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Senator Kimberly A. Lightford (D) - Previous General Assembly (96th)
4th District
Assistant Majority Leader

Photograph of Senator  Kimberly A. Lightford (D)
 

Springfield Office:
323 Capitol Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-8505
District Office:
10001 West Roosevelt Road
Suite 202
Westchester, IL 60154
(708) 343-7444
(708) 343-7400 FAX
Years served: 1998 - Present (Senate)

Committee assignments: Committee of the Whole; Labor; Education; Executive; Financial Institutions; Redistricting; Executive Subcommittee on Amendment; Subcommittee on State & Local Govt. (Sub-Chair); Subcommittee on Charter Schools (Sub-Chair); Subcommittee on Payday Loans (Sub-Chair); Subcommittee Legis.Tuition Waivers (Sub-Chair); Subcommittee on Mortgages (Sub-Chair); Subcommittee on Mandates; Executive Appointments; Spec Committee on Education Reform (Co-Chair).

Biography: Born May 10, 1968, in Chicago; B.A., public communications & human relations, Western Illinois University; Master's in public administration, University of Illinois at Springfield. Village of Maywood Trustee 1997-2003; State Government Employee - IL Secretary of State, IL Department of Corrections, IL Central Management Services. Resides in Maywood with son, Isaiah.


Associated Senator(s): Karen A. Yarbrough
 LaShawn K. Ford