Jim Kirkpatrick (Illinois politician)

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

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| district=117th

| term_start = {{start date|2017|01|4}}

| term_end = {{end date|2017|01|11}}

| preceded=John E. Bradley

| succeeded=Dave Severin

|party = Democratic

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Jim Kirkpatrick was a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 117th district for a brief period in January 2017. He was appointed to fill the vacancy left by John Bradley's early retirement after the latter's loss to Dave Severin.{{cite news|last=Brewster|first=Nefeteria|date=January 4, 2017|title=Jim Kirkpatrick assumes 117th District seat until Jan. 11|url=http://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/jim-kirkpatrick-assumes-th-district-seat-until-jan/article_874ea506-c9f1-5e78-971f-6eca2966e453.html|newspaper=The Southern Illinoisan|location=Carbondale, Illinois|access-date=December 26, 2016}} The 117th district, located in Southern Illinois and parts of the Metro Lakeland area, includes all or parts of Benton, Buckner, Bush, Cambria, Carbondale, Carterville, Christopher, Colp, Crab Orchard, Creal Springs, Energy, Ewing, Freeman Spur, Granville, Hanaford, Herrin, Hurst, Johnston City, Macedonia, Marion, McLeansboro, Mulkeytown, North City, Orient, Pittsburg, Royalton, Sesser, Spillertown, Stonefort, Thompsonville, Valier, West City, West Frankfort, Whiteash, and Zeigler.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/SLD_RefMap/lower/st17_il/sldl17117/DC10SLDL17117_001.pdf|title=State Legislative District Reference Map|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=February 25, 2019}}