Jeffrey Schiefelbein

Green for Secretary of State

I believe we need candidates that serve the people of this state, not the donors that bought them. As the Secretary of State my goal would be to ensure that each residents’ data is secure and their privacy is protected. As we navigate into a new era of AI fraud and scams and government surveillance, data security and privacy is more important than ever. In addition, I want to improve the ease and efficiency of DMV’s and Emission testing and ensure everyone continues to have safe access to libraries. I would also like to help get back to books in schools where too much of the learning is dependent on screens.

Platform Priorities/Proposals:

• Eliminate any non-essential data collection.
• Stop the push for digital ID’s.
• Ensure that Illinois does not become a kill switch state.
• Introduce biennial registration renewal.
• Aid lower income individuals with costs of maintaining emission compliance.
• Restrict minors from checking out x-rated books.
• Assist schools with books to reduce dependency on screentime due to well being concerns.

Anna Schiefelbein

Green for Comptroller

Platform Priorities/Proposals:

• Ensure fiscal accountability. If we are to have a living, breathing constitution and ensure accountability to the people of Illinois, then our elected seats should not be held by one party for a long time. I believe that we owe it to ourselves, as a people of Illinois, to elect a new party to ensure fiscal accountability.
• Advocate for the Absolute Freedom to Boycott. Currently, the state prohibits certain companies from their investment list due to the companies’ decision to boycott. We should not be placing restrictions on those who choose to boycott. Boycotting is a basic freedom and we need to work together to stop the government from placing these restrictions on companies.
• Encourage green-friendly investment relationships. Continuing the same-old way is just not sustainable. Air, water, and soil are needed for all of us and for our future generations. We have seen it time and time again that these needs are not being considered. We need to protect our environment with safe investments that will take air, water, and soil seriously.

Timi Papas

Green for Treasurer

Platform Priorities/Proposals:

• Funds held by the State of Illinois, totaling approximately $30 billion, must be responsibly allocated and invested for the benefit of Illinois residents, not private or special interests. In this context we cannot hide the fact that Illinois has had and still does have a long and weighty history of corruption. It must be addressed, investigated and ended.
• Illinois’ multi-year and arbitrary failure to fund State employee pension plans in previous decades has caused a huge problem for many people in our state in that it has resulted in a change in the income tax code such that the code proportionally burdens the poor far more heavily than the wealthy. Although that phenomenon is not exclusively in the purview of the Treasurer, it is something that the Treasurer has a moral, fiduciary duty to help correct. This can be accomplished by the Treasurer ensuring that mandated pension payments be faithfully made and by supporting legislative proposals like the “LaSalle Street Tax” that would significantly increase State revenue at no cost to the average Illinois citizen and taxpayer.
• Beginning in early February of this year various interests have proposed legislation that would allow State monies to be lent directly to companies. Introduced by a 14-year Democratic Party member of the General Assembly, it provides that the Treasurer may invest or reinvest Illinois funds in private placement fixed income securities that are exempt from the registration requirements of the SEC Not only has this proposed legislation moved exceedingly fast from introduction to a second hearing; it’s mandated to be “effective immediately.” This is a matter of great concern, and there is no public information to date that the current Treasurer has commented on it, either negatively or positively.
• As part of his/her duties as chief banking and investment officer of the State of Illinois, the Treasurer serves as an ex-officio member of the Illinois State Board of Investments (ISBI), an independent state agency that oversees the investment of Illinois’ public pension funds. Currently some $150 million of those funds are invested in bonds issued by the Israeli government, and whose ranking several bond rating houses have lowered considerably over the past few years. That is a problem that must be addressed immediately lest all those funds be lost to Illinois residents amidst the chaos occurring in that region at this time, let alone the moral hazard of investing in a foreign entity that is under scrutiny by the International Court of Justice for war crimes.
• Considering the influential role of the Illinois State Treasurer, concern over corruption or poor management can be partially, if not fully addressed by altering the tenure of the Treasurer such that it would be limited to two 4-year elected terms instead of the unlimited period currently in effect whereby the current Treasurer is now seeking a 4th term.

Joe Harrington

Green for US Senate

I am a Green candidate who believes its non-corporate, progressive ideas seek justice for working class people.

I am a veteran of the Viet Nam era and a recently retired educator of 29 years. Born and raised in Chicago, with experience in multi-media platforms.

Platform Priorities/Proposals:

• Accountability! (restore the rule of law, prosecute those who have violated the Constitution; abolish ICE, prosecute agents who have murdered and abused people )
• Cut Pentagon budget by 50% (=at least half a trillion $ with which single payer health care, debt-free public higher education can be funded)
• Increase minimum wage to $20 an hour.
• Stop supporting the genocide in Gaza
• Codify reproductive rights for women.
• Restore the integrity of the CDC and EPA.
• Legislate for ranked choice voting.
• Overturn Citizens United.

Alexandria Keating-Sofiakis

US House (IL-10)

I was born & raised in the Northern suburbs of Chicagoland, & am proud to call this community my home. I know firsthand what it’s like to have to go through the Lake County Health Department, to rely on snap for food, to have your water shut off because you couldn’t pay the bill, to have to stay with friends & family because you can’t afford a home of your own, to have to skip meals, and all the tangible struggles many here face everyday. I will be an unwavering advocate for your rights because unlike the disconnected ruling class, your rights & my rights are connected. You & I both know how huge affordable housing would be for the younger generation. You & I both know how ineffective & costly our current healthcare system is. You & I both know our education system is falling behind its international peers. You & I both know those in Congress are serving lobbyists & their own pockets instead of the people. You & I both know we need better upkeep of roads, better walkability, as well as increased frequency of our train & bus systems.

Platform Priorities/Proposals:

• Term Limits for Congress
• Advocate for Ranked Choice Voting
• Ban all Gerrymandering
• Medicare For All
• Abolish ICE
• Anti-War
• Enshrine Environmental Rights in our Constitution
• Hold the ruling class accountable for violating the law
• Overturn Citizens United & get money out of politics
•  Green New Deal