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Kwame Raoul ( / ˈkwɑːmeɪ rɑːˈuːl /, born September 30, 1964) is an American lawyer and politician who has been the 42nd Attorney General of Illinois since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party. [ 1] Raoul represented the 13th district in the Illinois Senate from 2004 to 2019. Initially appointed to fill the seat vacated by Barack ...
Based in Chicago and Springfield, the attorney general is responsible for providing legal counsel for the various state agencies including the governor of Illinois and Illinois General Assembly, as well as conducting all legal affairs pertaining to the state. The office of Illinois Attorney General was established on December 3, 1818, based on ...
Lisa Madigan. Lisa Murray Madigan [1] (born July 30, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as Attorney General of the U.S. state of Illinois from 2003 to 2019, being the first woman to hold that position. She is the adopted daughter of Michael Madigan, who served as Speaker of the Illinois ...
v. t. e. The 2022 Illinois Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of Illinois. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Kwame Raoul won re-election to a second term.
t. e. The 2018 Illinois Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Attorney General of Illinois. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who had served since 2003, did not seek re-election to a fifth term. [1] Democrat Kwame Raoul won the election with 55 percent of the vote, while Republican Erika Harold ...
Benedictine University ( BA) Illinois Institute of Technology ( JD) James E. Ryan (February 21, 1946 – June 12, 2022) was an American lawyer and politician who served two four-year terms as Illinois Attorney General. A career Republican, he received his party's nomination and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Illinois against Rod Blagojevich ...
Roland Burris. Roland Wallace Burris (born August 3, 1937) [ 1] is an American retired Democratic politician and attorney who served as Attorney General of Illinois from 1991 to 1995. In January 2009, he was appointed a United States Senator, succeeding Barack Obama, who resigned to become president of the United States. [ 2]
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office will team up with McDonough County State's Attorney Matthew Kwacala to prosecute Railsback, with Assistant Attorney General Katherine Hegarty leading ...