23 Facts About Tom Cullerton

In 1990 Tom Cullerton enlisted in the US Army and served as an 11H TOW Gunner until being honorably discharged in 1993.

Tom Cullerton formed and served as a captain a local neighborhood watch.

Tom Cullerton became a member of the Knights of Columbus, the American Legion, and coaches little league with his team winning the 2011 Farm League World Series.

Tom Cullerton is married to his wife, Stacey, and they have three sons.

In 2005 Tom Cullerton was elected a trustee for Villa Park.

Tom Cullerton served one term before defeating incumbent Joyce Stupegia in a three-way race to become Village President in 2009.

Later that year, Tom Cullerton was recognized by the Sierra Club for reducing the village's carbon footprint via Cool Cities.

In November 2011 Tom Cullerton announced his candidacy for state senate in the newly redrawn 23rd district.

Tom Cullerton won the general election defeating 20 year Springfield incumbent Senator Pankau by a margin of a little over 2,000 votes to become the first Democratic member of the Illinois Senate from DuPage County.

Senator Tom Cullerton was first sworn in to represent the 23rd district on January 9,2013.

At the beginning of the General Assembly, Senator Tom Cullerton joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers who turned down a pension as part of the effort to fix the state's pension system.

In January 2013, Senator Tom Cullerton proposed his first bill which would allow county boards to more easily reduce crime in residential areas by adopting crime free rental housing ordinances.

DuPage County, the bulk of Tom Cullerton's district, has seen an increase in heroin use in the county.

In 2015, Tom Cullerton served as Chief Co-sponsor of SB 10 which would amend the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act to allow local law enforcement to the list of entities that may apply for grants to create or support local drug overdose prevention, recognition, and response projects including grants for training in the use of narcan to stop overdoses.

Tom Cullerton served as the Chief Senate Sponsor for HB 3429.

In 2014, citing an increase in suicide among US military veterans Tom Cullerton sponsored legislation to create the Illinois Veteran Suicide Task Force.

In 2018, Cullerton was appointed to Governor-elect J B Pritzker's transition committee on Veterans Affairs.

Tom Cullerton served as Vice-Chairperson of the Local Government committee.

Tom Cullerton is a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Shortly after his election, Cullerton was hired by union official John T Coli as a labor organizer for Teamsters Joint Council 25, a position which, according to the indictment, allowed him to collect a full salary and benefits despite performing little or no work for the union.

Tom Cullerton resigned his seat in the Illinois Senate on February 23,2022, the same day he announced his intent to plead guilty to 1 count of embezzlement.

In June 2022, Tom Cullerton was sentenced to 366 days in prison for embezzlement.

On November 8,2016, Tom Cullerton won re-election against Republican Seth Lewis.