Rachel Ventura | |
State Senate: | Illinois |
District: | 43rd |
Term Start: | January 11, 2023 |
Predecessor: | Eric Mattson |
Office1: | Member of the Will County Board from the 9th district |
Term Start1: | 2018 |
Term End1: | 2022 |
Alongside1: | Annette Parker |
Predecessor1: | Lauren Staley-Ferry |
Successor1: | Sherry Williams |
Birth Date: | 4 April 1981 |
Birth Place: | Joliet, Illinois, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Children: | 2 |
Education: | Benedictine University (BS) Tidewater Community College (AS) |
Rachel F. Ventura (McReynolds) is an American politician from the state of Illinois currently serving as a member of the Illinois Senate from the 43rd district. A member of the Democratic Party, Ventura previously served as a member of the Will County Board from 2018 to 2022.[1] She also ran against Bill Foster in the 2020 U.S. House of Representatives Primary Election for Illinois's 11th Congressional District,[2] though she ultimately lost to Foster.[3]
Rachel Ventura was born in Joliet, Illinois. She received a BS in Mathematics from Benedictine University and an AS in Biology from Tidewater Community College.[1]
Rachel Ventura worked in the tabletop games industry from 2011-2021 and has written a Dungeons & Dragons adventure called A Feast of Flavor which was nominated for an ENNIE award in 2018.[4] [5]