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State Senator

What does this office do?

  • Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
  • Voting on how much money your local public schools get
  • Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired

Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,

Candidates:

Republican

Julie Berkowicz is a Republican candidate for State Senator in State Senate District 21 (2024) in 2026.

Democratic · Incumbent

Laura Ellman serves in the Illinois Senate and is a senior independent assessor at Argonne National Laboratory. She holds a mathematics degree from Grinnell College and a master's in applied statistics from the University of Iowa.

Records: Corporate Accountability 10 for, Civil Rights 9 for, Immigration 9 for,

Source: ballotpedia.org