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Jhatayn "Jay" Travis

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Jhatayn Travis
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Democratic Party

Education

Bachelor's

Columbia College

Graduate

University of Chicago

Jhatayn "Jay" Travis was a 2016 Democratic candidate for District 26 of the Illinois House of Representatives.

Biography

Travis earned her bachelor’s degree from Columbia College in 1994 and her master’s degree from the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago in 2002. Her professional experience includes working as the Executive Director at the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization (KOCO) for over ten years.[1]

Campaign themes

2014

Travis' campaign website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]

  • Creating Jobs and Growing the Economy for Everyone
    • Excerpt: "Expand the Small Business Job Creation Tax Credit to reward the small business-owners who hire, train, and invest in workers from the neighborhoods hit hardest by unemployment."
    • Excerpt: "Tighten the use of TIF funds to support job creation by small local businesses in the neighborhoods hit hardest by blight and unemployment."
    • Excerpt: "Raise the minimum wage to put all Illinois workers on a path to prosperity."
    • Excerpt: "Fully fund Public Act 1225 (the Community Youth Investment Act) to stimulate the economy, develop a 21st century workforce, and stabilize our communities."
    • Excerpt: "Bring greater oversight and capacity-building to government contracting processes, ensuring that public works provide equal opportunity investment to minority-owned businesses, particularly small businesses that generate good jobs in high-unemployment neighborhoods."
  • Supporting Excellent Neighborhood Public Schools
    • Excerpt: "As state representative, Jay will continue to fight for all children, regardless of race or economic status, to have access to a world-class education in their own neighborhood. Charters and closings do not bring us closer to this goal. Instead, we need sustainable school transformation. First and foremost, Jay will champion a just school funding formula so that all schools can pay for the well-rounded curriculum, experienced teachers, and wraparound supports that our children deserve. Jay is also the only candidate in this race who has consistently championed an elected, representative school board for every district in Illinois. School boards use taxpayer money and they should be held accountable for the policies they set. And lastly, she will be a voice for reason, oversight, and research when it comes to school reform strategies, working proactively to prevent the misappropriation of taxpayer dollars towards unproven, corrupt charter school operators and to instead invest in sustainable school transformation."
  • Investing in Safe Streets and Strong Communities
    • Excerpt: "Jay is a proponent of comprehensive solutions to the violence that affects our neighborhoods and communities, and she believes in making communities safer and more stable from the ground up."
    • Excerpt: "To address the root causes of community violence, Jay will continue to champion funding for youth development and employment, particularly in the summer, when violent crime spikes."
    • Excerpt: "Jay will also push for reforms to the criminal justice system to ensure that when ex-offenders return to our communities, they receive job training and support to change their life path."
    • Excerpt: "Jay also supports the expansion of Restorative Justice as a strategy to build greater community safety and stability."
  • Reforming our Pensions Humanely and Responsibly
    • Excerpt: "Jay believes that the pension reform bill that passed this spring broke a promise to elderly retirees and public sector workers. Elderly retirees have earned their retirement security by working hard, paying into the system, setting down roots in our communities, and forgoing Social Security. Stable public sector professions, like teaching and nursing, are a crucial pathway to the middle class for communities across Illinois, and particularly for low-income people of color. She is the only candidate in this race who supports efforts to overturn this flawed pension reform bill, and to replace it with a solution that generates the revenue needed to restore the state’s financial health and provide our seniors with the retirement security that they have worked for all their lives. Jay will support pension reform for the City of Chicago to ensure that the city fully funds its pension obligations."

Elections

2016

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Illinois House of Representatives were held in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was November 30, 2015.[3]

Incumbent Christian Mitchell ran unopposed in the Illinois House of Representatives District 26 general election.[4][5]

Illinois House of Representatives, District 26 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Christian Mitchell Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections

Incumbent Christian Mitchell defeated Jhatayn "Jay" Travis in the Illinois House of Representatives District 26 Democratic primary.[6][7]

Illinois House of Representatives, District 26 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Christian Mitchell Incumbent 56.19% 14,735
     Democratic Jhatayn "Jay" Travis 43.81% 11,489
Total Votes 26,224


2014

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Illinois House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 18, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was December 2, 2013. Incumbent Christian Mitchell defeated Jhatayn "Jay" Travis in the Democratic primary, while Jacob "Coby" Hakalir ran unopposed in the Republican primary. Mitchell then defeated Hakalir in the general election.[8][9][10][11]

Illinois House of Representatives District 26, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngChristian L. Mitchell Incumbent 83.5% 25,715
     Republican Jacob "Coby" Hakalir 16.5% 5,083
Total Votes 30,798


Illinois House of Representatives, District 26 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngChristian Mitchell Incumbent 53% 4,949
Jhatayn "Jay" Travis 47% 4,393
Total Votes 9,342

Endorsements

2014

In 2014, Travis' endorsements included the following:[12]

  • AFSCME 31
  • Citizen Action of Illinois
  • Chicago Teachers Union
  • Illinois Education Association
  • Illinois Federation of Teachers
  • Northside Democracy for America

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Jhatayn + Travis + Illinois + House"

Jhatayn Travis News Feed

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Official campaign website, "About Jay," accessed February 14, 2014
  2. ↑ Official campaign website, "Vision," accessed February 14, 2014
  3. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Election and Campaign Finance Calendar," accessed November 30, 2015
  4. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate list: General Election - 11/8/2016," accessed August 8, 2016
  5. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Election results, General election 2016," accessed December 15, 2016
  6. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed January 3, 2016
  7. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Election Results: GENERAL PRIMARY - 3/15/2016," accessed August 8, 2016
  8. ↑ Illinois Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed March 18, 2014
  9. ↑ Illinois Board of Elections, "General Primary Election Official Canvass," April 18, 2014
  10. ↑ Illinois Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed March 18, 2014
  11. ↑ The Chicago Tribune, "Results List (Unofficial)," accessed November 5, 2014
  12. ↑ Official campaign website, "Endorsements," accessed February 14, 2014


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