Karina Villa | |
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Member of the Illinois Senate from the 25th district | |
Assumed office January 13, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Jim Oberweis |
Member of the IllinoisHouseofRepresentatives from the 49th district | |
In office January 9, 2019 –January 13, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Mike Fortner |
Succeeded by | Maura Hirschauer |
Personal details | |
Born | Humboldt Park,Chicago,Illinois | September 20,1978
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | West Chicago,Illinois |
Alma mater | Aurora University (M.S.W.) |
Profession | School Social Worker |
Karina Villa is a Democratic Illinois state senator for the 25th district. The 25th district,located in the Chicago metropolitan area,includes all or parts of Aurora,North Aurora,Batavia,West Chicago,South Elgin,Wayne,and Bartlett. [1] Villa is the Chair of the Senate Public Health Committee and was previously a member of the Illinois House of Representatives.
Prior to her election to the Illinois House of Representatives,she was a member of the West Chicago District 33 Board of Education.
Villa defeated DuPage County Board member Tonia Khouri in the 2018 general election to succeed retiring incumbent Republican Mike Fortner in the Illinois House of Representatives for District 49. [2]
In the 101st General Assembly,Villa sat on the House Committees on Appropriations - Elementary and Secondary Education;Elementary and Secondary Education School Curriculum Policies;Healthcare Availability and Access;Mental Health;Veterans' Affairs;and Labor and Commerce.
In 2020,incumbent State Senator Jim Oberweis announced that he was vacating his seat to run for the Republican nomination to challenge Lauren Underwood in the 2020 election for Illinois's 14th congressional district. [3] Villa chose to run for the open seat and defeated Republican candidate Jeanette Ward. [4] Villa was succeeded by fellow Democrat Maura Hirschauer. [5]
In 2022,Villa was reelected to the Senate [6] in a redrawn 25th district that included far more of central Aurora and left out St. Charles,Oswego,and Yorkville. She defeated Republican Heather Brown. [7] During the campaign,Villa maintained her support for the SAFE-T Act,which Brown opposed,and campaigned alongside Governor J. B. Pritzker,U.S. Representative-elect Delia Ramirez,and state Representative Maura Hirschauer. [8]
In the 102nd General Assembly,Villa was the vice-chairperson of the Senate Behavioral and Mental Health Committee. She also served on the Committees on Agriculture;Education;and Pensions. [9]
In the 103rd General Assembly,Villa is the Chairperson of the Public Health Committee. She also sits on the Committees on Agriculture;Appropriations;Behavioral and Mental Health;Health and Human Services;Human Rights;and the Special Committee on Pensions. [10]
Villa earned her master of social work at Aurora University and worked as a school social worker in Villa Park District 45. [12]
Villa resides in West Chicago. [13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Karina Villa | 22,133 | 53.81 | |
Republican | Tonia Jane Khouri | 18,997 | 46.19 | |
Total votes | 41,130 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Karina Villa | 60,238 | 51.0 | |
Republican | Jeanette Ward | 57,976 | 49.0 | |
Total votes | 118,214 | 100.0 |
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