State Representative Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

06/01/2026

I was saddened to learn of the passing of my friend, businessman, community leader and so much more Spencer Leak Jr. ♥️🕊️

For decades, Spencer carried forward a legacy of service, compassion, and dignity through Leak & Sons Funeral Homes, helping countless families navigate some of life's most difficult moments. His commitment to community and his dedication to serving others left a lasting impact on Chicago and beyond.

My thoughts and prayers are with Donna Leak, the Leak family, their loved ones, and all who were touched by his life and work.

May he rest in peace. 🕊️

05/28/2026

HR 905 recognizes the real and measurable success of the KIND Act — legislation that is transforming outcomes for children and families across Illinois. Because of this law, more children are staying connected to loving relatives, supportive caregivers, and the communities they know best.

Governor JB Pritzker deserves tremendous credit for his leadership and unwavering commitment to putting children and families first. His vision and partnership helped make the KIND Act a reality, creating a stronger, more compassionate child welfare system grounded in dignity, stability, and opportunity.

It was a joy to work with Nora Nora Collins-Mandeville ACLU of Illinois, DCFS Director Heidi E. Mueller, her staff and my colleagues State Senator Mattie Hunter, Representative Suzanne Ness, State Representative Michelle Mussman to craft and move this legislation.

Illinois is proving that when we invest in families, we build safer and stronger communities for everyone. Proud to sponsor and push HR 905 and excited about the continued implementation of the KIND Act.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙆𝙄𝙉𝘿 𝘼𝙘𝙩 𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙖 “𝙠𝙞𝙣-𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝” 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙄𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙛𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨.

05/25/2026

This 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 🇺🇸 we pause not for celebration but for remembrance.

We honor the brave men and women who gave everything for this country… for our freedoms… for the American promise itself. Their sacrifice is written into every flag waving proudly today.
Into every family able to live free.

Into every opportunity we often take for granted.
May we never forget that liberty has always come at a cost.

♥️ Today, we remember the fallen.
♥️ We honor the heroes.
♥️ And we recommit ourselves to building a nation worthy of their sacrifice.

🇺🇸 God bless our Gold Star families.
🇺🇸 God bless our veterans.
🇺🇸 And God bless the United States of America.

05/21/2026

Yesterday I had the honor of welcoming my neighbors, the beautiful and wonderful 7th & 8th graders of Schmidt Elementary School’s to our State Capitol in Springfield. These future leaders were incredibly excited to view the historic state capitol and discuss their futures with me.

A special thank you to school counselor LaNedra Mitchell and Principal Tenesha Hatter for organizing this trip and inspiring our youth.

I truly believe that engaging in civic education early is vital for shaping tomorrow's leaders.

05/18/2026

Please view the latest edition of my newsletter:

- Learn how to 'Run with the Rep'

- Rep. Evans Welcomes Horace Mann Students to the Capitol

- Marcus Connecting with Canada as President of NCSL

Feel free to share this with your neighbors and networks. Let my office know of any upcoming events that may be happening in the district.

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05/17/2026

This week I joined my great state legislative colleagues from around the United States at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) spring executive committee meeting. We hosted the meeting in beautiful Toronto, Ontario where we welcomed the Ontario Legislative Assembly as an affiliate member of NCSL.

I had the honor of introducing the Honorable Donna Skelly Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to our committee. I spoke about the many economic, social and cultural connections Ontario currently has with the United States and how we all should be better aware of those connections, celebrate them and build more.

To commemorate our partnership President Emeritus Wayne Harper (R-Utah), Vice President Bob Duff (D-Connecticut), NCSL CEO Tim Storey and I joined the full committee in a signing ceremony.

𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝘾. 𝙀𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙨, 𝙅𝙧. 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙇𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 (𝙉𝘾𝙎𝙇)

05/17/2026

This week I had the honor of welcoming and speaking with my community’s future leaders from Horace Mann Academy.

The wonderful 7th grade class traveled from Chicago to Springfield to learn firsthand how state government works at the Capitol.

It’s always inspiring and humbling to be part of the Capitol experience for young people in our community.

Thank you to school counselor Chiquita Shed and Principal Karon Purkett for making this trip possible and for investing in the next generation of leaders.

05/10/2026

Celebrating all of the mothers in my family. 🌹

Celebrating all of the women in my life who give me motherly love. 🌸

𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙪𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮. 𝙄 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙡. 😇🕊️

Ｈａｐｐｙ Ｍｏｔｈｅｒ’ｓ Ｄａｙ

05/04/2026

𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀? 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗼𝗸, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂.

The State of Illinois has 118 representative district areas, basically the state map cut into 118 pieces. The Illinois House of Representatives 118 members are elected from each of those districts. The top leader is called “The Speaker”.

*Core responsibilities:

➡️ 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙬𝙨: They write, introduce, debate, and vote on bills that can become state law.

➡️ 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨: They speak on behalf of the people in their district (about ~100,000 residents each).

➡️ 𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙄𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚𝙨: Help residents navigate state agencies (e.g., unemployment, licensing, benefits).

➡️ 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝘽𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙩: Decide how Illinois spends State tax money (education, infrastructure, healthcare, etc.). We call it the appropriation process.

➡️ 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩: Monitor state government programs and agencies.

➡️ 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: State Representatives work at the State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois and most have local district offices.

➡️ 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝘿𝙤 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠: All year around but most Capitol legislative work is done from January - May and October.

All questions and concerns are valid. If ever have any questions or concerns about politics or government just 𝗔𝗦𝗞 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗨𝗦 or talk to your State Representative.

𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 33𝘳𝘥 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 + 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦.

05/03/2026

Ways you can “𝙍𝙪𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙥” State Representative Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

▪️Invite Marcus out to speak to your organization, youth, seniors about politics and/or government.

▪️Meet with Marcus about your legislative ideas and community improvement ideas.

▪️Follow Marcus on social media and SHARE his post with your network.

▪️𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱: Always let Marcus know how you feel, share facts and info with Marcus so he can make the best decisions for our community.

𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 + 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦.