---
type: Person
title: "Chris Welch"
description: "IL House District 7 — IL State House of Representatives District 7"
role: "IL House District 7"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "IL"
district: "IL State House of Representatives District 7"
represents: "us/states/il/districts/house/7"
tenure:
  start: "2013-01-11"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "824128e6-ccc6-473e-b562-c08db802f167"
  office: "8e6b6e0c-2234-47a5-92b3-226c64ed9a97"
  tenure: "ddd0dfa8-c0e2-4f74-b4b3-54b7fd0eef6b"
  jurisdiction: "56aea841-e8f8-4c2b-b2c5-1af5400c9767"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, il]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Chris Welch

Current IL House District 7 (IL State House of Representatives District 7).

Represents [IL State House of Representatives District 7](/us/states/il/districts/house/7.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).