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G-PAC ILLINOIS & GIFFORDS PAC ENDORSE GUN SAFETY CANDIDATES FOR ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Since 2015, G-PAC and GIFFORDS PAC have joined together to endorse legislative candidates in Illinois as part of their mission to elect more champions to office to pass common sense gun safety measures. This election’s endorsements of 72 Illinois House incumbents, five House challenger candidates, and 18 Senate incumbents represents the highest number of candidates endorsed by the two organizations, demonstrating the years of work to grow gun safety majorities in Springfield and enact significant gun reforms.

(*) denotes a candidate who is a challenger
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Illinois State Senate

Javier L. Cervantes – State Senate 01

Kimberly A. Lightford – State Senate 04

Lakesia Collins – State Senate 05

Michael Simmons – State Senate 07

Robert F. Martwick – State Senate 10

Robert Peters – State Senate 13

Willie Preston – State Senate 16

Michael E. Hastings – State Senate 19

Graciela Guzman – State Senate 20

Cristina Castro – State Senate 22

Karina Villa – State Senate 25

Mark L. Walker – State Senate 27

Laura M. Murphy – State Senate 28

Mary Edly-Allen – State Senate 31

Steve Stadelman – State Senate 34

President Don Harmon – State Senate 39

Rachel Ventura – State Senate 43

Paul Faraci – State Senate 52

Illinois House of Representatives

Aaron M. Ortiz – State Representative Dist. 01

Lisa Hernandez – State Representative Dist. 02

Eva-Dina Delgado – State Representative Dist. 03

Lilian Jiménez – State Representative Dist. 04

Kimberly du Buclet – State Representative Dist. 05

Sonya M. Harper – State Representative Dist. 06

Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch – State Representative Dist. 07

La Shawn K. Ford – State Representative Dist. 08

Yolanda Morris – State Representative Dist. 09

Omar Williams – State Representative Dist. 10

Ann M. Williams – State Representative Dist. 11

Margaret Croke – State Representative Dist. 12

Hoan Huynh – State Representative Dist. 13

Kelly Cassidy – State Representative Dist. 14

Michael J. Kelly – State Representative Dist. 15

Kevin Olickal – State Representative Dist. 16

Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz – State Representative Dist. 17

Robyn Gabel – State Representative Dist. 18

Lindsey LaPointe – State Representative Dist. 19

Abdelnasser Rashid – State Representative Dist. 21

Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. – State Representative Dist. 23

Teresa Mah – State Representative Dist. 24

Curtis Tarver – State Representative Dist. 25

Kam Buckner – State Representative Dist. 26

Justin Slaughter – State Representative Dist. 27

Robert “Bob” Rita – State Representative Dist. 28

Thaddeus Jones – State Representative Dist. 29

Will Davis – State Representative Dist. 30

Michael Crawford – State Representative Dist. 31

Lisa J. Davis – State Representative Dist. 32

Marcus C. Evans Jr. – State Representative Dist. 33

Nicholas K. Smith – State Representative Dist. 34

Mary Gill – State Representative Dist. 35

Rick Ryan – State Representative Dist. 36

Debbie Meyers-Martin – State Representative Dist. 38

Will Guzzardi – State Representative Dist. 39

Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. – State Representative Dist. 40

Janet Yang Rohr – State Representative Dist. 41

Terra Costa Howard – State Representative Dist. 42

Anna Moeller – State Representative Dist. 43

Fred Crespo – State Representative Dist. 44

Martha “Marti” Deuter – State Representative Dist. 45 (*)

Diane Blair-Sherlock – State Representative Dist. 46

Jackie Williamson – State Representative Dist. 47 (*)

Maura Hirschauer -State Representative Dist. 49

Barbara Hernandez – State Representative Dist. 50

Nabeela Syed – State Representative Dist. 51

Maria Peterson – State Representative Dist. 52 (*)

Nicolle Grasse – State Representative Dist. 53

Mary Beth Canty – State Representative Dist. 54

Martin J. Moylan – State Representative Dist. 55

Michelle Mussman – State Representative Dist. 56

Tracy Katz Muhl – State Representative Dist. 57

Bob Morgan – State Representative Dist. 58

Daniel Didech – State Representative Dist. 59

Rita Mayfield – State Representative Dist. 60

Joyce Mason – State Representative Dist. 61

Laura Faver Dias – State Representative Dist. 62

Suzanne M. Ness – State Representative Dist. 66

Maurice A. West – State Representative Dist. 67

Dave Vella – State Representative Dist. 68

Amy “Murri” Briel – State Representative Dist. 76 (*)

Norma Hernandez – State Representative Dist. 77

Camille Y. Lilly – State Representative Dist. 78

Anna Stava-Murray – State Representative Dist. 81

Matt Hanson – State Representative Dist. 83

Stephanie A. Kifowit – State Representative Dist. 84

Dagmara Avelar – State Representative Dist. 85

Jehan Gordon-Booth – State Representative Dist. 92

Harry Benton – State Representative DIst. 97

Natalie A. Manley – State Representative Dist. 98

Carol Ammons – State Representative Dist. 103

Katie Stuart – State Representative Dist. 112

Jay Hoffman – State Representative Dist. 113

LaToya Greenwood – State Representative Dist. 114 (*)

G-PAC Illinois Endorses Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart and Sandy Hart for Lake County Board

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As the Lake County State’s Attorney, I am honored and humbled every day to lead the fight against crime, and to strive to ensure equal and just treatment under the law. I have been an attorney for twenty-two years – and each of those years has made me a stronger and smarter advocate for people, for ideas, and for the principles that unite us all.

I am so proud to lead an office of 140 dedicated colleagues who serve the public by prosecuting crime, advocating for victims, and planning crime prevention programs. I am also proud to work with hundreds of Lake County police officers on a daily basis to connect with every community and to develop comprehensive, holistic plans to respond to the mental health and economic crisis that arose from the COVID-19 pandemic.

On one particular day, July 4, 2022, I was saddened, inspired, and motivated by the bravery of so many people. We will always stand with the victims and honor the police and other first responders who ran toward the danger. Just as so many heroes that day thought only of themselves, I also witnessed the prosecutors in my office answer the call to serve survivors and their community – even on one of its darkest days.

Every moment that I have been your legal representative, I have worked tirelessly to oversee prosecutions and to implement policies that make my family and my neighbors safer in the short term and in the long term. That is the job of the State’s Attorney: to prosecute, to innovate, and to strategically plan.

I was raised in a small town. My parents are teachers, and from them, I learned that everyone must be treated equally and that America’s sacred mission is to provide a political, economic, and legal system that allows anyone to prosper regardless of the circumstances of their birth. After graduating from Knox College and the University of Chicago Law School, I spent two years at a first-rate civil law firm in Chicago where I learned that hard work and attention to detail on every case mean the difference between success and failure.

With my wonderful wife Stephanie, I am raising my two sons, Sam and Teddy, in Lake County. Nothing is more important to me than my family’s safety and I bring that passion and determination to protect all families with me to work every day.

I joined the Lake County Public Defender’s Office in 2003 and started my own law firm in 2009. From 2003 until 2020, I watched the Lake County legal system fail to prioritize violent crime, prevent wrongful prosecutions, or address racial disparities.

So, in 2019, I decided to run for State’s Attorney so that I could serve our community by improving a local legal system that cared more about covering up its mistakes and biases than uncovering new and innovative ways to help people.

I won the 2020 election, and became the first Democrat to hold this position in 40 years. Bringing in a new party wasn’t as important as ending 40 years of one mindset that had forgotten the people and that had failed to act urgently to develop new strategic plans to prevent crime while also ensuring that each prosecution is smart, moral, and just.

We have followed through on our promises. We have built the first-ever violent crimes unit, increased prosecutors in our domestic violence division, and vastly upgraded our cyber lab. Now, we have top-notch software and personnel to finally keep up with those who would exploit others.

We have been awarded a large federal grant to bring the first ever Human Trafficking Task Force to Lake County. We have deepened our investment in people by bringing in more victim specialists and raising the salaries of many of our prosecutors.

But the work goes on. We must expand our prevention efforts that are starting with the Gun Violence Prevention Initiative launched in 2022. And we know that the opioid crisis touches thousands of lives throughout this country.

I am proud to serve on the Executive Board of the Lake County Opioid Initiative which has been working tirelessly since its founding in 2012 to reverse a devastating trend of increased overdoses. In 2022, our office was part of a national settlement against opioid manufacturers and distributors.

As an attorney of 22 years, I have committed my life to helping people, and I have conducted over 70 jury trials in Lake County, and handled appeals that have culminated in over 20 oral arguments before the appellate court and Supreme Court of Illinois.

I see my time in this office as the next phase of helping a community that I love and where I have chosen to raise my family. In my first term, we have made Lake County safer and fairer through just prosecutions, constitutional policing, and innovative crime prevention policies.