Maria Antonia Berrios
| Maria Antonia Berrios | |
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| Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 39th district |
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In office 2003–2015 |
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| Succeeded by | Will Guzzardi |
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April 24, 1977 Chicago, Illinois |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Maria Antonia "Toni" Berrios (born April 24, 1977) is a former Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives. She was the first Puerto Rican American woman to serve in the Illinois House. She represented the 39th District from 2003 through 2015. Berrios was a second-generation Representative in the Illinois House, being the daughter of Joseph Berrios, formerly a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, and currently the Cook County Assessor and chairman of the Democratic Party of Cook County.
Berrios is the daughter of politician and lobbyist Joseph Berrios, currently the Cook County Assessor and chairman of the Democratic Party of Cook County, and formerly a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and a Commissioner on the Cook County Board of Review, a property tax appeal panel. Berrios graduated from Northeastern Illinois University with a Board of Governor’s Degree, a non-traditional degree.
Berrios held a life insurance agent license which expired in June, 2012 and has been inactive since June, 2013. Berrios worked for the Illinois Liquor Control Commission as a tobacco compliance specialist. She also worked for the Cook County Recorder of Deeds.
The 39th District of the Illinois House of Representatives was newly created in the 2001 redistricting after the 2000 census to encourage additional Hispanic representation. The district is on Chicago’s Northwest Side and includes parts of the Avondale, Belmont Cragin, Hermosa, Logan Square, and Portage Park neighborhoods. At age 25 and newly graduated from college, Berrios ran unopposed in the 2002 primary and general elections. Berrios was the first Puerto Rican American woman to serve in the Illinois House of Representatives. Berrios' political action committee, Citizens for Maria A. Berrios, has received campaign contributions from many of the same property tax appeal law firms that contribute to the multiple campaign funds controlled by her father, Joseph Berrios, who is the Cook County Assessor and a former Commissioner on the Cook County Board of Review. Berrios' political campaign committee has received tens of thousands of dollars in contributions from the campaign fund controlled by Michael J. Madigan, the Speaker of the Illinois House and chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois. In October, 2010, Berrios' campaign committee contributed $50,000 to her father's campaign for Assessor.
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