President Joe Biden announced Friday that he has nominated Illinois State Sen. Rachelle L.Crowe as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Illinois.
Crowe was nominated alongside four other U.S. attorney nominees and three nominees to serve as U.S. marshals.
“These are officials who will be indispensable to upholding the rule of law as top federal law enforcement officials,” the White House said in a statement.
If the nominees are approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee, they will go before the full Senate for confirmation.
“These individuals were chosen for their devotion to enforcing dedication to pursuing equal justice for all and their commitment to the independence of the Department of Justice,” the White House stated.
Crowe has served as a senator for Illinois’ 56th District since 2019. She is currently running on the Democratic ticket for the state Senate seat she occupies against Republican Erica Harriss, who serves as a Madison County Board member.
If Crowe is re-elected as senator and then confirmed as U.S. attorney, her state Senate vacancy would be filled by a Democrat at the discretion of party leaders. Voters wouldn’t weigh in until a subsequent general election.
Prior to her time as a state legislator, Crowe received a B.A. from the University of Missouri in St. Louis in 1996 and a J.D. from the Saint Louis University School of Law in 2000.
She began her law career as an associate attorney with Hoagland Fitzgerald Smith & Praintis from 2000 to 2002. She then worked at Riezman Berger from 2002 to 2004 and Carmody MacDonald PC from 2004 to 2006.
Crowe then served as an assistant state’s attorney in Madison County from 2006 until 2018 in the violent crimes, general felony and juvenile abuse units.
Crowe has not yet been reached for comment.
Biden also nominated David C. Davis for U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Illinois.
Davis has served as a task force officer with the Illinois State Police Department since 2017.
Davis previously worked for the U.S. Marshals Service from 1994 to 2016, where he served as Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal from 2014 to 2016, criminal investigator from 2005 to 2014, witness security inspector from 2003 to 2004 and deputy U.S. Marshal from 1994 to 2004.
Davis received his B.A. from University of Missouri in St. Louis in 1985 and his M.A. from Webster University in 2018.