---
type: Person
title: "Dee Avelar"
description: "IL House District 85 — IL State House of Representatives District 85"
role: "IL House District 85"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "IL"
district: "IL State House of Representatives District 85"
represents: "us/states/il/districts/house/85"
tenure:
  start: "2021-01-13"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "19d463e4-1fd5-4767-87ec-356d25168667"
  office: "f9693a4e-0262-4675-b59a-e3777cdbcf25"
  tenure: "8d43e1ca-2e42-450c-92ef-13e659700451"
  jurisdiction: "4624f92f-bba6-426c-9a24-d390e6742664"
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"
---

# Dee Avelar

Current IL House District 85 (IL State House of Representatives District 85).

Represents [IL State House of Representatives District 85](/us/states/il/districts/house/85.md).

## Sources

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

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