Linda Teresa Sánchez is an American politician and former labor lawyer serving as the U.S. representative for California's 38th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,she was first elected to Congress in 2002 in California's 39th congressional district. Sánchez serves on the Ways and Means Committee;she was the ranking member on the House Ethics Committee until 2017. In the 114th Congress,she chaired the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Janice Schakowsky is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 9th congressional district since 1999. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Judith Biggert is an American politician and attorney. She is the former U.S. Representative for Illinois's 13th congressional district,serving from 1999 to 2013. She is a member of the Republican Party.
Doris Okada Matsui is a Japanese-American politician,who has served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from California since 2005. A member of the Democratic Party,she has represented California's 5th,6th,and 7th congressional districts.
Dawn Clark Netsch was an American professor of law at Northwestern University and an Illinois politician. A member of the Democratic Party in the United States,she served in the Illinois State Senate from 1972 to 1990,and as the Illinois Comptroller from 1991 through 1994. In 1994 she was the first woman to be nominated by a major political party to run for Governor of Illinois. She co-authored the legal textbook,State and Local Government in a Federal System.
Sara Feigenholtz is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate who has represented the 6th District since 2020. The District includes the lakefront neighborhoods of Lake View,Lincoln Park,Buena Park and the Near North Side in the city of Chicago.
Michael Bruce Quigley is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 5th congressional district since the April 7,2009 special election. The district includes most of Chicago's North Side and several of its western suburbs. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Quigley is a former member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners,where he represented Chicago's northside neighborhoods of Lakeview,Uptown,and Rogers Park. He previously taught environmental policy and Chicago politics as an adjunct professor at Loyola University Chicago.
Robin Lynne Kelly is an American politician from Illinois who has served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 2nd congressional district since 2013. A Democrat,Kelly served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007. She then served as chief of staff for Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias until 2010. She was the 2010 Democratic nominee for state treasurer,but lost the general election. Before running for Congress,Kelly served as the Cook County chief administrative officer. After winning the Democratic primary,she won the 2013 special election to succeed Jesse Jackson Jr. in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Donald Anthony Manzullo is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 16th congressional district,from 1993 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party. From 2001 to 2007 he served as Chairman of the Committee on Small Business,and from January 2011 to January 2013 he served as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific. He was defeated in the 2012 Republican Primary on March 20,2012.
Heather Adeline Steans is a former Democratic member of the Illinois Senate,representing the 7th district. She was appointed after winning a special primary election that followed the mid-term resignation of her predecessor,Senator Carol Ronen. She resigned from office on January 19,2021 after 12 years in office.
The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS),formerly the Department of Public Aid,is the code department of the Illinois state government that is responsible for providing healthcare coverage for adults and children who qualify for Medicaid,and for providing child support services to help ensure that Illinois children receive financial support from both parents.
Daniel "Dan" Joseph Seals is an American business consultant and a Democratic politician from Illinois. Seals was the Democratic nominee in three campaigns to become U.S. Representative for Illinois's 10th congressional district. In 2006 and 2008,he was defeated by the incumbent Mark Kirk. In his third run,he was defeated by Republican candidate Robert Dold,on November 2,2010,after Kirk vacated the seat to successfully run for the U.S. Senate.
Robyn Gabel is the Majority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives. A Democrat,she has represented the 18th District since April 19,2010. The district includes the suburbs of Evanston,Wilmette,Kenilworth,Northbrook,Northfield,Winnetka and Glencoe.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014 to elect the 18 U.S. representatives from the state of Illinois,one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including Governor of Illinois and United States Senate. The GOP gained two seats in this election,one in the 10th district with the election of Bob Dold in a rematch with incumbent Brad Schneider,and one in the 12th district with the election of Mike Bost over incumbent William Enyart. The gains narrowed the Democrat margin to 10-8 in the delegation.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois were held on November 8,2016,to elect the 18 U.S. representatives from the state of Illinois,one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Lauren Beth Gash is an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician who served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001. She was the Democratic nominee for Congress in the 10th District of Illinois,but was narrowly defeated by Republican Mark Kirk.
Elizabeth Schoff Watson is an American labor attorney,former executive director of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center,and the current Assistant Secretary of Labor for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the United States Department of Labor. Watson was the Democratic nominee for the 2018 U.S. House of Representatives election in Indiana's 9th congressional district.
Marie Newman is an American politician and marketing consultant who served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 3rd congressional district from 2021 to 2023. The district encompasses parts of southwestern Chicago as well as many of its nearby suburbs,such as Oak Lawn,Western Springs,and Lockport. Newman was elected to the United States House of Representatives as the Democratic nominee,after defeating incumbent Dan Lipinski in the 2020 primary election.
Lauren Ashley Underwood is an American politician and registered nurse who is a U.S. representative from Illinois's 14th congressional district as a member of the Democratic Party. Her district,once represented by former House Speaker Dennis Hastert,includes the outer western suburbs of Chicago,including Crystal Lake,Geneva,Oswego,Woodstock,and Yorkville.
Delia Catalina Ramirez is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 3rd congressional district since 2023.
