Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District: who’s running on Nov. 3, 2026

Supports union protections, fair wages, affordable housing investment, and expanding Cook County-style medical debt relief nationally.

Campaign site calls for rolling back Illinois property taxes, reversing the gas-tax increase and cutting federal spending; earlier text also notes homebuyer loans and airport/manufacturing jobs.

Supports a Medicare for All framework, an insulin price cap, and extending enhanced ACA tax credits.

Proposes converting health insurers to nonprofits and opposes government-run health care.

Supports a path to citizenship and due process, and backs defunding detention centers while DHS focuses on borders and criminal removals.

Supports securing the border and enforcing existing law while focusing ICE on violent criminals and simplifying legal immigration.

Supports codifying Roe v. Wade and expanding reproductive health care funding.

No clear public position found.

Supports repealing tax cuts for top earners and strengthening the Earned Income Tax Credit and work-related deductions.

Proposes rolling back Illinois property and gas tax increases and cutting federal spending.

Supports violence prevention funding, restorative justice courts, police-community partnerships, and additional gun laws.

Campaign site proposes hiring military veterans for police forces and refocusing ICE enforcement on violent criminals; no statements on sentencing or police reform found.

In 2018, as a county board candidate, said over-reliance on property taxes to fund education is a problem and that investments in education are investments in job creation.

No clear public position found.

Supports rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement and cites $100 million-plus in county renewable energy investments.

Supports hydroelectric power and clean-energy research and links rising electric bills to current wind and solar policies.

Supports continued U.S. military aid to Ukraine through defense authorization and greater congressional oversight of arms sales.

In a questionnaire answer that appears to summarize outside groups, said resources should prioritize domestic security and allies should pay more for defense.

Opposes the current tariffs and trade war and supports fair trade policies and rural economic relief.

No clear public position found.