Rep. Delia Ramirez Running for Congress
Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Chicago) is entering the race for the new 3rd district seat in Congress.
Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Chicago), one of the breakout young progressive stars of the last two legislative sessions, threw her hat in the ring for Illinois’ new 3rd congressional district seat Wednesday.
More via Rick Pearson of the Chicago Tribune:
Ramirez, a member of the General Assembly since December 2018, was a primary sponsor of legislation creating an elected school board in Chicago’s public schools and has worked on affordable housing and immigration issues in the Legislature.
“In a time where our families are struggling to recover from the pandemic, and we have attacks on people of color, women’s rights and our voting rights, we need someone who is not afraid to take on these difficult fights on behalf of our communities,” she said. “I am confident that I am the candidate uniquely qualified to do this because I have spent my entire career fighting these fights.”
Democrats who control the General Assembly created the new open-seat district to give greater influence to the state’s growing Latino population — though Latinos are not a majority within the district that stretches from Chicago’s Northwest Side westward to include Latino communities in Bensenville, Addison and West Chicago.
Her entrance into the race sets up a potentially complicated and sticky primary between two well-regarded Latinos in the district. Chicago Alderman Gil Villegas has also entered the race. Though, with Garcia’s backing, Ramirez could very well be in the driver’s seat.