Overview

• Villa launched her campaign at a Little Village event, announcing support from U.S. Reps. Delia Ramirez and Jesús “Chuy” García and Illinois Senate President Don Harmon.
• State election filings show she ended the last quarter with about $12,000 on hand and has taken in more than $100,000 this month.
• She joins a crowded Democratic field that includes Reps. Margaret Croke and Stephanie Kifowit and Lake County Treasurer Holly Kim, with George Danos and Rickey Hendon expressing interest.
• Croke secured the Cook County Democratic endorsement last month after a slating vote that Villa narrowly lost.
• Positioning herself as a budget-focused progressive, Villa says “budgets are a moral document” and backs a constitutional change to tax billionaires and corporations to boost education funding and ease property tax pressures.