Curtis J. Tarver II is a
Democratic member of the
Illinois House of Representatives
The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...
for the 25th district. The Chicago-based district includes all or parts of
East Side,
Hyde Park
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Places
England
* Hyde Park, London, a Royal Park in Central London
* Hyde Park, Leeds, an inner-city area of north-west Leeds
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* Hyde Park, in Hyde, Greater Manchester
Austra ...
,
Kenwood,
South Chicago,
South Shore, and
Woodlawn. He serves as the Seargent-at-Arms for the
Illinois Legislative Black Caucus.
In the 2018 Democratic primary, Tarver defeated eight other candidates in the heavily Democratic district to succeed longtime Representative
Barbara Flynn Currie
Barbara Flynn Currie (born May 3, 1940) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1979 to 2019. She served as the Majority Leader from 1997 to 2019. Flynn Currie's forty years as a ...
. Tarver is an attorney who attended
Iowa State University and the
University of Iowa College of Law.
As of May 7, 2023, Tarver is a member of the following Illinois House committees:
* (Chairman of) Civil Procedure & Tort Liability Subcommittee (HJUA-CIVI)
* (Chairman of) Counties & Townships Committee (HCOT)
* (Chairman of) Tax Credit and Incentives Subcommittee (HREF-HTCI)
* Income Tax Subcommittee (HREF-INTX)
* Judiciary - Civil Committee (HJUA)
* Revenue & Finance Committee (HREF)
Early life and education
Tarver grew up on the
South Side and attended
Marian Catholic High School in
Chicago Heights
Chicago Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 27,480 at the 2020 census. In earlier years, Chicago Heights was nicknamed "The Crossroads of the Nation". Currently, it is nicknamed "The Heights".
Geograp ...
. He went on to attend
Iowa State University, graduating with a B.S. degree in 2003, and
University of Iowa College of Law, graduating with a J.D. degree in 2006.
Electoral history
References
External links
Campaign website
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21st-century African-American politicians
21st-century American legislators
African-American state legislators in Illinois
Democratic Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
Iowa State University alumni
Lawyers from Chicago
Living people
Politicians from Chicago
University of Iowa College of Law alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Illinois politicians