Endorsements

Endorsements by Individuals

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Endorsements by Organizations

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Winner of eight Pulitzer Prizes, the Chicago Sun-Times features hard-hitting investigative reporting, in-depth political coverage, timely behind-the-scenes sports analysis, and insightful entertainment and cultural coverage.

IADO is Illinois’ leading political advocacy org for the state’s 290,000+ South Asian Americans. IADO works to champion progressive policies for immigrant, new American & working families.

LIUNA Chicago Laborers’ District Council represents a diverse group of over 20,000 hard working men and women in the construction, municipal, and industrial sectors.

The Illinois AFL-CIO represents nearly 900,000 union members and is the voice of all working families in the state.

Planned Parenthood is America’s most trusted provider of reproductive health care.

Personal PAC is focused on one thing: making sure that Illinois always remains a state where abortion is safe, legal, and accessible to every woman.

The Gun Violence Prevention Political Action Committee (G-PAC) is a campaign to save lives by stopping the tragic epidemic of gun violence.

NOW is the largest, most comprehensive feminist advocacy group in the United States whose purpose is to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society.

The IFT represents education professionals, public employees and retirees throughout Illinois.

Public Employees Organized to Promote Legislative Equality is the legislative and political arm of AFSCME, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees.

Giffords supports leaders from coast to coast who champion lifesaving gun safety laws.

Equality Illinois builds a better Illinois by advancing equal treatment and social justice through education, advocacy and protection of the rights of the LGBTQ community.

The Farm Team PAC is dedicated to supporting exceptional candidates running for state and local offices across the 14th Congressional district in Illinois.

INA is the nurses’ union, at the forefront, fighting for nurses’ rights and empowering them to be the best advocates for their patients and their community.

Local 881 is among the largest affiliates of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, with 34,000 members in Illinois and Northern Indiana.

The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 is a union representing approximately 23,000 men and women working in a variety of construction and other industries.

Vote Mama, led by former congressional candidate Liuba Grechen Shirley, supports Democratic moms with young children running for office up and down the ballot and across the country.

Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidates are candidates who are running for office in 2020 and have demonstrated that they will govern with gun safety in mind.

Everytown is a movement of Americans working together to end gun violence and build safer communities. Gun violence touches every town in America.

The Sierra Club is the most enduring and influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. They amplify the power of our 3.8 million members and supporters to defend everyone’s right to a healthy world.

We Can Lead Change Fox Valley’s stated mission is to preserve and protect democracy.

IEA is an association of more than 135,000 members composed of Illinois elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty and staff, educational support professionals, retired educators and college students preparing to become teachers.

The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) is one of the largest and most diverse unions in North America, with members in virtually every sector of the economy.

Founded in 1955, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world, with more than 120,000 members. and over 5,000 in Illinois.

EMILY’s List’s vision is a government that reflects the people it serves, and decision makers who genuinely and enthusiastically fight for greater opportunity and better lives for the Americans they represent.

NOW stands against all oppression, recognizing that racism, sexism, and classism are interrelated, that other forms of oppression such as homophobia and ableism work together with these three to keep power and privilege concentrated in the hands of a few.

The Fox Valley Building and Construction Trades Council realizes the importance of teamwork and stands committed to providing the area’s most competent labor force, “The Fox Valley Building Trades.”

Teamsters Local Union 916 is made up of over 4,000 hard-working men and women throughout the state of Illinois.