Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller is launching her campaign for Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District today with an introductory video that summarizes her family’s history of service and her plans to carry that legacy forward.
Donna Miller Miller currently represents the 6th District on the Cook County Board, which includes Homewood. U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill) currently represents the 2nd District. She announced in May that she would not seek re-election and is now a candidate in the Democratic primary to fill the seat of Illinois U.S. Senator Richard Durkin who announced his retirement.
Miller raised her family in the South Suburbs and grew up in Chicago with her family’s generational story rooted in Black migration.
“My great-grandfather was a Pullman Porter; he helped build the Black middle class,” Miller said. “My grandmother, mother and sister were all teachers, and my dad wore this country’s uniform his entire career. I’ve carried that legacy forward.
“On the Cook County Board, I’ve worked to expand healthcare access, lower costs and deliver better care – especially for women and communities of color,” she said.
“I believe in an America where everyone who works hard can afford the essentials, where healthcare is driven by medicine, not politics, and where the long march toward equality, in its many forms, moves forward, not backwards.
“But today, Washington is tearing up so much of our progress for working families and giving tax breaks to billionaires. I refuse to let them,” Miller said. “I’m running for Congress because I am determined to rise to the challenge of this fateful moment.”
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