The State AG Report

Editor-in-Chief: Christopher Allen
Contributing Editors: Hannah Land, Keturah Taylor, Emily Yu

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Illinois Attorney General

Current State AG
Kwame Raoul (D)
Political Party
Democrat
Assumed Office

2019

Current Leadership Positions
DAGA Executive Committee

Kwame Raoul was elected as the 42nd Attorney General of Illinois in 2018, and reelected in 2022. From 2004 to 2019, AG Raoul served as an Illinois State Senator, where he chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee. Prior to serving in the Senate, he worked in private practice advising on healthcare and labor and employment matters, and as a labor and employment attorney for the City Colleges of Chicago. Born in Chicago to Haitian immigrants, AG Raoul began his legal career as a prosecutor in...

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Kwame Raoul was elected as the 42nd Attorney General of Illinois in 2018, and reelected in 2022. From 2004 to 2019, AG Raoul served as an Illinois State Senator, where he chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee. Prior to serving in the Senate, he worked in private practice advising on healthcare and labor and employment matters, and as a labor and employment attorney for the City Colleges of Chicago. Born in Chicago to Haitian immigrants, AG Raoul began his legal career as a prosecutor in the Cook County state’s attorney’s office.

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The AG is an elected position in Illinois.

  • Next Election:November 3, 2026
  • Election Process:Elected
  • Term/Limit:4 years / none


Latest Illinois Attorney General News & Insights

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Illinois AG Cheers $82.5 Million Proposed Settlement with Varsity Brands

Illinois AG Kwame Raoul joined a $82.5 million proposed antitrust settlement with Varsity Brands LLC and related entities and individuals (collectively, “Varsity”), to resolve allegations that Varsity monopolized the markets for cheer competitions, camps, and apparel. According to the AG’s office, Varsity engaged in an exclusionary scheme to acquire, maintain, and enhance its monopoly in…

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Democratic AGs Support HUD Rule Barring Discriminatory Impacts in Housing

A group of 18 Democratic AGs filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in support of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Discriminatory Effects Rule against a challenge by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies. In their brief, the AGs argue that the Rule’s imposition of disparate-impact liability—which…

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