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Illinois State Senate District 43 candidate surveys, 2022
This article shows responses from candidates in the 2022 election for Illinois State Senate District 43 who completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
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Candidates and election results
General election
General election for Illinois State Senate District 43
Rachel Ventura defeated Diane Harris in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 43 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rachel Ventura (D)  | 56.1 | 33,667 |
 | Diane Harris (R) | 43.9 | 26,396 | |
| Total votes: 60,063 | |||
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Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses
Ballotpedia asks all federal, state, and local candidates to complete a survey and share what motivates them on political and personal levels. The section below shows responses from candidates in this race who completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
Survey responses from candidates in this race
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Rachel Ventura (D)
Rachel Ventura Will Protect Women's Rights
Rachel Ventura Doesn't Take Campaign PAC Donations
Rachel Ventura (D)
As the Joliet aquafer dries up, we have a water crisis that is going to require major infrastructure improvements throughout the 43rd District and in neighboring Crest Hill. This will be a high priority of mine as a State Senator.
I support robust, high-speed public broadband that will provide stable support for technology companies that want to set up shop in Will County. Building a competitive infrastructure will save ratepayers money and provide high quality service that keeps young people in Will County.
The first step is electing people who are not tied to corporate PAC money. As long as I have been in the political sphere, I have proudly used the tagline, “No strings attached,” and I have not taken one dime in corporate PAC money. The challenge of course is running a grassroots campaign while an opponent might have millions of dollars. We need campaign finance laws similar to Arizona’s Clean Election law. Their electoral system provides matching funds for any candidate who gets on the ballot and qualifies as a clean election candidate.
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