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Representative Justin Slaughter (D) - Previous General Assembly (102nd)
27th District

Photograph of  Representative  Justin Slaughter (D)
 

Springfield Office:
Senator 27th District
249-E Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-0010
 
District Office:
1234 W. 95th St.
Chicago, IL 60643
(773) 445-9700

Years served: January 2017 - Present

Committee assignments: Judiciary - Criminal (Chairperson); Appropriations-Higher Education; Public Utilities; State Government Administration (Vice-Chairperson); International Trade & Commerce; Procurement Subcommitee; Water Subcommittee; Criminal Administration and Enforce (Sub-Chairperson); Firearms and Firearm Safety Subcomm (Sub-Chairperson); Juvenile Justice and System Involve (Sub-Chairperson); Sex Offenses and Sex Offender Reg. (Sub-Chairperson); Sentencing, Penalties and Criminal (Sub-Chairperson); Operations

Biography: Full-time state legislator; Former Legislative Coordinator in the Offices of the Cook County Bureau of Administration and the Secretary to the Board of Commissioners; Former Policy Advisor for Governor Pat Quinn; Former Deputy Director at the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice; Former District Director for Cook County Commissioner Stanley Moore and Illinois State Senator Kwame Raoul; B.A., Political Science, University of Chicago; Master's of Public Policy and Administration, Northwestern University; A native Chicagoan, Slaughter grew up on the South Side in the Washington Heights community where he currently still resides.

Associated Representative(s): Emil Jones, III