Illinois — 3rd District

Delia Ramirez

Supports progressive housing and economic aid

Ramirez focuses on lowering housing costs, protecting renters and homeowners, and supporting working families through public investments. She advocates for living wages, universal basic income pilots, and community reinvestment while refusing corporate PAC funding.

• Passed emergency housing legislation securing over $1 billion in rental and mortgage assistance in Illinois
• Won over $450 million in capital funding for affordable housing construction
• Introduced the federal Tenants Right to Organize Act and supports the Raise the Wage Act for a $15 minimum wage

“Her campaign is people-funded, people-centered, and refuses to accept corporate contributions.”

Angel Oakley

Supports free-market capitalism and spending cuts

Oakley advocates for empowering free-market capitalism, reducing government spending, and lowering taxes to combat inflation and housing costs. She emphasizes supporting small businesses on Main Street and ending corporate capture of state power.

• Proposes cutting inflation, housing costs, and the national deficit to ease debt burdens on families
• Advocates empowering free-market capitalism and ending corporate capture
• Focuses on small business support and tax relief

“Cut inflation and housing costs, shrink the deficit, and reduce the debt burden on American families.”

Delia Ramirez

Supports citizenship pathways and immigration protection

Ramirez supports expansive protections for immigrants, including pathways to citizenship for over 10 million undocumented individuals and permanent legal status for DACA recipients. She co-leads the Dream and Promise Act, opposes deportations, and voted against the Laken Riley Act.

• Co-leading the Dream and Promise Act in Congress
• Supports pathways to citizenship for more than 10 million undocumented residents
• Voted Nay on the Laken Riley Act (S.5) in the 119th Congress

“She will be an unwavering champion for a pathway to citizenship for the more than 10 million undocumented people in the U.S.”

Angel Oakley

Supports securing border and immigration reform

Oakley prioritizes securing the nation's borders while implementing sensible immigration reform to maintain national stability and security.

• Promises to secure the southern border
• Supports sensible immigration reform measures

“Secure the border and support sensible immigration reform.”

Delia Ramirez

Supports Medicare for All and drug cost reduction

Ramirez champions Medicare for All and federal efforts to lower prescription drug costs while expanding public health coverage. In the Illinois legislature, she led efforts to extend Medicaid coverage to low-income seniors regardless of immigration status.

• Advocates for universal healthcare through Medicare for All
• Supported expanding Medicaid access to low-income seniors in Illinois regardless of immigration status
• Pushes for maximum patient-to-nurse ratios in hospitals

“As Congresswoman, Delia will be a champion for getting health care costs down, including passing Medicare for All.”

Angel Oakley

Supports chronic disease prevention and health reform

Oakley emphasizes addressing America's chronic disease epidemic through preventative care and environmental remediation rather than reliance on pharmaceuticals. She opposes overreach by corporate pharmaceutical interests.

• Prioritizes tackling the chronic disease epidemic through preventative healthcare
• Aims to end corporate pharmaceutical capture of regulatory powers
• Promotes bodily autonomy in health decisions

“Address the chronic disease epidemic in America and provide preventative care.”

“we cannot medicate ourselves to wellness”

Delia Ramirez

Supports voting rights and ethics reform

Ramirez advocates for democracy protections, including the Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. She supports overturning Citizens United, banning dark money, prohibiting lawmakers from becoming lobbyists, and voted against the SAVE Act.

• Supports Freedom to Vote Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
• Advocates banning dark money and overturning Citizens United
• Voted Nay on the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote

“Ethics & Good Government”

Angel Oakley

Supports civil liberties and ending state surveillance

Oakley prioritizes restoring constitutional rights, ending government surveillance, and protecting free speech. She supports transparent policymaking and safe, accessible voting while opposing corporate influence in government.

• Calls for ending the government surveillance state and protecting constitutional freedoms
• Promotes free speech, transparent government, and accessible voting
• Opposes corporate capture and the merger of corporate and state powers

“Restore and protect our Constitutional freedoms, and end the surveillance state.”

Delia Ramirez

Supports Green New Deal and 100% renewable energy

Ramirez supports the Green New Deal to transition the nation off fossil fuels and invest in green infrastructure jobs. In Illinois, she co-sponsored the Clean Energy and Equitable Jobs Act committing the state to 100% renewable energy by 2045 and refuses campaign donations from fossil fuel companies.

• Co-sponsors Green New Deal federal legislation
• Co-sponsored Illinois' Clean Energy Jobs Act aiming for 100% renewable energy by 2045
• Refuses political contributions from fossil fuel and private energy companies

“As Congresswoman she will be a committed and unwavering champion for the Green New Deal to invest in clean energy jobs and infrastructure, end our reliance on fossil fuels, and fight the effects of climate change in a proactive and equitable manner.”

Angel Oakley

Supports environmental cleanup and regenerative agriculture

Oakley advocates sensible environmental policies focused on cleaning up toxic air, soil, and water pollution. She promotes localized control over energy and food production, including regenerative agriculture and permaculture.

• Focuses on cleaning up toxic pollution in soil, air, and water
• Supports regenerative agriculture, permaculture, and local food security
• Advocates decentralized, localized control over energy and food systems

“Sensible Environmental Policies. Protect our natural resources and clean up toxic pollution in our soil, air, & water.”

Delia Ramirez

Supports diplomacy and humanitarian foreign policy

Ramirez favors centering foreign policy on human rights, diplomacy, and humanitarian aid over military intervention and armaments. She supports reasserting Congressional authority over war powers and facilitating refugee assistance.

• Advocates prioritizing humanitarian assistance and diplomacy over military intervention
• Supports Congress reasserting its constitutional right to declare war
• Supported emergency refugee resettlement programs for displaced Ukrainian and Afghan populations

“The United States must be a world leader not in supplying weapons but in providing humanitarian assistance that supports and stabilizes democratic governance across the world.”

Angel Oakley

Supports ending foreign wars and homeland defense

Oakley supports promoting peace accords, ending overseas conflicts, and refocusing U.S. military resources strictly on defending the homeland.

• Promotes international peace accords to resolve military conflicts
• Calls for an end to foreign wars
• Advocates redirecting military focus toward homeland defense

“Promote peace accords. End the wars, and refocus our military efforts on defending our homeland.”

Delia Ramirez

Supports free higher education and debt cancellation

Ramirez advocates for funding public education through federal revenue rather than property taxes. She supports canceling student debt and providing tuition-free public universities and community colleges, having previously chief-sponsored legislation for an elected Chicago school board.

• Supports canceling student loan debt and federal funding for higher education
• Advocates for tuition-free public community colleges and universities
• Passed state legislation establishing an elected school board for Chicago Public Schools

“She will be a champion for canceling student loan debt which has unfairly burdened working and middle-class families and young adults.”

Angel Oakley

Supports student-centered education and parental rights

Oakley advocates for student-centered education with localized control and strong parental involvement. She supports youth service and education programs.

• Advocates for localized, decentralized control over public education
• Promotes strong parental involvement and student-centered learning environments
• Supports education and service programs for children and young adults

“Education and service programs for our children and young adults.”

Delia Ramirez

Supports federal abortion rights and Hyde repeal

Ramirez supports codifying abortion rights into federal law and repealing the Hyde Amendment to ensure equitable access. In Illinois, she co-sponsored the Reproductive Health Act enshrining abortion access.

• Supports federal legislation codifying the right to abortion
• Advocates for repealing the Hyde Amendment
• Co-sponsored Illinois' Reproductive Health Act

“She will fight to protect abortion access and co-sponsor legislation to repeal the Hyde Amendment.”

Angel Oakley

Supports strengthening families and bodily autonomy

Oakley emphasizes supporting and strengthening American families to foster healthy communities, while standing as a defender of bodily autonomy.

• Calls for policies that support and strengthen families
• Defends bodily autonomy across health decisions

“Support and strengthen American families. Healthy families = healthy communities.”

Delia Ramirez

Supports assault weapons ban and background checks

Ramirez advocates for stricter federal gun laws, including universal background checks, bans on assault-style weapons, and measures to stop illegal gun trafficking. She also supports community violence intervention, mental health funding, and bond reform.

• Supports universal background checks and a federal ban on assault weapons
• Secured $250 million for community-based violence prevention in Illinois
• Supported pretrial bond reform based on public safety rather than wealth

“She will be a champion for stronger gun laws to get illegal guns off our streets including universal background checks, banning assault-style weapons, and reducing the flow of illegal guns across state lines.”

Angel Oakley

Supports safe communities and local safety

Oakley lists maintaining safe communities as a priority for her campaign.

• Identifies safe communities as a core campaign priority

Delia Ramirez

Supports PRO Act and living wages

Ramirez supports strong labor protections, including the federal PRO Act to protect collective bargaining and raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour via the Raise the Wage Act.

• Co-sponsors the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act)
• Supports the Raise the Wage Act to raise the federal minimum wage to $15/hour
• Maintained a 100% pro-labor voting record in the Illinois General Assembly

“She will be an unapologetic champion of workers’ rights and co-sponsor the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) enshrining workers' rights to collectively bargain.”

Delia Ramirez

Supports expanding VA benefits and health care

Ramirez supports fully funding the VA, reducing benefit processing backlogs, expanding dental and mental health care for veterans, and helping deported veterans.

• Introduced bipartisan legislation to assist student veterans
• Supports expanding VA dental and mental health coverage
• Advocates for deported veterans to return home

“Veterans”

Delia Ramirez

Supports Equality Act and non-discrimination laws

Ramirez supports passing the federal Equality Act, Every Child Deserves a Family Act, and Fair and Equal Housing Act to protect LGBTQ+ individuals from discrimination in housing, adoption, and employment.

• Supports the federal Equality Act to prohibit discrimination based on orientation and identity
• Co-sponsored Illinois' Inclusive Curriculum Act for public schools
• Supports the Every Child Deserves a Family Act

“LGBTQ+ Rights”