Lindsay Parkhurst
Lindsay Parkhurst is a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 79th District since 2017. The 79th district includes all or parts of Kankakee, Bourbonnais, Bradley, Essex, Hopkins Park, Peotone, Herscher and Braceville.
She is a Kankakee native and an attorney who earned her degrees at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Chicago-Kent College of Law and DePaul University College of Law. On November 14, 2019, Parkhurst announced via Facebook that she would not run for reelection in 2020.