Bushra Amiwala
Bushra Amiwala (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Cook County Board of Commissioners to represent District 13 in Illinois. Amiwala lost in the Democratic primary on March 20, 2018.
Biography
Amiwala was born in Chicago and graduated from Niles North High School. As of January 2018, she was a sophomore at DePaul University. Amiwala received the 2017 DECA award for undergraduate excellence in business.[1][2]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 13
Incumbent Larry Suffredin defeated Chris Hanusiak in the general election for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 13 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Larry Suffredin (D) | 77.5 | 95,500 | |
 | Chris Hanusiak (R) | 22.5 | 27,662 | |
| Total votes: 123,162 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 13
Incumbent Larry Suffredin defeated Bushra Amiwala and Daniel Foster in the Democratic primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 13 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Larry Suffredin | 57.0 | 30,009 | |
 | Bushra Amiwala | 26.6 | 13,988 | |
| Daniel Foster | 16.4 | 8,653 | ||
| Total votes: 52,650 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 13
Chris Hanusiak advanced from the Republican primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 13 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Hanusiak | 100.0 | 6,708 |
| Total votes: 6,708 | |||
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Campaign themes
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Bushra Amiwala participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on February 3, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Bushra Amiwala's responses follow below.[3]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Means Based Property Tax System - Making a correlation between income and how much one pays in property taxes to ensure the rich do not get unfair tax breaks and families from low income and immigrant communities are not overassessed for their homes. 2) Small Business Advocate- To simulate economic growth through small businesses, by supporting them, providing resources and incentives for them to open up in low income neighborhoods, which would also simulate jobs. |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Education, Immigrant rights, issues that affect low income neighborhoods, food insecurity, serving as a voice for the real members of the community by being an advocate for our teachers, small business lawyers, and neighborsCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[5]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Bushra Amiwala answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
| “ | Michelle Obama; Although she was the first lady, her intelligence, character, and poise made it so she also was able to impact the nation as a whole.[5] | ” |
| “ | Any theory in regard to reforming the educational structure and how it is the root cause to solving poverty and breaking out of that cycle, and the way this disproportionately affects communities of color .[5] | ” |
| “ | Empathy, Honesty, integrity, kindness, compassion, and the desire to listen.[5] | ” |
| “ | All of the above, and most importantly empathy. I care about other families the way I would care of my own, and that is how real, progressive leadership looks like and is shaped. Actually having worked for everything my campaign has accomplished this past year is also a testament to my work ethic and passion.[5] | ” |
| “ | Being a public servant is not a 9-5 job. You will have long, 17 hour days, with back to back events, and will hear the most pure and raw concerns real people hold. As a County Commissioner, we need someone who have lived in and worked in all or almost every community in the 13th district of Cook County.[5] | ” |
| “ | One of honesty, integrity and poise. I have run my campaign on purity politics and been able to dispel a lot of the myths people have for politicians and the way politics function in society, but I have shown how attainable change can be.[5] | ” |
| “ | 9/11 - I was four years old.[5] | ” |
| “ | I was 15 when I began working in my dad's store, had it for the entire summer.[5] | ” |
| “ | The person in front of me said: "my great grandfather was the founder of Pakistan, got assassinated, so my grandmother was extremely disappointed in me going on a date with a politician." I didn't realize I was a "politician" or that he already told his grandmother about me[5] | ” |
| “ | Ramadan! The month of spiritual cleansing and being more in touch with my religion is really nice[5] | ” |
| “ | The Percy Jackson Series - I am extremely interested in greek mythology.[5] | ” |
| “ | Honestly never thought about this[5] | ” |
| “ | My balcony - especially when it is nice out![5] | ” |
| “ | Suga Suga' by Baby Bash[5] | ” |
| “ | Proving my worth as a Muslim woman and always having every accomplishment seem all the more extraordinary because of this: "you are so articulate.. for a Muslim woman." Microaggressions as such.[5] | ” |
| “ | We assess property taxes which directly affects education funding. We also deal with Public health, through the county hospitals and County Jails, through public safety.[5] | ” |
| “ | Being connected with people who actually live in the district and the community to ensure their needs are being met and concerns are being heard[5] | ” |
| “ | Property Tax Appeals[5] | ” |
| “ | Not really - it is a board seat, part of the reason why I chose this position, because I knew I wouldn't be the single governing entity or body, but we would have to make collaborative decisions with the other 17 elected board officials.[5] | ” |
| “ | My volunteering at a local community kitchen made it so I was able to answer the question that fathomed our County Board Members for the past decade: why aren’t people of color signing up for County Care? And after talking, to many people of color, who qualify for this service, I can tell you. It is because they do not know about it. And those who do, have no idea how to sign up, because guess what, none of our town hall meetings are held in the areas they live in.[5] | ” |
See also
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External links
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- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
- Campaign Twitter page
- Cook County Board of Commissioners
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through email on January 21, 2018]
- ↑ Bugle Newspapers, "Niles North alumna running for Cook County Board," November 8, 2017
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Bushra Amiwala's responses," February 3, 2018
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