Rachelle Crowe

Rachelle Aud Crowe (born 1972/1973) is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate for the 56th district. [2] She is a nominee to serve as the United States attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.

Rachelle Aud Crowe
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois
Nominee
Assuming office
TBD
Appointed byJoe Biden
SucceedingStephen R. Wigginton
James L. Porter (acting)
Member of the Illinois Senate
from the 56th district
Assumed office
January 9, 2019
Preceded byBill Haine
Personal details
Born1972/1973 (age 48–49)[1]
Wood River, Illinois[1]
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Glen Carbon, Illinois
Alma materUniversity of Missouri–St. Louis (BA)
Saint Louis University (JD)
ProfessionAttorney

Education

Crowe received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Missouri–St. Louis in 1996 and a Juris Doctor from the Saint Louis University School of Law in 2000.[3]

Career

Crowe served as an associate with Hoagland, Fitzgerald, Smith & Praintis from 2000 to 2002, then Riezman Berger from 2002 to 2004 and Carmody MacDonald P.C. from 2004 to 2006.[3] Crowe was previously a prosecutor with the Madison County State's Attorney's Office.[1][4]

She defeated Downstate United and de facto Republican candidate Hal Patton, the Mayor of Edwardsville, in the 2018 general election to succeed longtime Democratic incumbent Bill Haine.[5]

Nomination as U.S. attorney

On April 22, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Crowe to serve as the United States attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.[3] On April 25, 2022, her nomination was sent to the Senate.[6] Her nomination is pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Electoral history
Illinois 56th State Senate District General Election, 2018[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rachelle Aud Crowe 45,727 58.4
Downstate United Hal Patton 32,549 41.6
Total votes 78,276 100.0

References
  1. Aud Crowe, Rachelle (October 20, 2018). "Illinois Senate 56th District Democratic nominee: Rachelle Aud Crowe" (Interview). Interviewed by Belleville News-Democrat Editorial Board. Belleville, Illinois: Belleville News-Democrat. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  2. "PA 97-0006 Legislative District 56" (PDF). 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  3. "President Biden Announces Five New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 22, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  4. Staff Report (August 23, 2017). "Glen Carbon prosecutor Rachelle Aud Crowe announces run for Illinois Senate". The Telegraph. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  5. Kamp, Matt (November 6, 2018). "Aud Crowe takes over for Haine in state senate victory over Patton". The Telegraph. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  6. "Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 25, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  7. "Election Results 2018 GENERAL ELECTION". Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.