An Important Campaign Announcement

10/15/2025

When I set out to run for Congress earlier this year all I knew was that I saw a Democratic Party in shambles, unable to respond to the moment. So I started this journey into politics and as I spoke to members of the community I found so many people shared my vision for what this country should be: You believed in a Federal Government that didn’t ignore the needs and dreams of its constituents. You believed in a Democratic Party that delivered real tangible results for the people it represented. You believed in a country that served the people first, not corporations. 

I wanted to do whatever was necessary to bring about that vision and friends, after much consultation and consideration I have decided to suspend my campaign and focus my time and energy on supporting Kina Collins for Illinois’s 7th Congressional District. Kina shares the same vision we all share for our country and has put in years of work at the organizer and activist level to make it a reality. I believe she has the vision, experience, and fortitude to continue the fight we started months ago. You can find out more about her campaign here. 

To all those who have donated time, money, energy, sweat into this campaign I cannot thank you enough. I was completely humbled by the amount of goodwill, enthusiasm, and support I was given by not just friends and family but also complete strangers who just wanted to see someone that looked, lived, and talked like them in office.

Now it’s time for Progressives to come together to ensure we take this seat, fight the authoritarian takeover of our country, and take back our tomorrow!

My full statement here and in the video below.