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Diana Burdette
Diana Burdette (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Illinois House of Representatives to represent District 60. She lost in the Democratic primary on March 17, 2020.
Burdette completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2020
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 60
Incumbent Rita Mayfield won election in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 60 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rita Mayfield (D) | 100.0 | 25,886 |
| Total votes: 25,886 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 60
Incumbent Rita Mayfield defeated Diana Burdette in the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 60 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rita Mayfield | 81.1 | 7,020 |
| Diana Burdette | 18.9 | 1,639 | ||
| Total votes: 8,659 | |||
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Republican primary election
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mark Lund (R)
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Diana Burdette completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Burdette's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Diana has a bachelors of arts from the University of Wisconsin. She has a long history of activism, education, and organizing. Most recently she has been working to give environmental and social justice issues the immediate and direct attention that they demand as a member of Clean Power Lake County.
Diana Burdette es madre de dos niños pequeños, organizadora comunitaria y una poderosa voz por la justicia en su comunidad. Este año, continúa su búsqueda de justicia y equidad en la comunidad local, y amplía a una comunidad más grande sus esfuerzos por traer las voces olvidadas y marginadas a la mesa.
Diana tiene una licenciatura en artes de la Universidad de Wisconsin. Ella tiene una larga historia de activismo, educación y organización. Más recientemente, ha estado trabajando para brindar a los problemas de justicia ambiental y social la atención inmediata y directa que exigen como miembro del condado de Clean Power Lake.- Legislating proactively instead of reactively
- Creating a system that protects our workers from exploitation
- Modernizing the school funding formula to create a more equitable system
Labor: We need to legislate proactively instead of reactively to ensure that the workers in Illinois are provided with the tools they need to create stability so we can start to rebuild our middle class.
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See also
2020 Elections
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