Lindsay Parkhurst is a Circuit Judge in the 21st Judicial Circuit of the

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. She was previously a

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member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 79th District from 2017 to 2020. The 79th district includes all or parts of Kankakee,

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, Hopkins Park,

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, Herscher and Braceville. She is a Kankakee native and an attorney who earned her degrees at

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and

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. During her tenure she was assigned to the following committees: Appropriations: General Service; Appropriations: Elementary and Secondary Education; Judiciary: Civil; Judiciary: Criminal; Transportation: Regulation, Roads Restorative Justice; Domestic Relations Law Subcommittee; Tort Liability Law Subcommittee; Juvenile Justice; System Involve On November 14, 2019, Parkhurst announced via

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that she would not run for reelection in 2020. She ran for a Circuit Judge position unopposed in the 2020 General Election. She resigned the Illinois House and was sworn in a judge on December 7, 2020. One day after being sworn in a judge, she administered the oath to her successor, and Republican Representative-elect Jackie M. Haas was sworn in on December 8, 2020.

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at the Illinois General Assembly
Website of State Representative Lindsay Parkhurst
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