Rachelle Crowe

Rachelle Aud Crowe
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois
In office
June 21, 2022 – February 18, 2025
PresidentJoe Biden
Donald Trump
Preceded bySteven D. Weinhoeft
Succeeded byAli M. Summers (acting)
Member of the Illinois Senate
from the 56th district
In office
January 9, 2019 (2019-01-09) – June 15, 2022 (2022-06-15)
Preceded byBill Haine
Succeeded byKristopher Tharp
Personal details
Born1972 or 1973 (age 53–54)
Wood River, Illinois, U.S.
PartyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Missouri (BA)
Saint Louis University (JD)
ProfessionAttorney

Rachelle Aud Crowe (born 1972/1973) is the United States attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. She was previously a member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 56th district.

Education

Crowe received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Missouri–St. Louis in 1996 and a Juris Doctor from the Saint Louis University School of Law in 2000.

Career

Crowe served as an associate with Hoagland, Fitzgerald, Smith & Praintis from 2000 to 2002, then Riezman Berger from 2002 to 2004 and Carmody MacDonald P.C. from 2004 to 2006. Crowe was previously a prosecutor with the Madison County State's Attorney's Office.

She defeated Downstate United and de facto Republican candidate Hal Patton, the mayor of Edwardsville, in the 2018 general election to succeed longtime Democratic incumbent Bill Haine. Crowe resigned from the Illinois Senate on June 15, 2022. In July 2022, Kristopher Tharp was appointed to succeed her.

U.S. attorney

On April 22, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Crowe to serve as the United States attorney for the Southern District of Illinois. On April 25, 2022, her nomination was sent to the Senate. On May 12, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. On May 17, 2022, her nomination was confirmed in the Senate by voice vote. She was sworn in on June 21, 2022.

Crowe resigned February 18, 2025.

Electoral history

Illinois 56th State Senate District General Election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rachelle Aud Crowe 45,727 58.4
Downstate United Hal Patton 32,549 41.6
Total votes 78,276 100.0

References

  1. ↑ Staff (May 19, 2022). "State senator from Glen Carbon confirmed as U.S. attorney for southern Illinois". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Archived from the original on May 19, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
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  3. ↑ "PA 97-0006 Legislative District 56" (PDF). 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  4. 1 2 3 "President Biden Announces Five New Nominees to Serve as U.S. Attorneys" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 22, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  5. ↑ Staff Report (August 23, 2017). "Glen Carbon prosecutor Rachelle Aud Crowe announces run for Illinois Senate". The Telegraph. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  6. ↑ Kamp, Matt (November 6, 2018). "Aud Crowe takes over for Haine in state senate victory over Patton". The Telegraph. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  7. ↑ Miller, Rich (June 15, 2022). "Sen. Crowe resigns to take over as US Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois". Capitol Fax. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  8. ↑ Miller, Rich (July 8, 2022). "Campaign notebook: Uihlein recharges Proft PAC with another $5 million; Bailey on numerous special sessions; Gas station owners fight back; RINO-hater prevails in House primary; New senator, justice sworn in". Capitol Fax. Retrieved July 8, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 25, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  10. ↑ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – May 12, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  11. ↑ "PN1970 - Nomination of Rachelle L. Crowe for Department of Justice, 117th Congress (2021-2022)". www.congress.gov. May 17, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Meet the U.S. Attorney - Rachelle Aud Crowe". United States Department of Justice. 19 February 2015. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  13. ↑ "Southern District of Illinois | U.S. Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe for the Southern District of Illinois departs from post | United States Department of Justice". www.justice.gov. 2025-02-20. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
  14. ↑ "Election Results 2018 GENERAL ELECTION". Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved October 5, 2019.