John M. Cabello is an American politician who has served as a
Republican
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member of the
Illinois House of Representatives representing the 90th district since 2022. He previously represented the 68th district, which included all or parts of
Rockford,
Machesney Park,
Loves Park and
Cherry Valley, from 2012 until 2021.
He was a member of the
Winnebago County Board and the
Harlem Township Board before being appointed to the House. During the
2016 U.S. presidential election
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, Cabello was a co-chair of the Illinois
Trump Victory Committee
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The ...
, supporting Republican candidate
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
. After being reelected three times, he lost his 2020 reelection bid by 239 votes to Democratic candidate
David Vella. He was elected to represent the 90th district in 2022.
During the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, Cabello wrote an op-ed arguing that prisoners "who are elderly and medically vulnerable, and those with pathways to release" should not be rehoused into empty hotel rooms for isolation purposes. He called on the governor to oppose a related civil rights lawsuit.
References
External links
Representative John M. Cabello (R)at the Illinois General Assembly
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constituency site
John Cabello for State Representative
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at the ''Chicago Tribune
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Living people
Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
People from Winnebago County, Illinois
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American legislators
County board members in Illinois
Latino conservatism in the United States
21st-century Illinois politicians