Voucher Update: How Did Your Representative Vote?
Did your legislator stand up for the kids? Or did they stand with the union lobbyists?
On Wednesday, the Illinois House of Representatives voted on SB2494, a groundbreaking school choice bill that would offer opportunity scholarships to students in Chicago’s worst-performing schools.
Did your legislator stand up for the kids? Or did they stand with the union lobbyists? Learn more below.
Don’t know who your legislator is? Find out here.
Yes:
Edward Acevedo, D-Chicago
Luis Arroyo, D-Chicago
Suzanne Bassi, R-Palatine
Mark Beaubien, Jr., R-Wauconda
Patricia R. Bellock, R-Westmont
Maria Antonia Berrios, D-Chicago
Bob Biggins, R-Elmhurst
William B. Black, R-Danville
Mike Boland, D-Moline
Mike Bost, R-Carbondale
Daniel Burke, D-Chicago
Michael J. Carberry, D-Oak Lawn
Franco Coladipietro, R-Bloomingdale
Michael Connelly, R-Naperville
Elizabeth Coulson, R-Glenview
Tom Cross, R-Oswego
Shane Cultra, R-Onarga
Anthony DeLuca, D-Crete
Kenneth Dunkin, D-Chicago
Jim Durkin, R-Countryside
LaShawn Ford, D-Chicago
Mike Fortner, R-West Chicago
John Fritchey, D-Chicago
Betsy Hannig, D-Gillespie
Kay Hatcher, R-Yorkville
Kevin Joyce, D-Chicago
David Leitch, R-Peoria
Camille Y. Lilly, D-Chicago
Joseph Lyons, D-Chicago
Michael Madigan, D-Chicago
Michael McAuliffe, R-Chicago
Kevin McCarthy, D-Orland Park
Jack McGuire, D-Joliet
Susana Mendoza, D-Chicago
Richard Myers, R-Macomb
JoAnn Osmond, R-Antioch
Robert Rita, D-Blue Island
Timothy Schmitz, R-Geneva
Darlene Senger, R-Naperville
Keith Sommer, R-Morton
Cynthia Soto, D-Chicago
Ron Stephens, R-Highland
Ed Sullivan Jr., R-Mundelein
Michael Tryon, R-Crystal Lake
Ronald Wait, R-Belvidere
Dave Winters, R-Rockford
Karen Yarbrough, D-Broadview
Michael Zalewski, D-Summit
No:
Daniel V. Beiser, D-Alton
John E. Bradley, D-Marion
Dan Brady, R-Bloomington
Rich Brauer, R-Springfield
William Burns, D-Chicago
John D. Cavaletto, R-Salem
Linda Chapa LaVia, D-Aurora
Sandy Cole, R-Grayslake
Annazette Collins, D-Chicago
Marlow Colvin, D-Chicago
Fred Crespo, D-Streamwood
Barbara Flynn Currie, D-Chicago
Monique Davis, D-Chicago
William Davis, D-East Hazel Crest
Lisa M. Dugan, D-Kankakee
Roger L. Eddy, R-Hutsonville
Keith Farnham, D-Elgin
Sara Feigenholtz, D-Chicago
Robert Flider, D-Decatur
Mary Flowers, D-Chicago
Jack Franks, D-Woodstock
Paul Froehlich, D-Schaumburg
Robyn Gabel, D-Evanston
Esther Golar, D-Chicago
Jehan Gordon, D-Peoria
Greg Harris, D-Chicago
Elizabeth Hernandez, D-Cicero
Jay Hoffman, D-Collinsville
Thomas Holbrook, D-Belleville
Constance Howard, D-Chicago
Eddie Lee Jackson Sr., D-East St. Louis
Naomi Jakobsson, D-Champaign
Charles Jefferson, D-Rockford
Renee Kosel, R-Mokena
Lou Lang, D-Skokie
Sidney Mathias, R-Arlington Heights
Frank Mautino, D-Spring Valley
Karen May, D-Highwood
Emily McAsey, D-Crest Hill
Deborah Mell, D-Chicago
David Miller, D-Dolton
Bill Mitchell, R-Decatur
Jerry Mitchell, R-Rock Falls
Donald Moffitt, R-Galesburg
Rosemary Mulligan, R-Des Plaines
Elaine Nekritz, D-Des Plaines
Harry Osterman, D-Chicago
Brandon Phelps, D-Harrisburg
Sandra Pihos, R-Glen Ellyn
Raymond Poe, R-Springfield
Robert Pritchard, R-Sycamore
Randy Ramey Jr., R-West Chicago
Dennis Reboletti, R-Addison
David Reis, R-Olney
Dan Reitz, D-Sparta
Al Riley, D-Hazel Crest
Chapin Rose, R-Charleston
Jim Sacia, R-Freeport
Angelo Saviano, R-Elmwood Park
Carol A. Sente, D-Vernon Hills
Michael Smith, D-Pekin
Jil Tracy, R-Quincy
Arthur Turner, D-Chicago
Patrick Verschoore, D-Rock Island
Mark Walker, D-Arlington Heights
Jim Watson, R-Jacksonville
Present:
Andre Thapedi, D-Chicago
Eddie Washington, D-Waukegan
Not voting:
John D’Amico, D-Chicago
Careen Gordon, D-Coal City