Let me explain: I’m not a career politician. I’ve spent my career fighting for working families – from leading the effort to raise Illinois’ minimum wage to $15, to expanding broadband access in Illinois’ most rural areas.
I ran for Congress to bring that fight to Washington. Despite the odds, I defeated a self-funded opponent and flipped this seat – becoming the first woman to ever represent IL-13 in Congress.
Now I’m running for re-election for the second time, and I’m not taking anything for granted. The stakes are higher than ever before: Republicans are hell-bent on gutting programs like Medicaid, SNAP, and more – ripping lifeboats away from working families to give billionaires a tax break.