illinois state Senator for the 17th district. The 17th district includes the Chatham neighborhoods of Chicago along with the all or parts of Burnham,Calumet City,Lansing,Ford Heights,Lynwood,Sauk Village,Beecher,Manteno and Grant Park.
Dr. Cheng Hon-kwan,GBS,OBE,JP is a Hong Kong engineer and politician. He was the member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the 1980s and was chairman of the Hong Kong Housing Authority from 2000 to 2002.
Karl A. Brabenec is the New York State Assemblyman from the 98th District. A Republican,he has served in the Assembly since 2014,when he won a special election. Under New York's ballot fusion law,he has also run on the ballot lines of the Conservative Party,Independence Party,Reform Party and "Tax Cut Now." The 98th District contains portions of Orange and Rockland Counties in the Hudson Valley.
Jerome J. Joyce was an American farmer,businessman and politician who served as a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate from the 43rd district from 1975 until his retirement in 1992.
Jonathan Carroll is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 57th district. The 57th district,located in the Chicago metropolitan area,includes all or parts of Arlington Heights,Buffalo Grove,Des Plaines,Glenview,Mount Prospect,Northbrook,Palatine,Prospect Heights and Wheeling.
Donald P. DeWitte is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate for the 33rd District.
Steve McClure is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate for the 50th District who serves as Assistant Leader and Assistant Floor Leader for the Senate Republican Caucus. The 50th District,located in Central Illinois,includes all of Calhoun,Greene,Morgan,Pike,and Scott counties as well as portions of Macoupin,Madison,Jersey,and Sangamon counties. Before his election to the Illinois State Senate,McClure was a prosecutor for nearly six years in the Sangamon County State's Attorney's Office in Springfield,Illinois where he was chief of the Juvenile Division,and later served in the Felony Division.
Jason Plummer is an American businessman and politician serving as a Republican member of the Illinois Senate and serves as Assistant Leader in the Illinois Republican Senate Caucus. Plummer represents the 54th District,which is located on the Illinois side of Greater St. Louis and includes all or portions of Bond,Clinton,Effingham,Fayette,Madison,Marion,Washington,and St. Clair counties.
Thomas Christopher "Chris" Elliott is an American politician currently serving his first term in the Alabama Senate in Senate District 32,having taken office in November 2018.
Harold Gene Johns was an American politician and Democratic member of the Illinois Senate.
Adriane Johnson is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the Illinois Senate from the 30th district. Johnson assumed office on October 11,2020,succeeding Terry Link. The 30th district includes all or part of the municipalities of Beach Park,Buffalo Grove,Green Oaks,Lincolnshire,Mundelein,North Chicago,Riverwoods,Wheeling,Vernon Hills and Waukegan.
