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David K. Overstreet
Justice, Illinois Supreme Court · 5th District
Background: Overstreet previously served as president of the Jefferson County Bar Association and chaired the Second Judicial Circuit's professionalism committee.
At a glance
- Court
- Illinois Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- 5th District
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Elected (first elected 2008); retained by voters in a retention election in 2014
- Appointed by
- Not applicable (elected)
- Appointment date
- Not applicable (elected)
- Took office
- December 7, 2020
- Current term ends
- December 2, 2030
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 3, 2020
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Republican
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Not listed
- Education
- Bachelor's: Lipscomb University, 1988
- Law: University of Tennessee, 1991
- Prior offices
- Illinois 2nd Circuit Court Illinois 5th District Appellate Court (2017 - 2020)
- Profession
- Lawyer
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Partisan electionVoters elect the justices; candidates' party labels appear on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on David K. Overstreet’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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