Margaret Croke

Margaret Croke
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
from the 12th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 2, 2021
Preceded byYoni Pizer
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Michigan (BA)

Margaret Croke is a Democratic member of the Illinois House from the 12th district. The 12th district includes parts of the Chicago neighborhoods of Lake View, Lincoln Park, Near North Side, and Uptown.[1][2]

Croke was elected to the district after defeating then-incumbent Yoni Pizer in the 2020 Democratic primary. Pizer was originally appointed to the seat after the district's long-time representative, Sara Feigenholtz, was tapped to fill former Illinois Senate President John Cullerton's vacancy in the Illinois Senate in the 6th district.

Pizer resigned from the Illinois House of Representatives on December 31, 2020.[3] To fill the remainder of Pizer's term, Croke was sworn into office on January 2, 2021.[4]

As of July 3rd, 2022, Representative Croke is a member of the following Illinois House Committees:[5]

  • Appropriations - General Service Committee (HAPG)
  • Child Care Accessibility & Early Childhood Education Committee (HCEC)
  • (Chairwoman of) Fair Lending and Community Reinvestment Subcommittee (HFIN-FAIR)
  • Financial Institutions Committee (HFIN)
  • Property Tax Subcommittee (HREF-PRTX)
  • Revenue & Finance Committee (HREF)
  • Roadways, Rail & Aviation Subcommittee (HTRR-ROAD)
  • Small Business, Tech Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Committee (SBTE)
  • Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committee (HTRR)
  1. ^ "STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: State House District 12 (Illinois)" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  2. ^ "Boundaries - Community Areas (current)". City of Chicago. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  3. ^ Miller, Rich (December 30, 2020). "House to return January 8 for lame duck session". Capitol Fax. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  4. ^ Croke, Margaret (January 2, 2021). "Honored and humbled to be officially sworn into office today". Twitter. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  5. ^ "Illinois General Assembly - Representative Committees". ilga.gov. Retrieved 2022-07-03.