Noticed by leaders of the Conference on Religion and Race, LeFlore was picked to lead the Lawndale office of the 1960s Tri-Faith jobs project.
Elected to eleven terms, he served as chairman of the Human Services Appropriations Committee.
Colleague and longtime friend Rep. Arthur Turner (D-Chicago) said that LeFlore had worked consistently for children and seniors.
[1] LeFlore was repeatedly re-elected from his district and was in his 11th term when he died at the Northwestern University Hospital in Chicago from a long illness.
Local Democratic Party leaders selected Calvin Giles to succeed LeFlore in the Illinois House of Representatives.