Rep. Justin Cochran
(D-Des Plaines)
55th District
Springfield Office:
233-E Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-8007
District Office:
24 S. Des Plaines River Rd.
Ste. 400
Des Plaines, IL 60016
(847) 635-6821
(847) 635-8565 FAX
104th General Assembly
Bills & Committees
Biography
Justin Cochran has been a resident of Des Plaines since 1997. He is a graduate of Maine West High School and earned both his bachelor’s degree in history and his master’s degree in political science from Northeastern Illinois University. Justin has dedicated his career to public service, working for the State of Illinois as an archivist with the Illinois State Archives and later serving as Chief of Staff to State Representative Marty Moylan. In addition to his professional work, he has been actively involved in his community, holding leadership roles on the vestry and serving as a warden at Saint Martin’s Episcopal Church in Des Plaines.
Cochran Caps First Week in Springfield with Consequential Votes on Resolutions Addressing Trump Administration Cuts, Abuses
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — State Rep. Justin Cochran, D-Des Plaines, arrived in Springfield this week to begin discharging his duties as a member of the Illinois House, and capped the week by helping to pass five major resolutions taking aim at the Trump administration amid a nationwide furor over policies that have resulted in deadly authoritarian crackdowns, loss of critical benefits for vulnerable people and the unprecedented abduction of a foreign head of state and unilateral occupation.