Graciela Guzman
Illinois Senate, 20th District, on the Chicago ballot November 3, 2026. Party: Democratic. Incumbent.
Running on
In a 2024 Sun-Times candidate questionnaire she said her priorities were expanding health coverage and affordable prescriptions, addressing housing and health costs, tightening ethics and campaign finance rules, and funding pensions through progressive taxation. Bills she has sponsored, as listed on ilga.gov, cover health care access, housing affordability, labor protections and immigrant rights.
Background
A health care and education organizer with the Healthy Illinois campaign, Protect Our Care Illinois and the Chicago Teachers Union, she also served as chief of staff to State Sen. Cristina Pacione-Zayas before taking office in 2025.
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