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Put your reps on speed dial!
If you are a live in Chicago, your US senators are:
DICK DURBIN
U.S. Senator for Illinois
Phone:
Chicago: (312) 353-4952
Springfield: (217) 492-4062
D.C. : (202) 224 -2152
TAMMY DUCKWORTH
U.S. Senator for Illinois
Phone:
Chicago: (312) 886-3506
Springfield: (217) 528-6124
D.C. :(202) 224-2854
If you live in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, your US Representative is mostly likely:
MIKE QUIGLEY
U.S. Representative for Illinois District 5
Phone:
Chicago: (773) 267-5926
DC: (202) 225-4061
Not sure who your US Representative is? Find out here.
If you live in Illinois, your governor is:
Phone:
Springfield: 217-782-6830 or 217-782-6831
Chicago: 312-814-2121 or 312-814-2122
J.B. PRITZKER
If you live in or around the Lincoln Square neighborhood, your Illinois State Senator and State Representative are most likely:
SARA FEIGENHOLZ
Illinois Senator
District 6
Phone:
Chicago: (773) 296-4141
Springfield: (217) 557-0523
ANN M. WILLIAMS
Illinois Representative
District 11
Phone:
Chicago: (773) 880-9082
Springfield: (217) 782-2458
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If you live in or around the Lincoln Square neighborhood, your Chicago Alderman is most likely either Matt Martin or Andre Vasquez:
Not sure who your alderman is? Find out here.