Representative Kam Buckner Contact information
Here you will find contact information for Representative Kam Buckner, including email address, phone number, and mailing address.
| Name | Kam Buckner |
| Position | Representative |
| State | state representatives Illinois |
| Party | Democratic |
| Email Form | |
| Website | Official Website |
Representative Kam Buckner
Kambium Elijah “Kam” Buckner was born on May 12, 1985. He is an American politician and attorney who serves as a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 26th district. The district, located entirely in Chicago, includes neighborhoods such as Bronzeville, Downtown, Gold Coast, and Hyde Park, among others.
Buckner is the past chair of the Illinois House Black Caucus and current Assistant Majority Leader for the House Democratic Caucus. In college, he played football for the Illinois Fighting Illini football team as an offensive tackle and defensive lineman. He was a candidate in the 2023 Chicago mayoral election, but lost in the first round.
Buckner was raised on the South Side of Chicago, and attended Morgan Park High School. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where he played for the Illinois Fighting Illini football team and was a teammate of future NFL players Vontae Davis, Kelvin Hayden, Pierre Thomas, and Rashard Mendenhall. While at the University of Illinois he became a member of Omega Psi Phi. Buckner later earned a J.D. degree from the DePaul University College of Law.
Buckner began his political career as an aide to Senator Dick Durbin in Washington D.C. from 2007 until 2012 and as an advisor to Mayor Mitch Landrieu in New Orleans from 2012 through 2013. He then worked in community and neighborhood relations for the Chicago Cubs from 2013 until 2015. In 2015, he was appointed Executive Director of World Sport Chicago, a nonprofit that grew from the Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
On January 8, 2017, Governor Bruce Rauner appointed Buckner to the Board of Trustees of Chicago State University for a term expiring January 15, 2023. Buckner has taught at University of Chicago and has been a contributor for The Hill and Crain’s Chicago Business. As of 2023, he also serves as vice president of governmental affairs for Outfront Media.
On January 18, 2019, Buckner was appointed to the Illinois House of Representatives to succeed Christian Mitchell, who left to become a deputy governor in the J.B. Pritzker administration. In the 2020 election, he was re-elected unopposed to a two-year term.