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Senator Mike Simmons (D) - Previous General Assembly (102nd)
7th District

Springfield Office:

Stratton Office Building

Section F, Office L

Springfield, IL 62706

(217) 782-8492

District Office:

5533 North Broadway

Chicago, IL 60640

(773) 769-1717

Years served: 2021 -

Committee assignments: Behavioral and Mental Health; Healthcare Access and Availability (Vice-Chair); Tourism and Hospitality; Transportation; App-Health; Redistricting- Chicago North (Sub-Vice-Chair).

Biography: Lifelong resident of the 7th Illinois Senate District; BA in political science from Amherst College; Founder and CEO of Blue Sky Strategies & Co., a firm that develops anti-racist public policy; Former Deputy Commissioner and Policy Director of the Dept. of Planning and Development for Chicago Mayor's Office; Deputy Director of My Brother's Keeper Alliance, an Obama Foundation initiative; Legislative aide for U.S. Senator Dick Durbin in Washington; Son of a Black-American mother and an Ethiopian-American father, both owners of small businesses in the 7th District; the first openly gay senator to serve in the Illinois Senate; Resides in Uptown; Avid reader, cyclist and lover of the great outdoors.

Associated Senator(s):	Greg Harris
	Kelly M. Cassidy

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