Candidate Profiles
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2020 Candidate Profiles This document will provide a brief biography on each of the candidates running in contested elections for legislative offices in the 2020 Illinois General Election. Table of Contents Senate Districts 1, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11,13, 16, 19, 22 ....................................................................................................3 Districts 25, 28, 31, 34, 37, 40, 43 .............................................................................................................4 Districts 46, 49, 52, 55, 58 .........................................................................................................................5 House of Representatives Districts 1-18 .......................................................................................................................................... 6-7 Districts 19-36 ........................................................................................................................................ 8-9 Districts 37-48 .................................................................................................................................... 10-11 Districts 49-60 .................................................................................................................................... 12-13 Districts 61-71 .................................................................................................................................... 14-15 Districts 72-81 .................................................................................................................................... 16-17 Districts 82-91 .................................................................................................................................... 18-19 Districts 92-101 .................................................................................................................................. 20-21 Districts 102-113 ................................................................................................................................ 22-23 Districts 112-118 ................................................................................................................................ 24-25 Paid for by IMPAC. 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Position Democrat Republican SENATE DISTRICT 1 Senator Antonio Muñoz (Chicago) SENATE DISTRICT 4 Senator Kimberly Lightford (Chicago) SENATE DISTRICT 6 Senator Sara Feigenholtz (Chicago) SENATE DISTRICT 7 Senator Heather Steans (Chicago) SENATE DISTRICT 10 Senator Robert MartwiCk (Chicago) Anthony BeCkman (Harwood Heights) Senator Martwick was appointed to the BecKman is currently a police officer for Senate in June, after serving six years as the Village of Norridge. Prior to serving representative of the 19th House District. the Norridge police, BecKman was a Senator Martwick serves on the Licensed certified fitness trainer. Activities and Public Health committees. Senator Martwick is also an attorney and former criminal prosecutor. SENATE DISTRICT 11 Senator Celina Villanueva (Chicago) Mary Ellen Brown (ChiCago) (DemoCraCy for America)* Senator Villanueva is a full-time legislator. Senator Villanueva was the Brown is serving as president of the former Civic and Youth Engagement Garfield Ridge Chamber of Commerce. Manager at the Illinois Coalition for Brown is the owner and manager of Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Senator Midwest Storage. Villanueva was serving as Representative of the 21st House District *Brown will be running under the banner before being appointed to the Senate. of Democracy for America, a political party she created specifically for this election. SENATE DISTRICT 13 Senator Robert Peters (ChiCago) SENATE DISTRICT 16 Senator Jacqueline Collins (Chicago) . SENATE DISTRICT 19 Senator MiChael Hastings (Tinley Park) SENATE DISTRICT 22 Senator Cristina Castro (Elgin) 3 Position Democrat Republican SENATE DISTRICT 25 Representative Karina Villa (West Jeannette Ward (West ChiCago) ChiCago) ***Seat currently held by Sen. Jim Ward worKs as a product manager for an Oberweis (R-Sugar Grove) – running Representative Villa is a full-time international company. Ward has served for U.S. Representative – 14th legislator, currently representing the 49th on the Elgin Area School District U46. Congressional District*** House District. Representative Villa sits on the Mental Health and Health Care Availability and Access committees. SENATE DISTRICT 28 Senator Laura Murphy (Des Plaines) SENATE DISTRICT 31 Senator Melinda Bush (Grayslake) Christopher Kasperski (Lidenhurst) Senator Bush has served the 31st Senate KaspersKi is a combat-wounded U.S. District since 2013. Senator Bush sits on Army veteran. After being medically the Special Committee on Opioid Crisis discharged, Kasperski earned a degree in Abatement. political science and criminal justice. SENATE DISTRICT 34 Senator Steve Stadelman (RoCkford) Paul Hofmann (Roscoe) Senator Stadelman is a full-time Hofmann worKed at an aerospace legislator. Senator Stadelman sits on the company in a variety of managerial and Public Health Committee. Senator technical roles. Hofmann has served as Stadelman was elected to the Senate in chairperson for the Institute of 2012. Senator Stadelman was a former Electronic and Electrical Engineers news anchor and reporter in RocKford. (IEEE) RocK River Valley Chapter. SENATE DISTRICT 37 Win Stroller (East Peoria) ***Seat currently held by Senator Stroller is the CEO of Widmer Interiors, Chuck Weaver (R- Peoria) – not an office furniture dealer in Peoria. seeking re-election*** Stroller is also a certified public accountant. SENATE DISTRICT 40 Senator Patrick Joyce (Essex) EriC WallaCe (Flossmoor) Senator Joyce was appointed to replace Wallace is co-founder and president of former Senator Toi Hutchinson in the Freedom’s Journal Institute for the November of 2019. Senator Joyce is a Study of Faith and Public Policy. fourth generation farmer. Senator Joyce Wallace serves as co-chairman of the sits on the Public Health committee and CooK County Republican Party. the Special Committee on Opioid Crisis Abatement. SENATE DISTRICT 43 Representative John Connor Ben Bierly (Elwood) (Romeoville) ***Seat currently held by Sen. Pat Bierly is a professor of political science. McGuire (D-Joliet) – retiring from the Representative Connor currently Bierly is also a veteran of the U.S. Illinois Senate*** represents the 85th House District. Marine Corps. Connor is an assistant state's attorney for Will County. He was appointed as the new state representative for the 85th District in 2017. 4 Position Democrat Republican SENATE DISTRICT 46 Senator Dave Koehler (Peoria) Mary Burress (Pekin) Senator Koehler has served the 46th Burress is Tazewell County’s treasurer. Senate District since 2006. Senator Burress is the former Tazewell County Koehler previously served on the Peoria Republican chairwoman. City Council and as president of Labor Management Cooperative Health Programs Inc. Senator Koehler is Assistant Majority Leader in the Senate. SENATE DISTRICT 49 Meg Loughran Cappel (Shorewood) Thomas MCCullagh (Shorewood) ***Seat currently held by Sen. Jennifer Cappel is a special education teacher. McCullagh is a local small-business Bertino-Tarrant (D-Shorewood) – Cappel has been a member of the Joliet owner. McCullagh serves on the seeking election as Will County Township High School District Board executive boards of a number of veteran Executive*** since 2017 organizations. SENATE DISTRICT 52 Senator Scott Bennett (Champaign) Alexander Ruggieri (Savoy) Senator Bennett currently represents the Ruggieri is a lawyer who focuses on 52nd Senate District. Senator Bennett is a transactional law involving real estate former Assistant State’s Attorney for and business. Ruggieri is also an officer Champaign and McLean counties. in the Illinois National Guard. Senator Bennett also serves as president of the Urbana Rotary. SENATE DISTRICT 55 Cynthia Given (Olney) Representative Darren Bailey (Xenia) ***Seat currently held by Sen. Dale Given is currently the owner of Olney Representative Bailey currently Righter (R-Mattoon) – not seeking re- Skin Care & Massage. She is certified by represents the 109th House District. election to the Illinois Senate*** the National Certification Board for Bailey is the owner of the Bailey Family Therapeutic Massage and licensed to Farm. perform therapeutic massage in the state of Illinois. Given ran for the 109th House District in 2018 and was defeated. SENATE DISTRICT 58 Representative Terri Bryant (Murphysboro) ***Seat currently held by Sen. Paul Schimpf (R-Waterloo) – retiring from the Illinois Senate*** END OF SENATE CANDIDATES 5 Position Democrat Republican HOUSE DISTRICT 1 Representative