Jackie Haas

Jackie Haas is the incumbent Illinois House member for the 79th District, representing Kankakee, Will and Grundy counties, per her official representative website. She has worked as a social worker for 30 years and became CEO of the Helen Wheeler Center for Community Mental Health in 2000, and she served on the Kankakee County Board from 2018 to 2020, per her official representative website. Haas holds a bachelor's degree in Social Work from Valparaiso University and a master's degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago's Jane Addams School of Social Work. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.