Who’s on the ballot? Know who you’re voting for
US Senate Candidates:
Casey Chlebek (R)
Education: Bachelor’s Computer Science University of Illinois
Platform: more jobs; less national debt by hiring financial experts to review of all entitlement programs; schools should have 1-year and/ or 2 year job training programs for the most popular trades for quick entrance to job market; America should take in more immigrants than they already do; reduce military spending
Mark C. Curran JR. (R)
Education: JD IIT Chicago
Experience: Lake County sheriff from 2006 to 2018 and an Attorney General’s Gang Crime Bureau Chief and Senior Prosecutor at Lake County State’s Attorney and a Special assistant to the US Attorney Platform: Pro-life and Pro-liberty
Peggy Hubbard (R)
Experience: Navy Veteran
Platform: focus on improving services towards Veterans; wants to lower taxes; reduce size of government; defend the second amendment; secure border and large- scale network security; limit illegal immigration
Robert Marshall (R)
Education: MD Harvard Medical
Experience: US Air Force veteran
Platform: Pro-Life; Pro-wall; Pro- second Amendment right
Tom Tarter (R)
Education: Doctorate Oregon Health Sciences University
Platform: against single-payer system in healthcare; pro wall; more tax cuts; reduce national debt by cutting spending; wants to balance the budget.
Richard “Dick” Durbin (D)
Education: JD Georgetown
Experience: Illinois senator since 1997 and an Illinois representative in the House of Reps from 1983-1997
Past Accomplishments: reduced the price of prescription drugs; created more jobs for Illinois; introduced the Dream Act that helped lead to immigration reform
US House of Representatives- 9th district:
Sargis Sangari (R)
Education: Bachelors of Political Science DePaul University
Experience: CEO of Near East Center for Strategic Engagement and US Army Lieutenant Colonel
Janice D. Schakowsky (D)
Education: Bachelors in Elementary Education University of Illinois Experience: member of the US House of Representatives since 1998; was an Illinois Public action program director for nine years
Platform: wants affordable health care for all Americans; helped write and pass the Affordable Care Act; Senior Deputy Whip during her tenth term
Andrew Tarnasiwicz-Heldut (D)
Education: JD at John Marshall Law School
Experience: Associate Attorney for McGuire Law since 2019
Illinois House of Representatives District 18:
Robyn Gabel (D)
Education: Bachelors Beloit college Experience: Illinois General Assembly of the State Representatives since 2010
Illinois House of Representative- District 17
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D)
Education: JD Loyola University
Experience: Board Member of Glenview Education Foundation; Founding member of Illinois Unaccompanied Children’s Task Force
Yesoe Yoon (R)
Education: Bachelor’s in Communication and Media at Northeastern Illinois
Experience: Anchor and Host of Global Leaders Network TV Program
Cook County Circuit Court Clerk
Barbara Bellar (R)
Education: JD John Marshall Law School
Experience: licensed Attorney; Veteran Major in the US Army Reserve
Richard Boykin (D)
Education: JD University of Dayton
Experience: 1st District Commissioner on the Cook County
Board of Commissioners since 2014
Michael Cabonargi (D)
Education: JD University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Experience: 2nd District Commissioner on the Cook County Board of Review since 2011
Iris Martinez (D)
Experience: Illinois State Senator in the Illinois 20th Legislative District since 2003
Jacob Meinster (D)
Experience: Law Clerk on the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Judiciary and Consumer Affairs
Cook County State Attorney Candidates
Patrick ‘Pat’ W. O’Brien (R)
Education: JD DePaul University
Experience: Cook County Circuit Court judge from 2006-2015; public attorney for Illinois Attorney General’s office
Platform: Believes criminal justice is not political, should be law based
Christopher EK Pfannkuche (R)
Education: JD Loyola University
Platform: Focus on repeat offenders to make community safer; Non- violent offenders should have ‘fresh start’
Bill Conway (D)
Education: JD Georgetown University Center
Experience: LT of the US Navy since 2012 and a Military Intelligence officer from 2017-2018; Assistant State’s Attorney in Cook County for 6 years
Bob Fioretti (D)
Education: JD Northern Illinois University
Experience: 2nd Ward Alderman at the Chicago City Council from 2007- 2015
Kim Foxx (D)
Education: JD Southern Illinois University
Experience: County State’s attorney since 2016; Assistant State’s Attorney for Cook County from 2001-2013
Donna More (D)
Education: JD Georgetown University
Experience: Partner and President of several firms
Dan Patlak (R)
Education: Bachelor’s in Business Administration Valparaiso University Experience: incumbent; Cook County Board of Review Commissioner since 2010
Cook County Board of Review Commissioner 1st District
Abdelnasser Rashid (D)
Experience: Deputy Chief of Staff for Cook County Clerk David Orr; led passing legislation that helped seniors automatically apply for exemption
Tammy Wendt (D)
Education: JD John Marshall Law School
Experience: Assistant State’s Attorney for Cook County from 2000-2004
Metropolitan Water Reclamation Board Candidates (Pick 3)
Frank Avila (D)
Education: Master’s of Finance University of Arizona
Experience: Commissioner for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago since 2002.
Heather Boyle (D)
Education: Bachelor’s Harper College.
Experience: Owner and Project Manager at Sanitary and Storm Water and a part of Des Plaines Department of Public Works and Engineering
Mike Cashman (D)
Education: BA in History Northwestern University
Platform: focus on awareness through education on the environment
Eira Corral Sepulveda (D)
Experience: 10 years as municipal government as Clerk for the Village of Hanover Park
Platform: Climate resiliency; greater public awareness; engagement and trust
Cameron Davis (D)
Experience: Great Lakes Czar for President Barack Obama 2009-2017; President’s liaison to congress for Great Lakes; former litigator for National Wildlife Federation and Professor at University of Michigan Law School
Platform: goal is to reduce flooding
Deyon Dean (D)
Education: Bachelor’s of Business Administration Southern Illinois University
Experience: CEO and president of Olympian Security Situations Corporation; mayor of the Village of Riverdale from 2008-2013; Associate Director for the Illinois Department of Human Services
Kimberly Dubuclet (D)
Education: MBA University of Chicago
Experience: board member of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board since 2018; Representative in the Illinois House of Representatives from 2011-2013
Patricia Flynn (D)
Experience: was a Director for Chicago Gaelic Park; spent time in the MWRD lab and as a Pollution Control Water Sampler
Michael Grace (D)
Education: Bachelor’s in Economics Marquette University
Experience: owner of Servpro Industries Inc.
Shundar Lin (D)
Experience: Board Member Illinois Pollution Control Board 2008-2010; retired sanitary engineer
Education: Doctorate Sanitary Engineering at Syracuse University Platform: focus on a balanced budget and keeping water clean
