Pamela Althoff

Althoff was born in Chicago.{{citation needed|reason=Does not match with what infobox says|date=October 2018}} She earned a bachelor's degree in education at Illinois State University in 1975 and a master's degree in education at Northeastern Illinois University in 1978. She was the city clerk of the City of McHenry, Illinois from 1994 to 2001 and was the mayor of McHenry from 2001 to 2003.[http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=98&MemberID=1911 "Senator Pamela J. Althoff (R)"]. 98th Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved November 18, 2014.

Richard O. Klemm resigned from the Illinois Senate effective February 9, 2003. The Republican Legislative Committee of the 32nd Legislative District appointed Althoff to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the 93rd General Assembly. She was sworn into office on March 7, 2003.{{cite journal|editor-last=Hawker|editor-first=Linda (Clerk of the Senate)|title=Notification of Vacancy - 32nd District|journal=Journal of the Illinois Senate|volume=93|number=17|pages=7–9|date=March 11, 2003|access-date=November 15, 2022|url=https://ilga.gov/Senate/journals/93/2003/SJ093017R.pdf}} Althoff was elected to the position in the 2004 general election.

Althoff served on the Committees on Appropriations II, (minority spokesperson); Local Government, Appropriations I; Transportation; Domestic Violence Task Force; Local Government Task Force; Violent Crime Advisory Commission as well as deficit reduction, Labor, and Higher Education committees.

In 2017, she announced she would not run again for re-election in 2018.{{cite news | last1=Komenda | first1=Ed | title=Sen. Pamela Althoff to run for McHenry County Board District 4 | url=https://www.nwherald.com/2017/11/21/sen-pamela-althoff-to-run-for-mchenry-county-board-district-4/agzzygz/ | date=November 22, 2018 | newspaper=Northwest Herald | accessdate=October 16, 2018}} She resigned early from the Illinois Senate on September 30, 2018,{{cite news | last1=Komenda | first1=Ed | title=Althoff announces resignation from state Senate seat | url=https://www.nwherald.com/2018/08/31/althoff-announces-resignation-from-state-senate-seat/ahgpg8y/ | date=August 31, 2018 | newspaper=Northwest Herald | accessdate=October 16, 2018}}{{cite news | last1=Griffin | first1=Jake | title=Althoff resigning Senate seat; Democrat cries foul | url=https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180831/althoff-resigning-senate-seat-democrat-cries-foul | date=August 31, 2018 | newspaper=Daily Herald | accessdate=October 16, 2018}} and was replaced by the Republican nominee for the seat, Craig Wilcox.{{cite news | last1=Zimmerman | first1=Drew | title=Wilcox sworn in to occupy state Senate seat after Althoff resigns | url=https://www.nwherald.com/2018/10/01/wilcox-sworn-in-to-occupy-state-senate-seat-after-althoff-resigns/a94272t/ | date=October 1, 2018 | newspaper=Northwest Herald | accessdate=October 16, 2018}}

In 2017, Althoff announced she would run for the McHenry County Board. After her retirement from the Senate, she registered as a lobbyist.{{cite news | last1=Komenda | first1=Ed | title=After Althoff registers as lobbyist, bill filed to outlaw County Board lobbying | url=http://www.nwherald.com/2018/10/12/after-althoff-registers-as-lobbyist-bill-filed-to-outlaw-county-board-lobbying/aubr9fe/ | date=October 12, 2018 | newspaper=Northwest Herald | accessdate=October 16, 2018}} As of 2022, Althoff is the executive director of the Cannabis Business Association of Illinois, a trade association for the legal cannabis industry in Illinois.{{cite news|first=Shia|last=Kapos|title=Pot-Pourri|date=November 15, 2022|newspaper=Politico Illinois Playbook|access-date=November 15, 2022|url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2022/11/15/springfield-beckons-00066923}}

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• [http://my.ilga.gov/Member/Index/1911?tab=1&chamber=S Biography, bills and committees] at the 98th Illinois General Assembly
• By session: [http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?MemberID=2335 100th], [http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=99&MemberID=2130 99th], [http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=98&MemberID=1911 98th], [http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=97&MemberID=1695 97th], [http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=96&MemberID=1488 96th], [http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=95&MemberID=1289 95th], [http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=94&MemberID=1069 94th], [http://www.ilga.gov/senate/Senator.asp?GA=93&MemberID=879 93rd]
• [http://www.senatoralthoff.com/ State Senator Pamela Althoff] constituency site
• {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=33955 | fec= | congress= }}
• [http://ballotpedia.org/Pamela_Althoff Biography] at Ballotpedia
• [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=4994 Financial information (state office)] at the National Institute for Money in State Politics
• [http://www.c-spanvideo.org/pamelaalthoff Appearances] on C-SPAN programs
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721201409/http://www.senategop.state.il.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26 Profile] at Illinois State Senate Republicans

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