Kelly Burke | |
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Member of the IllinoisHouseofRepresentatives from the 36th district | |
Assumed office January 12, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Michael J. Carberry |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Terry |
Children | 3 |
Residence | Evergreen Park,Illinois |
Education | University of Illinois (BA) John Marshall Law School (JD) |
Kelly M. Burke is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives,representing the 36th District since January 2011. The 36th District includes all or parts of the Beverly,Mount Greenwood and Auburn-Gresham neighborhoods in the City of Chicago as well as the all or parts of the surrounding suburbs of Oak Lawn,Evergreen Park,Chicago Ridge,Hometown and Palos Hills. [1]
Burke is not seeking reelection to the Illinois House in the 2024 general election. [2]
Kelly M. Burke has a B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a law degree from John Marshall Law School. She was a legislative aide to State Representative Andrew J. McGann while he was in office. She served on the Evergreen Park Public Library Board including a stint as its president. At the time of her election,she was a lawyer for Saint Xavier University. [3]
Burke was elected in the 2010 general election to succeed appointee Michael J. Carberry. [3] On January 12,2023,Speaker Emanuel Chris Welch appointed Burke to serve as an Assistant Majority Leader. [4]
As of July 3,2022,Representative Burke is a member of the following Illinois House committees: [5]
In 2021,Burke was overwhelmingly elected Mayor to succeed longtime incumbent James Sexton who had declined to run for a sixth term. [6] In her capacity as mayor,Burke is an appointee to the Cook County Land Bank Authority. She was appointed to a three year term on March 17,2022. [7]
Burke was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 2010,and reelected against Republican candidates in 2012 and 2022 and reelected without opposition in 2014,2016,2018,and 2020.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kelly M. Burke | 21,874 | 71.29 | |
Republican | Bob Shelstrom | 8,799 | 28.68 | |
Independent | Timothy Haines (write-in) | 8 | .03 | |
Total votes | 30,681 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kelly M. Burke (incumbent) | 29,910 | 67.87 | |
Republican | Bob Shelstrom | 14,158 | 32.13 | |
Total votes | 44,068 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kelly M. Burke (incumbent) | 25,443 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 25,443 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kelly M. Burke (incumbent) | 38,047 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 38,047 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kelly M. Burke (incumbent) | 30,339 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 30,339 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kelly M. Burke (incumbent) | 39,536 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 38,047 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kelly Burke (incumbent) | 21,209 | 61.78% | |
Republican | David Sheppard | 13,122 | 38.22% | |
Total votes |
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