Erica Bray-Parker for State Representative
(D, IL-47)
Erica Bray-Parker is running to represent the 47th State House District, a district in DuPage County covering parts of various municipalities like Wheaton, Naperville, and West Chicago. A civics teacher for over 20 years and a twice elected member of the Wheaton City Council, Erica is someone who knows the district. She was an advocate for the Fair Tax Amendment, she has also fought at the local level for better housing, stronger public schools, and to make life more affordable. We look forward to working with her as a co-governance partner in the years to come.
Jenny Levin for State Representative
(D, IL-51)
Jenny Levin is running to represent the 51st State House District, a District including parts of many Northwest suburbs like Palatine, Hoffman Estates, and Rolling Meadows. Jenny is a registered nurse and has worked in emergency care for over a decade. She has first hand experience with trauma centers and other critical care spaces, and is running to bring that real world experience with why we need dignified healthcare for all to Springfield. She has seen her neighbors struggle with high property taxes and will help us create a more fair tax system in Illinois. In short, she will be another excellent co-governance partner.
Nabeela Syed for State Senate
(D, IL-26)
Nabeela Syed, the current representative of the 51st State House, is running to represent the 26th State Senate district, a district that encompasses all of her current State House District and more western municipalities like Wauconda and part of Algonquin, and we could not be more excited for her. She is running to unseat Republican State Senator, Darby Hills, because the people in the parts of the 26th Senate District she does not currently represent are at risk of losing their health care because of federal budget cuts that Senator Hills’s Republican party supports. These constituents deserve a State Senator who will fight for their health care.
While in office as a State Representative, she has been an ally and a leader on efforts to make prescription drugs more affordable, to make mental health care more accessible to anyone who needs it, to protect reproductive health rights, and to bring meaningful tax relief to working Illinoisans who need it. She has already been an excellent co-governing partner, and we are excited to continue to work with her once she becomes a State Senator.
Ben McAdams for State Senate
(D, IL-24)
We previously announced our endorsement of Ben McAdams, running for State Senator in the 24th State Senate district, which encompasses the 47th House district. While in college, double majoring in finance and economics, Ben became involved with local activism and went on to become a community organizer after graduation. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Ben began law school at DePaul University’s College of Law. In law school he focused his studies on Public Interest Law, becoming a member of the school’s Society for Asylum and Immigration Law (SAIL), and earning an award for the highest grade in his Civil Rights Law class.
While at DePaul, Ben worked for several legal non-profit organizations including the National Immigrant Justice Center, and Citizen Advocacy Center. Ben’s track record shows that he shares The People’s Lobby’s values, and we look forward to working with him in the Statehouse.