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Senator Mattie Hunter (D) - Previous General Assembly (97th)
3rd District
Majority Caucus Whip

Photograph of  Senator  Mattie Hunter (D)
 

Springfield Office:
Senator 3rd District
615 Capitol Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-5966
(217) 782-1631 FAX
 
District Office:
2929 S. Wabash Avenue
Suite 102
Chicago, IL 60616
(312) 949-1908
(312) 949-1958 FAX

Years served: 2003 - Present

Committee assignments: Committee of the Whole; Appropriations I; Human Services (Chair); Public Health (Vice-Chair); Redistricting; Gaming; Subcommittee on Redistricting I; Subcommittee on Medicaid; Subcommittee on Special Issues (Sub-Chair).

Biography: Full-time state legislator; born June 1 in Chicago; B.A., Government, Monmouth College; M.A., Sociology, Jackson State University; single. Appointments: Co-Chair of the Racial Ethnic Impact Task Force, Council on Aging-Member, Member Ticket for the Cure Advisory Board, Diabetes Commission Member, Illinois Advisory Council on Alcoholism and other Drug Dependency and Human Services Commission.

Associated Representative(s): Kenneth Dunkin
 Esther Golar