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Senator Linda Holmes (D)
42nd District
Assistant Majority Leader

Photograph of  Senator  Linda Holmes (D)
 

Springfield Office:
Senator 42nd District
309 I Capitol Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-0422
 
District Office:
4255 Westbrook Dr.
Suite 216
Aurora, IL 60504
(630) 820-8650

Years served: 2007 - Present

Committee assignments: Agriculture; Local Government (Chair); Labor; Executive; Special Committee on Pensions; Liquor (Sub-Chair); EX Special Issues (Sub-Vice-Chair); Tobacco (Sub-Vice-Chair); End Of Life Issues (Sub-Vice-Chair); Paid Leave (Sub-Chair).

Biography: Elected to the Senate in 2006; born March 16, 1959, in Chicago; received a bachelor's degree from the National College of Education (now National-Lewis University) and a Doctor of Humane Letters from Aurora University; First woman president of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry; Full-time state legislator.

Associated Representative(s): Stephanie A. Kifowit
 Matt Hanson