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State Representative

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:

Democratic · Incumbent

Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz is an attorney who directed an immigration law practice at a legal aid clinic and litigated human-trafficking cases at Winston & Strawn. She chairs the Illinois House judiciary civil committee and co-founded a task force on unaccompanied children.

Records: Corporate Accountability 21 for, Environment and Public Health 18 for, Labor Rights 14 for,

Republican

Jim Geldermann is a software architect and president of Wireless.dev Corporation. He previously served on the Illinois Cemetery Oversight Board and focuses on budget restraint and education policy.

Records: Government Spending Reduction 1 for

Source: ballotpedia.org