Lisa M. Dugan is a former
Democratic
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member of the
Illinois House of Representatives
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who represented the 79th District from January 2003 until January 2013. The district she represented included all or parts of
Monee,
Peotone
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Hist ...
,
Manteno
Manteno is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,204 at the 2010 census, up from 6,414 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Origins ...
,
Grant Park,
Bradley,
Kankakee,
Aroma Park,
St. Anne
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,
Hopkins Park,
Papineau,
Martinton and
Donovan
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.
Early life and career
Dugan is an electrician by trade and currently a member of
IBEW Local 176. A lifelong volunteer in the community, she has served on over fifty volunteer boards,
and served as President of the
Bradley-Bourbannis Chamber of Commerce from 1998 to 2003.
State Representative
Incumbent Democrat Phil Novak of the 79th district was appointed chairman of the Illinois Pollution Control Board. Novak resigned effective December 1, 2003. The Democratic Representative Committee of the 79th Representative District appointed Dugan to fill the vacancy. She was sworn into office on December 1, 2003.
In the
97th General Assembly she was appointed to serve as the Chairperson of the House Agriculture & Conservation committee. Her committee assignments include Elementary & Secondary Education, State Government Administration (Vice-Chairperson), Health Care Availability Access, Veterans' Affairs, Tourism & Conventions and the Appropriations committee for Human Services.
Her
associated Senator for a time was
Toi Hutchinson, whom Dugan endorsed in the 2013
special election to succeed
Jesse Jackson, Jr.
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as the representative from
Illinois's 2nd congressional district.
References
External links
Illinois General Assembly - Representative Lisa M. Dugan (D) 79th District- official IL House website
BillsCommitteesProject Vote Smart - Representative Lisa M. Dugan (IL)
profile
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campaign contributions
profile
1955 births
Living people
Democratic Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
People from Kankakee County, Illinois
Women state legislators in Illinois
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
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