Laura Ellman | |
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Member of the Illinois Senate from the 21st district | |
Assumed office January 9, 2019 | |
Preceded by | John J. Fisher Jr. |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Residence(s) | Naperville,Illinois,U.S. |
Alma mater | Grinnell College (BS) University of Iowa (MS) |
Laura Ellman is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for the 21st district. The district,located in the Chicago metropolitan area includes all or parts of Bloomingdale,Carol Stream,Lisle,Naperville,Warrenville,West Chicago,Winfield,and Wheaton. [1]
Ellman defeated incumbent Republican Senator Michael Connelly in the 2018 Illinois general election by 1179 votes. [2] Connelly resigned in December 2018 and was replaced by John J. Fisher Jr. for a day in January 2019. [3] Ellman,a senior independent assessor at Argonne National Laboratory,has a degree in mathematics from Grinnell College and a masters in applied statistics from the University of Iowa. [4]
As of July 2022,Senator Ellman is a member of the following Illinois Senate committees: [5]
BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislative Committee of the Republican Party of the 21st Legislative District of Illinois hereby appoints John J. Fisher, Jr. ... a member of the Republican Party, to the office of State Senator in the 21st Legislative District of Illinois.