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Chris Welch is a Democrat State House representative for Illinois district 7 and holds an OppScore of -2.45. OppScore is a nonpartisan political rating system that scores politicians from -5.00 to +5.00 across the Five Points of Opportunity, using published voting records and public disclosures.
Emanuel 'Chris' Welch is the Democratic Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives representing the 7th District in Cook County since 2013. A lawyer from the western suburbs who previously chaired the Proviso Township High School Board, he became the first African American to hold the speakership in 2021. Welch is defined politically by advancing education funding, reproductive rights protections, and balanced state budgets.
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