The Illinois Attorney General is the highest legal officer of the state of Illinois in the United States. Originally an appointed office, it is now an office filled by election through universal suffrage. Based in Chicago and Springfield, Illinois, the Attorney General is responsible for providing legal counsel for the various state agencies including the Governor of Illinois and Illinois General Assembly, and conducting all legal affairs pertaining to the state. The current Attorney General is Kwame Raoul.
List of attorneys general
- Parties
Democratic (21)
Republican (17)
Democratic-Republican (4)
Other websites
- ↑ "Illinois Attorney General - History of the Illinois Attorney General". Archived from the original on 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ↑ Illinois Blue Book. Springfield: Secretary of State. 1908. p. 159. Retrieved 13 August 2018.