Kwame Raoul

Kwame Raoul was sworn in as Illinois attorney general in 2019 and began a second term in 2023.¹ He began his legal career as a Cook County prosecutor and later became a partner at two national corporate law firms.¹ He served in the Illinois Senate from 2004 to 2019 and chaired the Judiciary Committee.² There he sponsored laws to abolish the death penalty and require background checks on private gun sales.³

In office, Raoul has filed more than 50 lawsuits against the Trump administration, protecting roughly $6.6 billion in federal funding for Illinois.⁴ His lawsuits preserved money for disaster relief and medical research.⁵ He also sued to stop the administration from withholding $54 million in crime victim aid.⁶ He joined a lawsuit challenging new mail-in voting rules.⁷ He helped sue to stop an attempt to end birthright citizenship.⁴

Raoul created the state’s first Organized Retail Crime Task Force and leads the Illinois Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce.¹ He secured a $7.4 billion settlement from his lawsuit against Purdue Pharma over opioids.⁸ His office negotiated a $140 million cut to a Nicor Gas rate increase request.⁹ His campaign says he has worked to expand access to emergency and medication abortion, and his Worker Protection Unit has secured millions of dollars in owed wages for workers.⁸