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Political Endorsements: National and Local Races

GET OUT AND VOTE!
Political Endorsements: National and Local Races Voting has always  

     Voting has always been important, but this year, voting is VERY
IMPORTANT. Participating in the Democratic process is how you get your voices heard. The ramifications of the Nov. 3 election will reverberate for years, if not decades to come.
     Of course, the presidential election is important across the nation, but
there are down ballot races that locally need attention as well.
    Here are the candidates the Citizen Newspaper Group is endorsing:
President and Vice President,
United States
Joseph R. Biden and Kamala
Harris: Biden was President Barack
Obama’s Vice President. Harris has
been a United States Senator since
2017.
Senator, United States
Richard J. Durbin: Durbin is the
incumbent in the race. He has been a
United States Senator since 1996.
United States Representative, 1st
Congressional District
Bobby L. Rush: Rush has been a
Congressman representing the 1st
District since 1993. Rush introduced
H.R. 35, the Emmett Till
Antilynching Bill.
United States Representative, 2nd
Congressional District
Robin Kelly: Kelly has been a
Congresswoman since 2013. Kelly
introduced H.R. 8200, to improve the
health of minority individuals during
the COVID-19 pandemic.
United States Representative, 3rd Congressional
District
Marie Newman: Newman is the president of
Marie Newman & Associates, a marketing and
advertising agency.
United States Representative, 4th District
Jesus “Chuy” Garcia: Garcia has been a
Congressman since 2019. Garcia introduced
H.R.7402, to protect renters from evictions and
fees.
United State Representative, 7th District
Danny K. Davis: Davis has been a Congressman
since 1997. Davis sponsored H. R. 6460,
to provide funding for needed child and adult
care so that essential workers can report to
work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Illinois State Senator, 13th District
Robert Peters: Peters has been a State Senator
since 2018.
Illinois State Senator, 16th District
Jacqueline “Jacqui” Collins: Collins has been
a State Senator since 2003.
Illinois State Senator, 19th District
Michael E. Hastings: Hastings has been a
State Senator since 2013.
Illinois State Representative, 5th District
Lamont J. Robinson: Robinson has been a
State Representative since 2019.
Illinois State Representative, 6th District
Sonya Marie Harper: Harper has been a State
Representative since 2015.
Illinois State Representative, 7th District
Emanuel “Chris” Welch: Welch has been a
State Representative since 2013.
Illinois State Representative, 8th District
LaShawn K. Ford: Ford has been a State
Representative since 2007.
Illinois State Representative, 25th District
Curtis J. Tarver II: Tarver has been a State
Representative since 2019.
Illinois State Representative, 26th District
Kam Buckner: Buckner has been a State
Representative since 2019.
Illinois State Representative, 27th District
Justin Q. Slaughter; Slaughter has been a
State Representative since 2017.
Illinois State Representative, 28th District
Robert “Bob” Rita: Rita has been a State
Representative since 2003.
Illinois State Representative, 29th District
Thaddeus Jones: Jones has been a State Representative
since 2011.
Illinois State Representative, 30th District
William “Will” Davis: Davis has been a State
Representative since 2003.
Illinois State Representative, 31st District
Mary E. Flowers: Flowers has been a State
Representative since 2003.
Illinois State Representative, 32nd District
Andre Thapedi: Thapedia has been a State
Representative since 2009.
Illinois State Representative, 33rd District
Marcus C. Evans, Jr.: Evans has been a State
Representative since 2012.
Illinois State Representative, 34th District
Nicholas “Nick” Smith: Smith has been a
State Representative since 2018.
Illinois State Representative, 38th District
Debbie Meyers-Martin: Meyers-Martin has
been a State Representative since 2019.
Illinois State Representative, 78th District
Camille Lilly: Lilly has been a State Representative
since 2010.
Illinois State Representative, 80th District
Anthony DeLuca: DeLuca has been a State
Representative since 2009.
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Commissioner
Kimberly Neely Dubuclet
M Cameron “Cam” Davis
Eira L. Corral Sepulveda
Cook County State’s Attorney
Kim Foxx
Clerk of Circuit Court, Cook County
Iris Y. Martinez: Martinez is currently a
member of the Illinois Senate, where she has
served since 2003.
Judge, Illinois Supreme Court (Vacancy of
Freeman)
P. Scott Neville, Jr.
Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1st District
(Vacancy of Neville, Jr.)
Sharon O. Johnson
Judge, 1st Cook County Subcircuit (Vacancy
of Crawford)
Tyria B. Walton
Judge, Cook County Judicial Circuit (Vacancy
of Funderburk)
Celestia L. Mays
Judge, Cook County Judicial Circuit (Vacancy
of Murphy Gorman)
Sheree Desiree Henry
Judge, 2nd Cook County Subcircuit
Sondra Nicole Denmark
Judge, 7th Cook County Subcircuit (Vacancy
of Fleming)
Pamela Reaves-Harris
Judge, Cook County Judicial Circuit (Retention)
Cynthia Y. Cobbs
There also are public questions on the ballot
to voters of the city of Chicago
- “Should the city of Chicago act to ensure
that all the city’s community areas have access
to broadband internet?”
Yes
- “In creating its city-wide plan for continued
growth and sustainability, should the city
of Chicago place equal focus on the goals of
resiliency, equity, and diversity?”
Yes
- “Should the state of Illinois restrict the
sale or possession of firearms that have been
defined as assault weapons or of magazines that
can hold more than a certain number of rounds
of ammunition?”
Yes
The question on the Ballot about the Proposed
Amendment to the 1970 Illinois Constitution,
also known as the Fair tax Amendment
has been discussed on television advertisements,
as well as our own Conversations with
the Citizen, featuring State Representative
Marcus Evans, Jr.
Here’s what we know:
The amendment of Section 3 of Article IX
(9) of the Illinois Constitution grants the authority
to impose a higher income tax rates on
higher income levels.
The amendment would remove the portion
of the article of the Illinois Constitution referred
as the “flat tax,” which requires all taxes
on income to be the same rate.
Those with higher income levels would have
a higher tax rate imposed on them. Those with
a middle and lower income levels would have a
lower income tax rate imposed on them.
For the proposed amendment of Section 3 of
Article IX of the Illinois Constitution.
Yes

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