Terra Costa Howard is a Democratic former member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 48th district and later the 42nd district. First elected in 2018, she won reelection without a loss through 2022 before resigning from the 42nd district seat, which she held from 2023 to 2025, to assume a judgeship. She holds a degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a law degree from DePaul University College of Law.