There are a lot of candidates running for the 7th Congressional District. I’m voting for the one who actually knows our community — our neighborhoods, our families, and what we need — and has spent his career delivering it. That’s La Shawn Ford.
La Shawn Ford has a proven track record, and right now we need that more than ever. Health care is skyrocketing. Reproductive freedom is under assault. Child care is out of reach. Wages can’t keep up. Retirement security is disappearing. I’ve worked with La Shawn to advocate on health care and affordable housing, and I can tell you firsthand: he fights for us on the issues that matter. These problems are too serious for on-the-job training.
La Shawn Ford delivers. As our state representative, he secured investments that strengthen the fabric of our community — better parks, better libraries, better schools, better job training, stronger neighborhoods. These aren’t promises. They’re results our families will benefit from for generations.
He may not check every box for every voter, but he is the only candidate in this race with a real track record of passing legislation and securing investments for the people who live here. He is a tested, seasoned legislator who has been showing up for us for more than a decade, building coalitions and casting the hard votes. That’s exactly what our community needs right now.
La Shawn isn’t running for Congress to chase a title. He’s running because his values are aligned with ours — not with Super PACs. The Cook County Democratic Women’s Organization endorsed him because they know it too: La Shawn Ford shows up for working families. He’ll take that fight to Congress when it has never mattered more.
All candidates make promises. La Shawn makes things happen. That’s the difference — and that’s why he has my vote.
Barbara Otto
Oak Park