It's Election Day! Polls are now open, let's get out the vote!

Today is Election Day and polls are officially open across the 6th District! I want to take a moment to reflect on everything we’ve built together and what this campaign has been fighting for from the very beginning.

Over the past month, we’ve seen an incredible surge of attention and momentum. The Chicago Tribune endorsed our campaign over a 30-year incumbent, writing that I have “mastered the housing affordability issue.” That recognition matters because housing has been at the center of this race and it’s what I want to get to work on immediately in Springfield.

We’ve been clear about what we’re fighting for: building more housing so people can afford to live here and stay here, modernizing public transit so it’s efficient and safe, getting corporate money out of politics, and demanding a Democratic Party that fights harder for our neighbors.

And as our campaign has grown stronger, so has the opposition.

In the final stretch, we’ve seen dark money Super PACs—one funded by a Chicago billionaire and a second funded by DraftKings—pour into this race. At the same time, nearly $200,000 has come in from the Democratic Party of Illinois to try to shut down what we’re building because they want to preserve the status quo.

That’s not a fun coincidence. It’s a sign that this campaign and that our message is breaking through.

Because this race is about more than the election today. It’s about whether our politics will continue to be dominated by insiders and big money, or whether everyday people can come together and demand a better future.

Tonight, we also have the chance to make history.

This is the first contested primary in over 50 years. If elected, I’ll be only the second openly gay state senator in Illinois history—and the first to represent the largest LGBTQ neighborhood in the Midwest. That kind of representation matters. It shapes who gets heard, whose experiences are understood, and how you fight.

When the polls close at 7:00 PM, know that what you have helped create is extraordinary. You’ve proven that a grassroots campaign—powered by people, not corporate checks—can compete, can break through, and can elevate the conversation.

Thank you for being a part of this with me. Now let’s get out the vote.