Kwame Raoul
What this job does: The state's top lawyer. The attorney general represents the state in court, enforces state laws such as consumer protection rules, takes legal action to protect the public, and works with lawmakers on new laws. A term is four years.
- Current office
- Illinois Attorney General (since 2019)
- Occupation
- Attorney general; lawyer
- Lives in
- Chicago
Background
- Bachelor's degree in political science from DePaul University; law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Worked as a Cook County prosecutor, senior counsel for the City Colleges of Chicago, and a partner at the law firm Quarles & Brady. source: en.wikipedia.org
- State senator for the 13th Senate District from 2004 to 2019, first appointed to the seat Barack Obama left. source: en.wikipedia.org
- First elected attorney general in 2018; seeking a third term. source: wbez.org
In their own words
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- "Fighting crime in our communities" source: kwameraoul.com
- "Advocating for women" source: kwameraoul.com
- "Protecting children" source: kwameraoul.com
- "Fighting for affordable healthcare" source: kwameraoul.com
- "Protecting voting rights" source: kwameraoul.com
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