---
type: Person
title: "Javier Cervantes"
description: "IL Senate District 1 — IL State Senate District 1"
role: "IL Senate District 1"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "IL"
district: "IL State Senate District 1"
represents: "us/states/il/districts/senate/1"
tenure:
  start: "2023-01-11"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "c6f73938-f987-446f-a5b0-3ca23221d793"
  office: "9043b2e4-369a-4bf7-b652-84f96fd2a18a"
  tenure: "ff6652c8-ec39-49cb-9a92-c5fae90339a1"
  jurisdiction: "90e61f2a-c2e5-4c90-9383-887a988b558f"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDU (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, il]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Javier Cervantes

Current IL Senate District 1 (IL State Senate District 1).

Represents [IL State Senate District 1](/us/states/il/districts/senate/1.md).

## Sources

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

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