Jessica Dixon Heitman serves as a Democratic Representative for District 97 in the Illinois state legislature.
Jessica Dixon Heitman was appointed to the Illinois House in July 2026 by the Democratic Representative Committee of the 97th District, filling the seat left vacant by the resignation of Representative Harry Benton. The district covers parts of Will and Kendall counties. Heitman is a communications professional who has worked in media relations for both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly and is president of the Dixon/Heitman Collective communications firm. She earned a bachelor’s degree in communications and English from the University of Missouri. She is the granddaughter of the late U.S. Senator Alan J. Dixon and lives in Plainfield with her husband, Scott, and their three daughters.
