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Javier Yañez
Javier Yañez (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Illinois State Senate to represent District 12. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 28, 2022.
Yañez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Illinois State Senate District 12
Incumbent Celina Villanueva won election in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 12 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Celina Villanueva (D) | 100.0 | 23,303 |
| Total votes: 23,303 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 12
Incumbent Celina Villanueva defeated Javier Yañez in the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 12 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Celina Villanueva | 68.7 | 6,994 |
 | Javier Yañez | 31.3 | 3,184 | |
| Total votes: 10,178 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Javier Yañez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Yañez's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I did not start out with an interest in politics, but my interests were always in the community. As a son of immigrants, I have struggled alongside my neighbors and have fought for solutions to lift our shared burdens. In my early work in government, I saw firsthand how many of the systems upon which our institutions are built do not work for people like me and my neighbors. I decided to pursue an elected office to fight for the systematic change I saw we all need.
- We need a senator who understands the issues confronting our communities and who has the political courage and independence to challenge the institutions that profit from the burdens that our communities face. We are running a grassroots campaign that ensures that community voices are at its core as it is the community that I will be held accountable to as state senator.
- In our campaign, we have made it a priority to only take contributions from community members and small businesses in order to remain independent of any special interests of big business, such as Comed or Peoples Gas. We deserve honest, accountable and responsive leadership which cannot be accomplished when special interests are involved.
- Traditionally, politics in Illinois has made it so a select few are able to successfully run and be elected. Others, are appointed altogether, avoiding the community process that ensures the communities’ needs are heard and their concerns fought for. My run for office is attempting to break the cycle of politics we have grown accustomed to and have accepted as the norm.
I am committed to challenge the realtor lobby in Springfield and lift the ban on rent control in our state, allowing tenants to finally have their rent and housing costs stabilized and also allowing small property owners to receive tax relief for providing “naturally occurring” affordable housing in our communities. Our immigrant communities are disproportionately impacted by insecure housing and displacement. With innovative solutions and fighting in Springfield, we can accomplish housing security
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Illinois State Senate District 12 |
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