Current Position: US Senator since 2017
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Position: Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs from 2009 – 2011
Other Positions: Chair, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Subcommittee – Airland Subcommittee
Chair, U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works – Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water and Wildlife

A combat veteran of the Iraq War, she served as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot. In 2004, when her Black Hawk helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade fired by Iraqi insurgents, she lost both legs and some mobility in her right arm.

Duckworth served as director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs from 2006 to 2009 and as assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Duckworth is the first Thai American woman elected to Congress

The 2022 United States Senate election in Illinois will be held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Illinois.

Incumbent Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth was first elected in 2016 defeating Republican incumbent Mark Kirk, and is seeking re-election to a second term. Should Duckworth win re-election, she would become the first woman ever to be re-elected for a second term in the state’s history.

One-term Democrat Tammy Duckworth was elected in 2016 with 54.9% of the vote. She will face Republican nominee Kathy Salvi in the general election.

Source: Wikipedia

Current Position: Public Defender
Affiliation: Republican
Candidate: 2023 US Senator