Rachelle Aud Crowe
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois
Assumed office
June 21, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded bySteven D. Weinhoeft[1]
Member of the Illinois Senate
from the 56th district
In office
January 9, 2019 (2019-January-09) – June 15, 2022 (2022-June-15)
Preceded byBill Haine
Succeeded byKristopher Tharp
Personal details
Born1972 or 1973 (age 50–51)[2]
Wood River, Illinois, U.S.[2]
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Glen Carbon, Illinois, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Missouri (BA)
Saint Louis University (JD)
ProfessionAttorney

Rachelle Aud Crowe (born 1972/1973) is the United States attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. She was previously a member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 56th district.[3]

Education

Crowe received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Missouri–St. Louis in 1996 and a Juris Doctor from the Saint Louis University School of Law in 2000.[4]

Career

Crowe served as an associate with Hoagland, Fitzgerald, Smith & Praintis from 2000 to 2002, then Riezman Berger from 2002 to 2004 and Carmody MacDonald P.C. from 2004 to 2006.[4] Crowe was previously a prosecutor with the Madison County State's Attorney's Office.[2][5]

She defeated Downstate United and de facto Republican candidate Hal Patton, the mayor of Edwardsville, in the 2018 general election to succeed longtime Democratic incumbent Bill Haine.[6] Crowe resigned from the Illinois Senate on June 15, 2022.[7] In July 2022, Kristopher Tharp was appointed to succeed her.[8]

U.S. attorney

On April 22, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Crowe to serve as the United States attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.[4] On April 25, 2022, her nomination was sent to the Senate.[9] On May 12, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote.[10] On May 17, 2022, her nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote.[11] She was sworn in on June 21, 2022.[12]

Electoral history

Illinois 56th State Senate District General Election, 2018[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rachelle Aud Crowe 45,727 58.4
Downstate United Hal Patton 32,549 41.6
Total votes 78,276 100.0

References

  1. ^ Staff (May 19, 2022). "State senator from Glen Carbon confirmed as U.S. attorney for southern Illinois". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Archived from the original on May 19, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Aud Crowe, Rachelle (October 20, 2018). "Illinois Senate 56th District Democratic nominee: Rachelle Aud Crowe" (Interview). Interviewed by Belleville News-Democrat Editorial Board. Belleville, Illinois: Belleville News-Democrat. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  3. ^ "PA 97-0006 Legislative District 56" (PDF). 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  4. ^ a b c "President Biden Announces Five New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 22, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  5. ^ Staff Report (August 23, 2017). "Glen Carbon prosecutor Rachelle Aud Crowe announces run for Illinois Senate". The Telegraph. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  6. ^ Kamp, Matt (November 6, 2018). "Aud Crowe takes over for Haine in state senate victory over Patton". The Telegraph. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  7. ^ Miller, Rich (June 15, 2022). "Sen. Crowe resigns to take over as US Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois". Capitol Fax. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  8. ^ Miller, Rich (July 8, 2022). "Campaign notebook: Uihlein recharges Proft PAC with another $5 million; Bailey on numerous special sessions; Gas station owners fight back; RINO-hater prevails in House primary; New senator, justice sworn in". Capitol Fax. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  9. ^ "Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 25, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  10. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – May 12, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  11. ^ "PN1970 - Nomination of Rachelle L. Crowe for Department of Justice, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. May 17, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  12. ^ "Meet the U.S. Attorney - Rachelle Aud Crowe". United States Department of Justice. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  13. ^ "Election Results 2018 GENERAL ELECTION". Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved October 5, 2019.

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