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Mary Edly-Allen

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Mary Edly-Allen
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Illinois State Senate District 31
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Illinois House of Representatives District 51
Successor: Chris Bos

Compensation

Base salary

$89,250/year

Per diem

$166/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Associate

Middlesex Community College

Bachelor's

Northern Illinois University, 1993

Graduate

National Louis University, 2017

Personal
Profession
Educator
Contact

Mary Edly-Allen (Democratic Party) is a member of the Illinois State Senate, representing District 31. She assumed office on January 11, 2023. Her current term ends on January 10, 2029.

Edly-Allen (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Illinois State Senate to represent District 31. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Mary Edly-Allen earned an associate degree from Middlesex College, a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Northeastern Illinois University in 1993, and a master's degree in curriculum and instruction from National Louis University in 2017. Edly-Allen's career experience includes working as the assistant director of adult education with Mundelein High School District 120 and an ESOL teacher with the Community Consolidated School District 46. She co-founded Foundation 46 and served on the board of Science Olympiad, Inc., as the president of the Prairie View Grade School PTO, and as the co-chair of the Yes For Our Kids Referendum Committee of CCSD 46.[1][2]

Committee assignments

2019-2020

Edly-Allen was assigned to the following committees:


The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Illinois State Senate District 31

Incumbent Mary Edly-Allen defeated Ashley Jensen in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 31 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Edly-Allen
Mary Edly-Allen (D)
 
58.2
 
52,654
Image of Ashley Jensen
Ashley Jensen (R) Candidate Connection
 
41.8
 
37,880

Total votes: 90,534
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 31

Incumbent Mary Edly-Allen advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 31 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Edly-Allen
Mary Edly-Allen
 
100.0
 
8,511

Total votes: 8,511
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Illinois State Senate District 31

Mary Edly-Allen defeated Adam Solano in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 31 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Edly-Allen
Mary Edly-Allen (D) Candidate Connection
 
56.8
 
36,702
Image of Adam Solano
Adam Solano (R)
 
43.2
 
27,934

Total votes: 64,636
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 31

Mary Edly-Allen defeated Sam Yingling in the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 31 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Edly-Allen
Mary Edly-Allen Candidate Connection
 
55.1
 
8,422
Image of Sam Yingling
Sam Yingling
 
44.9
 
6,858

Total votes: 15,280
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 31

Adam Solano advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 31 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Adam Solano
Adam Solano
 
100.0
 
10,825

Total votes: 10,825
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2020

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 51

Chris Bos defeated incumbent Mary Edly-Allen in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 51 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Bos
Chris Bos (R) Candidate Connection
 
50.9
 
33,697
Image of Mary Edly-Allen
Mary Edly-Allen (D)
 
49.1
 
32,548

Total votes: 66,245
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 51

Incumbent Mary Edly-Allen advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 51 on March 17, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Edly-Allen
Mary Edly-Allen
 
100.0
 
13,595

Total votes: 13,595
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 51

Chris Bos advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 51 on March 17, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Chris Bos
Chris Bos Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
5,444

Total votes: 5,444
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2018

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 51

Mary Edly-Allen defeated incumbent Helene Walsh in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 51 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Edly-Allen
Mary Edly-Allen (D)
 
50.4
 
25,950
Helene Walsh (R)
 
49.6
 
25,576

Total votes: 51,526
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 51

Incumbent Nick Sauer advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 51 on March 20, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Nick Sauer
Nick Sauer
 
100.0
 
9,003

Total votes: 9,003
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Campaign themes

2024

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2022

Candidate Connection

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Mary Edly-Allen is a single mother of four sons, a teacher, and a community leader. She has lived and taught in our community and has a long history of serving in District 31. Like many of us, Mary raised her family in the area because of the excellent public schools and wonderful quality of life.

With a proven track record of bipartisanship and independence as a state representative, Mary is running for state senate because she has the experience and work ethic needed to get things done.

Mary wants to build a brighter future for all of us by continuing to stand up for our working families, fight for women’s healthcare rights, protect our environment, and support safer communities through common-sense gun legislation.
  • Women's Rights: Mary is 100% pro-choice and believes that women’s rights are human rights. That’s why she led the fight to protect women’s right to choose in Illinois in case Roe v. Wade was ever overturned and made sure that Planned Parenthood had the resources needed to continue serving the community. Mary will stand up against any attempt to weaken women’s reproductive freedoms or take away their access to health care.
  • Gun Violence Prevention: Mary is a teacher and mother who will work to strengthen background checks and red flag laws to make sure people like the Highland Park shooter cannot get their hands on deadly weapons in the first place. She is endorsed by leading gun violence prevention organizations such as Moms Demand Action, G-PAC, Giffords PAC, and Brady PAC.
  • Environment: Mary believes that climate change is one of the largest human-made threats facing our world. Protecting our natural resources, promoting environmental justice, and creating good-paying clean energy jobs are priorities for Mary. When local families raised concerns about hazardous chemicals in our air, Mary took action. She stood with local families and fought to ban the use of these dangerous chemicals, hold corporate polluters accountable for the damage they caused, and demand greater protections for the air we breathe. Mary has passed legislation to improve conservation efforts, received a 100% rating from the Illinois Environmental Council, and is endorsed by the Illinois Sierra Club. She will continue to be
Other areas Mary is passionate about are public safety, education, the economy, mental health, substance abuse, and prison reform.

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2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Mary Edly-Allen campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Illinois State Senate District 31Won general$599,704 $217,341
2022Illinois State Senate District 31Won general$1,313,580 $851,787
2020Illinois House of Representatives District 51Lost general$1,392,912 N/A**
2018Illinois House of Representatives District 51Won general$1,267,085 N/A**
Grand total$4,573,281 $1,069,128
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Terry Hall (D)
Illinois State Senate District 31
2023-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
-
Illinois House of Representatives District 51
2019-2021
Succeeded by
Chris Bos (R)


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