Voting 411: Who’s Running and for What

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Joseline Cano

Feature Editor

10/16/18

Illinois Attorney General:

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Erika Harold (R)

Priorities: Public corruption, criminal justice reform, government accountability
and transparency, rule of law, preventing harassment, workers’ compensation reform, and the opioid crisis.

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Bubba Harsy (L)

Priorities: Criminal reform, education, fiscal responsibility, government accountability and responsibility, health & safety, healthcare & health reform, hunting & fishing, legalization of cannabis & hemp, pension reform, and police reforms.

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Kwame Raoul (D)

Priorities: Sexual assault, domestic violence, gun crime, women’s rights, affordable healthcare, voting rights, criminal justice reform, public corruption, and environmental protection.

Illinois Secretary of State:

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Steve Dutner (L)

Priorities: Privatizing driver services and reduce spending.

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Jason Helland (R)

Priorities: Mandatory e-filing of documents online, and restricted driving permits.

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Jesse White (D)

Priorities: Keeping roads safe, combating drunk driving, protection
of fraud & identity theft, and promoting organ and tissue donation.

Illinois Comptroller:

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Claire Ball (L)

Priorities: Cutting the comptroller budget, clarity on where tax dollars are going, transparency on what’s paid first and why.

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Susana Mendoza (D)

Priorities: Moral fiscal health of
the state, transparency of taxpayer
dollars, safeguard taxpayer
dollars, technology modernization
staff, and strengthen diversity.

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Darlene Senger (R)

Priorities: Saving taxpayer dollars, ending politics of
payments, transparency, and reducing overall.

Illinois Treasurer:

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Jim Dodge (R)

Priorities: tax reform and
transparency.

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Priorities: Transparency, education, supporting farmers, and jobs.

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Michael Leheney (L)

Priorities: Transparency in
financials and crafting relationships
with the Illinois legislature to create
a financially responsible policy.

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