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Alia Sarfraz
Alia Sarfraz (Green Party) ran for election to the Illinois House of Representatives to represent District 52. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Sarfraz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Alia Sarfraz's career experience includes working as a volunteer blogger with the United Nations, as a communications officer with the Muslim Women's Alliance, and as a community liaison.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 52
Martin McLaughlin defeated Marci Suelzer and Alia Sarfraz in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 52 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Martin McLaughlin (R)  | 54.3 | 31,426 |
 | Marci Suelzer (D) | 43.1 | 24,962 | |
 | Alia Sarfraz (G) | 2.6 | 1,521 | |
| Total votes: 57,909 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 52
Martin McLaughlin advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 52 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Martin McLaughlin | 100.0 | 6,526 |
| Total votes: 6,526 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Alia Sarfraz completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sarfraz's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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LEGAL
ACTIVIST COMMUNITY AFFAIRS POLITICAL
Alia has a background in Science and Law and has worked on governmental initiatives and law reform proposals working for communities in Australia and the USA.
Currently, Alia has a vision to be in the District that everyone in Illinois will aspire to as she runs for a House of Representative in District 52.
She has a global perspective in assessing issues and concerns and has blogged, represented clients be it plaintiff, defendant or the government. For that reason, she can advocate for all on a just and fair playing field. Aside from running, she currently works for Health Insurance in the recovering and negotiating cases of those who were wronged by another party.
- 1. Alia is here to represent the people and the real issues
- 2. Alia wants to bring the District to a level of self sustainability
- 3. Alia wants you to feel safe and be able to place trust in the governance
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 6, 2020
