New Trier Examiner Politics Friday, February 21, 2020 3 compiledWho’s by Amelia Jacobsonon the ballot? Know who you’re voting for system in healthcare; pro wall; more since 2010 Bill Conway (D) US Senate Candidates tax cuts; reduce national debt by House of Education: JD Georgetown Metropolitan Water cutting spending; wants to balance University Center Reclamation Board the budget. Representative- Experience: LT of the US Navy since 2012 and a Military Intelligence Candidates (Pick 3) District 17 officer from 2017-2018; Assistant State’s Attorney in Cook County for 6 years Frank Avila (D) Education: Master’s of Finance University of Arizona Experience: Commissioner for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater since 2002. Casey Chlebek (R) Education: Bachelor’s Computer Richard “Dick” Durbin (D) Heather Boyle (D) Science University of Illinois Education: JD Georgetown Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D) Education: Bachelor’s Harper Platform: more jobs; less national Experience: Illinois senator since Education: JD Loyola University College. debt by hiring financial experts to 1997 and an Illinois representative in Experience: Board Member of Bob Fioretti (D) Experience: Owner and Project review of all entitlement programs; the House of Reps from 1983-1997 Glenview Education Foundation; Education: JD Northern Illinois Manager at Sanitary and Storm Water schools should have 1-year and/ Past Accomplishments: reduced the Founding member of Illinois University and a part of Des Plaines Department or 2 year job training programs for price of prescription drugs; created Unaccompanied Children’s Task Experience: 2nd Ward Alderman at of Public Works and Engineering the most popular trades for quick more jobs for Illinois; introduced Force the Chicago City Council from 2007- entrance to job market; America the Dream Act that helped lead to 2015 Mike Cashman(D) should take in more immigrants immigration reform Education: BA in History than they already do; reduce military Northwestern University spending US House of Platform: focus on awareness through

Representatives- 9th education on the environment district Eira Corral Sepulveda (D) Experience: 10 years as municipal government as Clerk for the Village of Hanover Park Yesoe Yoon (R) Platform: Climate resiliency; greater Education: Bachelor’s in Kim Foxx (D) public awareness; engagement and Communication and Media at Education: JD Southern Illinois trust Northeastern Illinois University Experience: Anchor and Host of Experience: County State’s attorney Cameron Davis (D) Global Leaders Network TV Program since 2016; Assistant State’s Attorney Experience: Great Lakes Czar for for Cook County from 2001-2013 President Barack Obama 2009-2017; Mark C. Curran JR. (R) Sargis Sangari (R) President’s liaison to congress for Education: JD IIT Chicago Education: Bachelors of Political Great Lakes; former litigator for Experience: Lake County sheriff Science DePaul University Cook County Circuit National Wildlife Federation and from 2006 to 2018 and an Attorney Experience: CEO of Near East Professor at University of Michigan General’s Gang Crime Bureau Chief Center for Strategic Engagement and Court Clerk Law School and Senior Prosecutor at Lake US Army Lieutenant Colonel Barbara Bellar (R) Platform: goal is to reduce flooding County State’s Attorney and a Special Education: JD John Marshall Law assistant to the US Attorney School Deyon Dean (D) Platform: Pro-life and Pro- Experience: licensed Attorney; Education: Bachelor’s of Business liberty Veteran Major in the US Army Administration Southern Illinois Reserve Donna More (D) University Education: JD Georgetown Experience: CEO and president Richard Boykin (D) University of Olympian Security Situations Education: JD University of Dayton Experience: Partner and President of Corporation; mayor of the Village of Experience: 1st District several firms Riverdale from 2008-2013; Associate Commissioner on the Cook County Director for the Illinois Department Janice D. Schakowsky (D). Board of Commissioners since 2014 of Human Services Education: Bachelors in Elementary Education University of Illinois Michael Cabonargi (D) Kimberly Dubuclet (D) Experience: member of the US Education: JD University of Illinois Education: MBA University of House of Representatives since Urbana-Champaign Chicago Experience: 2nd District Experience: board member of the Peggy Hubbard (R) 1998; was an Illinois Public action Commissioner on the Cook County Metropolitan Water Reclamation Experience: Navy Veteran program director for nine years Board of Review since 2011 District Board since 2018; Platfrom: focus on improving Platform: wants affordable health Dan Patlak (R) Representative in the Illinois House services towards Veterans; wants care for all Americans; helped write (D) Education: Bachelor’s in Business of Representatives from 2011-2013 to lower taxes; reduce size of and pass the Affordable Care Act; Experience: Illinois State Senator in Administration Valparaiso University government; defend the second Senior Deputy Whip during her tenth the Illinois 20th Legislative District Experience: incumbent; Cook County Patricia Flynn (D) amendment; secure border and large- term since 2003 Board of Review Commissioner Experience: was a Director for scale network security; limit illegal since 2010 Chicago Gaelic Park; spent time immigration Jacob Meinster (D) in the MWRD lab and as a Experience: Law Clerk on the Pollution Control Water Sampler Wisconsin Senate Committee on Cook County Board of Judiciary and Consumer Affairs Michael Grace (D) Review Commissioner Education: Bachelor’s in Economics Andrew Tarnasiwicz-Heldut (D) 1st District Marquette University Education: JD at John Marshall Law Experience: owner of Servpro School Cook County State Industries Inc. Experience: Associate Attorney for Attorney Candidates McGuire Law since 2019 Shundar Lin (D) Patrick ‘Pat’ W. O’Brien (R) Experience: Board Member Illinois Pollution Control Board 2008-2010; Robert Marshall (R) Education: JD DePaul University retired sanitary engineer Education: MD Harvard Medical Experience: Cook County Circuit Illinois Hours of Education: Doctorate Sanitary Experience: US Air Force veteran Court judge from 2006-2015; Engineering at Syracuse University Platform: Pro-Life; Pro-wall; Pro- Representatives public attorney for Illinois Attorney Abdelnasser Rashid (D) Platform: focus on a balanced budget second Amendment right General’s office District 18 Experience: Deputy Chief of Staff for and keeping water clean Platform: Believes criminal justice is Cook County Clerk ; led not political, should be law based passing legislation that helped seniors automatically apply for exemption

Christopher EK Pfannkuche (R) Tammy Wendt (D) Education: JD Loyola University Education: JD John Marshall Law To find more information on Platform: Focus on repeat offenders School any of the candidates or to to make community safer; Non- Robyn Gabel (D) Experience: Assistant State’s research local judges, check violent offenders should have ‘fresh Tom Tarter (R) Education: Bachelors Beloit college Attorney for Cook County from their website, ballotready. start’ Education: Doctorate Oregon Health Experience: Illinois General 2000-2004 com, chicagobar.com, or

Sciences University Assembly of the State Representatives cookcountycleark.com. Platform: against single-payer