Three empty U.S. House seats in the upcoming midterm elections mean new faces in Illinois’ congressional delegation will help decide the national balance of political power and the direction of statewide representation.
The U.S. Capitol Building lights glow on the evening of March 4, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
1st Congressional District candidate Jonathan Jackson, center, talks with colleagues during a pro-union rally at Teamsters Local 705, on June 16, 2022, in Chicago. Carlson, of Lemont, said he’s reaching out to Black voters on the South Side who he said Jackson and other Democrats have taken for granted.
Ramirez, the daughter of Guatemalan immigrants and wife of a man who arrived from Guatemala as an undocumented immigrant and has been living in Chicago under the auspices of the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program, promises to have immigration reform at the top of her agenda in Washington, D.C.
“For me, I believe when in Congress, your main job is to represent the people, no matter what party is out there,” Burau said. “I think people are refreshed by that, hearing there’s someone who’s still conservative but willing to work across the aisle.” The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee recently canceled a series of television ads set to air in the Champaign and St. Louis markets, indicating that the Democratic election organization thinks Democrat Nikki Budzinski of Springfield will defeat Republican Regan Deering of Decatur.
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