Illinois House of Representatives District 51 candidate surveys, 2022
This article shows responses from candidates in the 2022 election for Illinois House of Representatives District 51 who completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
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Candidates and election results
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 51
Nabeela Syed defeated incumbent Chris Bos in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 51 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nabeela Syed (D)  | 53.3 | 23,775 |
 | Chris Bos (R) | 46.7 | 20,847 | |
| Total votes: 44,622 | |||
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Nabeela Syed (D)
Property Taxes: Property taxes are of huge concern for families in my district, and there are many existing issues that are causing increases in property taxes. Homeowners and small businesses in our communities end up paying more due to systemic under-assessment of large commercial properties, like the Amazon and UPS facilities in the district. I would like to say that this is the first step. The long-term goal is to decrease reliance on property taxes to fund education more equitably from the state level. Another thing we can do is look at the efficiency and need for each layer of government on our property tax bills to make sure that layers of government aren’t providing duplicative services or that maybe one layer of government couldn’
Gun Violence: Gun violence is an issue of growing concern for families in the district. People are scared to go to the grocery store and send their children to school. As someone who grew up doing active shooter drills, I know how this fear has become normalized. We need to do more to tackle this issue head-on so we can feel safe in our communities. I will fight for mandatory firearm registration, restrictions on assault weapons, limits on large-capacity magazines, and regulations on bulk firearm purchases.
Nabeela Syed (D)
Access for people with disabilities: Expanding curbside voting and creating a system for people with disabilities to receive and complete electronic ballots using assistive technology
Preregistration for 16-year-olds: Engaging young people early in the voter registration process to increase civic engagement and youth voter participation
Make voting easy: Championing legislation to protect and expand policies that make voting simple, such as online voter registration, Vote by Mail, and Early Voting.
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