[3] Incumbent Democrat Phil Novak of the 79th district was appointed chairman of the Illinois Pollution Control Board.
[5] In the 97th General Assembly she was appointed to serve as the Chairperson of the House Agriculture & Conservation committee.
Her committee assignments include Elementary & Secondary Education, State Government Administration (Vice-Chairperson), Health Care Availability Access, Veterans' Affairs, Tourism & Conventions and the Appropriations committee for Human Services.
[2] Her associated Senator for a time was Toi Hutchinson, whom Dugan endorsed in the 2013 special election to succeed Jesse Jackson, Jr. as the representative from Illinois's 2nd congressional district.
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