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Erica Harriss
Illinois State Senator

Erica Harriss is a proud Metro East native, born in Highland, who began her service as a State Senator in the 56th District in 2023. The 56th Senate District of Illinois includes portions of Madison and St. Clair counties.

Prior to her election to the Illinois Senate, Erica served on the Madison County Board for six years, representing its 26th District. During her time on the Board, she served as the Chairperson of the Personnel Committee and was also a member of the Finance, Government Operations, and Grants committees.

Her guiding principle as a county board member was to put the taxpayer, the parent, and the resident first, and she worked diligently to promote fiscal responsibility, while maintaining high-quality services, infrastructure, and government accountability. Now she continues to promote those priorities at the state level. 

In addition to her current work in the Senate, Erica is also an entrepreneur and small business owner. Prior to opening her business in 2014, she worked in the marketing/communication field. In her free time, Erica volunteers in her community at various local charity organizations and is an active member and youth group leader at Metro Community Church.

Erica is a proud Tiger Alum graduating from Edwardsville High School before earning her college degree in Speech Communication/Public Relations from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 1999. 

Erica and her husband, Jeff, reside in Glen Carbon and have three children.

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Mahogany Henderson
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Mahogany "DJ Mos Precious" Henderson

DJ Mos Precious is a vibration curator. She embraces all facets of entertainment from the stage performance to create new sounds with your favorites classics. She has over 15 years in entertainment from college radio, blogging, touring and event curating and planning. Her energy is intoxicating and welcoming through all encounters. Her diverse style, music cleverness, and strong sense of empowerment will take you on an everlasting journey.

Based in St. Louis, DJ Mos Precious is ranked as one of Google’s 5 star DJs with a strong passion for creating unforgettable vibes where ever she’s spins. Transferred her skills has an poet and hip hop artist, Mos Precious has performed at tremendous amount of venues around the world including states such as Texas, Missouri, Ohio, Illinois and internationally such as Grand Turk, Princess Cay, Honduras and many others. She’s currently the second female DJ for biggest Cruise Ship Company, Carnival Cruise Lines. DJ Mos Precious has a strong grasp on all the music genres and the strategy to advance her brand, while practicing woman empowerment and inspiring the younger generation, this is one of the top reasons to keep a look out for her. Focused and determined to reach all her goals, DJ Mos Precious seeks to inspire and change the narrative of what Female DJs are capable of one performance at a time. DJ Mos Precious for a fact is impacting this generation and those to come with her undeniable classy and peaceful spirit, she continues inspire many through her newly created non for profit Most Precious Dreams Foundation and community organizations.

During her down time, when she is not expanding her musical knowledge or curating new vibration mixes, DJ Mos Precious enjoys playing basketball, creating content and volunteering as a youth girls softball coach.

Although her educational background focuses on business administration, management, psychology and social work and certified in gender and trauma studies, she is capable of understanding and reading the crowd of the people she performs for. DJ Mos Precious is also certified in public relations which has assisted her with public Perceptions and marketing. She is invested in creating everlasting memories and highlighting moments throughout her performances and interactions. While advancing her knowledge in musical gear and customer service, she worked part time as a sales representative at Guitar Center.

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