12 Facts About Lindsey LaPointe

Lindsey LaPointe is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 19th district.

Lindsey LaPointe was the program manager of Adult Redeploy Illinois at the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, an agency that works with county officials on court-based alternatives to incarceration.

Lindsey LaPointe has cited her frustration with the impact of the Illinois Budget Impasse on the agency as one of her motivations to enter politics.

Lindsey LaPointe worked as project manager of justice reform at Business and Professional People for the Public Interest.

Lindsey LaPointe served as vice president of the 45th Ward Independent Democrats organization, and was a delegate to the Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership in 2018.

Lindsey LaPointe currently serves on the Dean's Advisory Council on Diversity, Equity and Social Inclusion at the Jane Addams College of Social Work.

On July 24,2019, Lindsey LaPointe was appointed to serve as representative for the 19th district in the Illinois House for the remainder of outgoing representative Robert Martwick's term.

Lindsey LaPointe ran for a full two-year term in the 2020 Illinois elections.

In March 2020, Lindsey LaPointe circulated campaign mailings alleging that her two opponents were anti-women's rights by pointing to past electoral support of particular donors.

Duplechin and Vasquez criticized the mailer, and NBC Chicago found that Lindsey LaPointe had received similar donations from some of the very same donors.

In February 2020, Lindsey LaPointe introduced legislation that would allow first responders to claim worker's compensation benefits to cover post-traumatic stress disorder.

Lindsey LaPointe has co-sponsored legislation including the Clean Energy Jobs Act, a bill that would allow eligible students to vote during school hours on election day, and a bill that would create a state-wide Domestic Violence Task Force.