Lindsay Parkhurst

{{short description|American politician}}

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| state_house = Illinois

| district = 79th

| term_start = January 2017

| term_end = December 2020{{Cite web|url=https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/judges-take-oaths-of-office/image_c50f1358-3903-11eb-a29c-4f4a2cdc36a8.html|title = Judges take oaths of office| date=8 December 2020 }}

| predecessor = Kate Cloonen

| successor = Jackie Haas

|party = Republican

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|residence = Kankakee, Illinois

|alma_mater = {{nowrap|Chicago-Kent College of Law {{small|(J.D.)}}
DePaul University {{small|(L.L.M.)}}
University of Illinois {{small|(B.A.)}}}}

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Lindsay Parkhurst is a Circuit Judge in the 21st Judicial Circuit of the Illinois Circuit Courts. She was previously a Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 79th District from 2017 to 2020. The 79th district includes all or parts of Kankakee, Bourbonnais, Bradley, Essex, Hopkins Park, Peotone, Herscher and Braceville.{{cite web|url=http://ilhousedems.com/redistricting/2011-maps/Legislative_Districts_Public_Act/LD40.pdf|author=|title=PA 97-0006 Legislative District 40|date=2011-05-18|accessdate=2015-11-23}}

She is a Kankakee native and an attorney who earned her degrees at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Chicago-Kent College of Law and DePaul University College of Law.{{cite web|url=http://www.ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?GA=100&MemberID=2494|title=Representative Lindsay Parkhurst (R) 79th District|publisher=Illinois General Assembly|date=January 11, 2017|accessdate=January 20, 2017}}

During her tenure she was assigned to the following committees: Appropriations: General Service; Appropriations: Elementary and Secondary Education; Judiciary: Civil; Judiciary: Criminal; Transportation: Regulation, Roads Restorative Justice; Domestic Relations Law Subcommittee; Tort Liability Law Subcommittee; Juvenile Justice; System Involve

On November 14, 2019, Parkhurst announced via Facebook that she would not run for reelection in 2020.{{cite news|last1=Kapos|first1=Shia|last2=Hurst|first2=Adrienne|title=Burke's Familiar Challenger|date=November 14, 2019|newspaper=Politico's Illinois Playbook|accessdate=November 14, 2019|url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/11/14/casino-bill-down-to-the-wire-pension-bill-clears-hurdle-burkes-familiar-challenger-487669}} She ran for a Circuit Judge position unopposed in the 2020 General Election.{{Cite web|url=https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/IL/Kankakee/106271/web.264614/#/detail/290|title = Election Night Reporting}} She resigned the Illinois House and was sworn in a judge on December 7, 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/judges-take-oaths-of-office/image_c50f1358-3903-11eb-a29c-4f4a2cdc36a8.html|title = Judges take oaths of office| date=8 December 2020 }} One day after being sworn in a judge, she administered the oath to her successor, and Republican Representative-elect Jackie M. Haas was sworn in on December 8, 2020.{{cite news|last=Grossi|first=Brandon|title=Jackie Haas Sworn in as 79th District State Representative|date=December 12, 2020|newspaper=WCJS News|accessdate=December 30, 2020|url=http://www.wcsjnews.com/news/local/jackie-haas-sworn-in-as-79th-district-state-representative/article_254acaa2-3c6d-11eb-8e51-3387c7382a60.html}}