Currently holds the office of Illinois State Senate - District 7 until January 4, 2027.
Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - Illinois 9th Congressional District in 2026 Illinois Primary Election.
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Get StartedIn Congress I will fight to codify Roe v. Wade and the generational right to bodily autonomy it gave to millions of people and repeal the Hyde Amendment which bars federal funding from being used to pay for abortions. Learn more
I will always fight to protect reproductive justice and abortion access. Learn more
Reverse Trump’s tariffs that are driving up the cost of food and inventory. Learn more
Make universal free childcare available to all low-income households earning under 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level, and costs capped at 5 percent for all other families - just like legislation I championed in the Illinois legislature. Learn more
To help bring down the cost of electricity, I would call for a crack down on privately-owned and publicly-traded utility companies. We need to have more members of Congress championing the shift to utility companies as a public good, owned by the people. Learn more
We must recognize full Palestinian sovereignty and human and civil rights. This does not and should not preclude Israel’s right to exist. In Israel now we have Israeli Jews, Palestinians, Arabs, Ethiopian Jews and others who should all be able to live in a state of peace and harmony free of negative racial and class dynamics. Learn more
I strongly support Rep. Delia Ramirez’s “Block the Bombs” Act to stop the sale, transfer, or exporting of offensive weapons to Israel. Learn more
After ending arms sales to Israel, the United States must consider re-directing the billions of dollars in weapons we have and continue to provide to Israel (across many Republican and Democratic Presidential Administrations) to rebuilding Gaza and offering financial compensation to Palestinians whose lives the U.S. Has had a role in upending. Learn more
Advocate for national ranked choice voting. Learn more
Expand the Supreme Court to 13 seats and create beefed up ethics and compliance rules for Supreme Court Justices and staff. Learn more
Expand the right to pre-register to vote to 16 year olds. Learn more
Turn Election Day into a holiday and implement curbside voting. Learn more
I would create a people’s legislative council of survivors of gun violence - and families members of those killed by guns - to co-govern with me on legislative and advocacy strategies to move the needle on gun control. Learn more
Universal background checks on all firearm sales and transfers. Learn more
A federal ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines. Learn more
Legislation to hold gun manufacturers more accountable and liable for their role in gun-related destruction. Learn more
Implement a national ban on private equity companies buying rental housing and flipping them into luxury housing. Learn more
Housing is a basic, universal, and human right: in the richest country in the world, chronic homelessness and mass displacement cannot be the status quo. Learn more
We need to dramatically reinvest in public housing and repeal the racist and archaic Faircloth Amendment that puts an unnecessary cap on national public housing supply. Learn more
As your Member of Congress I would fight for a major increase in Community Development Block Grants for non-private housing providers, the organizations on the front lines of the fight against the housing shortage. Learn more
I would bring a full transit vision to Congress: where bus rapid transit and electrified transit fleets are in every major city and suburb, reducing our cities’ carbon footprint; where buses regularly service suburbs and small towns across the 9th District and the country, because all people deserve transit. Learn more
Where high-speed rail is not just a goal, but the standard; where bike grids are designed for all major cities, with the help of federal funding, so that everyone from environmentalists to residents to daily commuters can opt for biking. Learn more
I strongly believe public transit is a public good: in the richest country in the world, we are failing so many of our neighbors and our planet by designing their entire lives around cars. Learn more
Reimplement the federal Child Tax Credit to lift up to 50 percent of children out of poverty in America. Learn more
Raise the national minimum wage to 25 per hour and end the subminimum wage (when inevitably meeting pushback, I would compel our members of Congress to live on 7.25 - the national minimum wage since 2009 - or less per hour for three months while freezing other assets and have to submit a report to the entire body on their experience). Learn more
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