Celina Villanueva
Illinois Senate, 12th District, on the Chicago ballot November 3, 2026. Party: Democratic. Incumbent.
Campaign site (celinavillanueva.com)
Running on
Her campaign site describes her as a former organizer and labor leader focused on health care access, working families and labor issues. On ilga.gov she chairs the Senate Revenue Committee, and her sponsored bills cover tax policy, immigrant protections, environmental justice and workers' rights.
Background
A full-time legislator raised in Little Village, she was civic and youth engagement manager at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and served in the Illinois House from 2019 to 2020 before joining the Senate.
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