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AFSCME Recommendations: 2024 General Election

Council 31 Staff
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Standing together in our union, we win strong contracts with good pay and benefits. We defend our rights and defeat those who would take them away. Voting together, we can elect leaders who share our priorities.

The following recommendations are based on the work of the AFSCME International Executive Board, the Illinois PEOPLE Conference, and the work of Area PEOPLE committees comprised of local union members, who arrived at their recommendations after examining voting records, reviewing questionnaires and conducting interviews to determine where the candidates stand on the issues that matter to AFSCME members.

Through that process, these candidates have emerged as people who share the values that are important to union members and will stand up for the rights of working people.

We all have a part to play in electing candidates who will have our backs. Sign up here to volunteer for pro-union, pro-worker candidates in your area.

Early voting starts Sept. 22. Election Day is Nov. 5. 

AFSCME does not typically endorse in uncontested elections. Legislative candidates' AFSCME voting records are denoted by a percentage following their names.

 

President of the United States of America

Kamala Harris (D)

Vice President of the United States of America

Tim Walz (D)

Judicial

3rd Appellate Court District (Lytton): John Anderson (D)

3rd Appellate Court District (O’Brien): Linda Davenport (D)

3rd Appellate Court District (Schmidt): Lance Peterson (D)

U.S. House of Representatives

District 1: Jonathan Jackson (100%) (D)

District 2: Robin Kelly (100%) (D)

District 3: Delia Ramirez (100%) (D)

District 4: Jesús “Chuy” García (100%) (D)

District 5: Mike Quigley (80%) (D)

District 6: Sean Casten (100%) (D)

District 7: Danny Davis (100%) (D)

District 8: Raja Krishnamoorthi (100%) (D)

District 9: Janice D. Schakowsky (100%) (D)

District 10: Brad Schneider (100%) (D)

District 11: Bill Foster (100%) (D)

District 13: Nikki Budzinski (100%) (D)

District 14: Lauren Underwood (100%) (D)

District 17: Eric Sorensen (91%) (D)

Illinois Senate

District 1: Javier Loera Cervantes (100%) (D)

District 4: Kimberly A. Lightford (100%) (D)

District 10: Robert Martwick (100%) (D)

District 13: Robert Peters (100%) (D)

District 19: Michael E. Hastings (84%) (D)

District 20: Graciela Guzmán (D)

District 25: Karina Villa (100%) (D)

District 27: Mark Walker (100%) (D)

District 31: Mary Edly-Allen (100%) (D)

District 34: Steve Stadelman (100%) (D)

District 40: Patrick Joyce (84%) (D)

District 43: Rachel Ventura (82%) (D)

District 46: Dave Koehler (100%) (D)

District 49: Meg Loughran Cappel (88%) (D)

District 52: Paul N. Faraci (100%) (D)

Illinois House of Representatives

District 1: Aarón Ortíz (100%) (D)

District 2: Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez (73%) (D)

District 3: Eva-Dina Delgado (100%) (D)

District 4: Lilian Jiménez (100%) (D)

District 5: Kimberly Du Buclet (100%) (D)

District 6: Sonya Harper (100%) (D)

District 8: La Shawn K. Ford (100%) (D)

District 13: Hoan Huynh (100%) (D)

District 15: Michael J. Kelly (100%) (D)

District 17: Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (100%) (D)

District 18: Robyn Gabel (100%) (D)

District 19: Lindsey LaPointe (100%) (D)

District 24: Theresa Mah (100%) (D)

District 26: Kam Buckner (100%) (D)

District 30: William "Will" Davis (100%) (D)

District 31: Michael Crawford (D)

District 34: Nicholas "Nick" Smith (100%) (D)

District 35: Mary Gill (100%) (D)

District 36: Rick Ryan (D)

District 39: Will Guzzardi (100%) (D)

District 40: Jaime M. Andrade, Jr (86%) (D)

District 43: Anna Moeller (100%) (D)

District 45: Martha "Marti" Deuter (D)

District 46: Diane Blair-Sherlock (100%) (D)

District 47: Jackie Williamson (D)

District 48: Jennifer Sanalitro (69%) (R)

District 49: Maura Hirschauer (100%) (D)

District 50: Barbara Hernandez (100%) (D)

District 51: Nabeela Syed (100%) (D)

District 52: Maria Peterson (D)

District 53: Nicolle Grasse (D)

District 54: Mary Beth Canty (100%) (D)

District 57: Tracy Katz Muhl (100%) (D)

District 58: Bob Morgan (100%) (D)

District 59: Daniel Didech (100%) (D)

District 61: Joyce Mason (100%) (D)

District 65: Linda R Robertson (D)

District 66: Suzanne Ness (100%) (D)

District 67: Maurice A. West II (100%) (D)

District 69: Peter Janko (D)

District 72: Gregg C. Johnson (100%) (D)

District 76: Amy "Murri" Briel (D)

District 77: Norma Hernandez (100%) (D)

District 79: Billy Morgan (D)

District 80: Anthony DeLuca (100%) (D)

District 81: Anne Stava-Murray (100%) (D)

District 82: Nicole La Ha (86%) (R)

District 85: Dagmara "Dee" Avelar (100%) (D)

District 86: Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. (100%) (D)

District 91: Sharon Chung (100%) (D)

District 96: Sue Scherer (100%) (D)

District 97: Harry Benton (100%) (D)

District 104: Jarrett Clem (D)

District 111: Amy Elik (63%) (R)

District 112: Katie Stuart (100%) (D)

District 114: LaToya Greenwood (D)

Local Government

Champaign County Ballot Question: Vote YES on the Public Safety Sales Tax

Champaign County Board, District 5: Matt Sullard (D)

Champaign County Board, District 8: Emily Rodriguez  (D)

Cook County State’s Attorney: Eilleen O’Neill Burke  (D)

DeKalb County Board, District 4: Stewart Ogilvie (D) 

DeKalb County Board, District 11:Anna Wilhelmi (D)

DuPage County Board, District 1: Maria Sinkule  (D)

DuPage County Board, District 3: Lucy Chang Evans (D)

DuPage County Board, District 4: Lynn LaPlante (D)

DuPage County Board, District 5: Saba Haider (D)

DuPage County Board, District 6: Greg Schwarze (D)

Jackson County Circuit Clerk: Christian Hale (D)

Jackson County State’s Attorney: Joe Cervantes (R)

Kane County Circuit Clerk: Theresa E Barreiro (D)

Kane County Board Chairman: Corinne M. Pierog (D)

Kane County Board, District 4: Mavis Bates (D)

Kane County Board, District 10: William J. Tarver (D)

Kane County Board, District 12: Ricky Rivard (D)

Kane County Board, District 14: Brenda Engelhardt (D)

Kane County Board, District 16: Ted Penesis (D)

Kendall County Circuit Clerk: Matthew G. Prochaska (R)

Knox County Board, District 1: Tracy Robertson (D)

Knox County Board, District 3: Kimberly Thierry (D)

Knox County Board, District 4: Joshua Kramer (R)

Lake County Circuit Clerk: Erin Cartwright Weinstein (D)

Lake County Coroner: Jennifer Banek (D)

Lake County Board, District 12: Paras Parekh (D)

Lake County Board, District 13: Sandy Hart (D)

Lake County Board, District 18: Sara Fredrick Knizhnik (D)

LaSalle County Board Chair: Brian Dose (D)

McHenry County Board Chair: Kelli Wegener (D)

Rock Island County Auditor: April Palmer (D)

Rock Island County Recorder: Kelly Fisher (D)

Shelby County Circuit Clerk: Kari Ann Kingston (D)

Shelby County Board, District 4: Uvanna McKinney (D)

Shelby County Board, District 9: Chrissy Grant (D)

Stephenson County Board, District C: Casey Jacobs Anthony (D)

Stephenson County Board, District D: Jim Hart (D)

Will County County Executive: Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant (D)

Will County Recorder: Karen Stukel (D)

Will County Coroner: Laurie Summers (D)

Will County Board, District 7: Dawn Bullock (D)

Will County  Board, District 7: David Lozano (D)

Will County Board, District 10: Meta Mueller (D)

Will County Board, District 10: Kelly Hickey (D)