March Primary Election - Candidate Questionnaire

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Federal policy shapes the landscape of opportunity and access for millions of Americans, and for the disability community, the stakes of the upcoming election are high. Access to health care, economic opportunities, and even basic protections afforded by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act are at risk. Therefore it is important to know where the candidates stand on these issues. In Chicago, there are over 300,000 people with disabilities, with countless friends and families who also consider themselves disability voters.

To help keep our community informed on the issues that matter most to us, Access Living put together a 10-question candidate questionnaire with the aim of addressing major policy areas of concern to the Chicagoland Disability Community. The questions cover the following topics: 

The Questionnaire was sent to candidates in the following federal races:

• IL Senate
• IL 2nd Congressional District
• IL 7th Congressional District
• IL 8th Congressional District
• IL 9th Congressional District

For accessibility purposes, we standardized the response PDFs so that every document uses the same formatting. We have not edited the content of the candidate responses in any way. What you see are the exact answers they submitted. 

Illinois Senate

Candidates Who Submitted Responses

Awisi Bustos – D
Robin Kelly – D
Raja Krishnamoorthi – D
Pamela Denise Long – R
Kevin Ryan – D
Juliana Stratton – D
Christopher Swann – D

Other Candidates on the Ballot

Steve Botsford Jr. – D
Sean Brown – D
R. Cary Capparelli – R
Casey Chlebek – R
Jonathan Dean – D
John Goodman – R
Bryan Maxwell – D
Jimmy Lee Tillman II – R
Don Tracy – R
Jeannie Evans -R

Illinois 2nd Congressional District

Candidates Who Submitted Responses

Eric France – D
Jesse Jackson Jr. – D
Donna Miller – D
Robert Peters – D
Willie Preston – D

Other Candidates on the Ballot

Yumeka Brown – D
Toni Brown – D
Patrick Keating – D
Sidney Moore – D
Michael Noack – R
Adal Regis – D

Illinois 7th Congressional District

Candidates Who Submitted Responses

Kina Collins – D
Dr. Thomas Fisher – D
Jason Friedman – D
Anabel Mendoza – D
Jazmin Robinson – D
Reed Showalter – D

Other Candidates on the Ballot

Richard Boykin – D
Melissa Conyears-Ervin – D
Anthony Driver Jr. – D
Patricia Easley – R
David Ehrlich – D
La Shawn Ford – D
Rory Hoskins – D
Chad Koppie – R
Felix Tello – D

Illinois 8th Congressional District

Candidates Who Submitted Responses

Junaid Ahmed – D
Sanjyot Dunung – D
Neil Khot – D
Kevin Morrison – D
Dan Tully – D

Other Candidates on the Ballot

Kevin Ake – R
Yasmeen Bankole – D
Melissa Bean – D
Jennifer Davis – R
Herbert Hebein – R
Mark Rice – R
Ryan Vetticad – D

Illinois 9th Congressional District

Candidates Who Submitted Responses

Kat Abughazaleh – D
Bushra Amiwala – D
Phil Andrew – D
Daniel Biss – D
John Elleson – R
Laura Fine – D
Justin Ford – D
Hoan Huynh – D
Bruce Leon – D
Sam Polan – D
Howard Rosenblum – D
Mark Su – R

Other Candidates on the Ballot

Natalie Angelo – D
Patricia Brown – D
Rocio Cleveland – R
Jeff Cohen – D
Mark Fredrickson – D
Paul Friedman – R
Bethany Johnson – D
Nick Pyati – D
Mike Simmons – D