Ricca Slone

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|name = Ricca Slone

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|state_house = Illinois

|district = 92nd

|term_start = 1997

|term_end = 2005

|predecessor = Don Saltsman

|successor = Aaron Schock

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|2|19}}

|birth_place = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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|party = Democratic

|spouse = Dr. William Berkman (div.)

|residence = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|children = 3

|alma_mater = Washington University
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Ricca Slone (born February 19, 1947) is a former member of the Illinois House of Representatives who represented the 92nd District from 1997 to 2005.{{cite web |url= http://www.ilga.gov/house/rep.asp?MemberID=697|title=Representative Ricca Slone (D)|publisher=Illinois General Assembly |accessdate=21 March 2012}}[http://votesmary.org/candidate/biography/9597/ricca-sloan Votesmart.org.-Ricca Sloan]

Early life and education

Slone was born in Ottawa, Ontario and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. Slone received her B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis. She obtained an M.A. in anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She also has an M.A. in public administration from Ohio State University and a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.{{cite web|url=http://www.peoriamagazines.com/tpw/1998/jun/interview-ricca-slone|title=An Interview with Ricca Slone|publisher=The Peoria Woman|date=June 1998|accessdate=March 21, 2012}} She holds an advanced certificate in international law from Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Career

Slone is an attorney whose work concentrates on environmental compliance and real estate transactions for small business. She has served on the Peoria City-County Landfill Committee. Slone previously worked at the Office of Policy Development & Research at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. During the Reagan administration, she worked at the United States Office of Management and Budget. Slone has worked as a consultant on regional water supply policy and as a lobbyist for the Environmental Law and Policy Center. She currently serves as a lecturer in the Master of Public Policy and Administration program at Northwestern University.{{cite web|url=http://www.scs.northwestern.edu/grad/courses/grad_biography.cfm?Instructor_Id=381|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416212547/http://www.scs.northwestern.edu/grad/courses/grad_biography.cfm?Instructor_Id=381|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 16, 2012|title=Instructor Biography: Ricca Slone|publisher=Northwestern University|accessdate=March 21, 2012}}

Family

Slone is divorced and has three sons; Zachary, Sydney, and Seth.

Committee assignments

Slone served on the following committees in the Illinois General Assembly:

Appropriations-Higher Education (Chairperson)
Environment and Energy (Vice-Chairperson)
Health Care Availability Access
Housing & Urban Development
Local Government
Subcommittee on Electric Deregulation
Committee of the Whole
Subcommittee on Transit

Electoral history

Slone was named Legislator of the Year by the Illinois Environmental Council. Slone served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1997 through 2005. She lost to Republican Aaron Schock in the 2004 general election.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate =Aaron Schock

|votes = 19,719

|percentage =50.3

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate =Ricca Slone (incumbent)

|votes = 19,484

|percentage = 49.7