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Representative Dagmara Avelar (D) - Previous General Assembly (102nd)
85th District

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Springfield Office:
Senator 85th District
265-S Stratton Building
Springfield, IL   62706
(217) 782-4179
 
District Office:
1050 W. Romeo Rd
Romeoville, IL  60446
(815) 372-0085

Years served: January 2021 - Present

Committee assignments: Appropriations-Public Safety; Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, & IT; Health Care Availability & Access; Judiciary - Civil; State Government Administration; Transportation: Regulation, Roads; Family Law & Probate Subcommittee.

Biography: Full-time legislator; B.A. in Justice Studies and minor in Political Science, Northeastern Illinois University; Masters candidate in Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago; board member, Southwest Suburban Immigrant Project; former director of programs, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

Associated Representative(s): Eric Mattson