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Candidates › IL-01 race › 2025–2026
Christian Maxwell
R Republican nominee for U.S. House, IL-01
Has not served in Congress
- On the ballot
- On the general election ballotNov 3, 2026 · Illinois US House 1
- Where to vote
- Find your polling place (opens in a new tab) · More ways to vote
- Top priorities
- What I Stand For.
- Resident-first. Results-based. Federally accountable.
- Every Position. Every Issue.
- Real Solutions for Immigration. No Fear. No Lies.
- Public Safety First
- Money
- $94.7K raised, $39.1K spent, $62.2K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
- Who gives
- 35% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 51% from Illinois · largest committee giver MONEY GAME POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, $11
- Backed by
- Jeffrey Brown · Denise · Dentist Draper and 11 more. As the campaign lists them
11 priorities from christianmaxwellforcongress.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
Strong law enforcement support, community-based prevention, and accountability that protects every family.
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I support safer communities, stronger policing, and real accountability.
Families deserve to feel safe at home, at school, on public transportation, and in business corridors.
My Focus
- ◆Support law enforcement
- ◆Protect victims and witnesses
- ◆Crack down on repeat violent offenders
- ◆Demand measurable results from violence-prevention programs
Congressional Approach ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
I will support federal public-safety grants that strengthen policing, technology, victim protection, witness support, and community safety—but I will oppose blank checks for programs that cannot prove results.
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Tax relief, job creation, and IL-01 Economic Revitalization Zones — 5,000 new jobs by 2028.
- Small business tax relief
- IL-01 Revitalization Zones
- 5,000 new jobs by 2028
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Empowering parents with school choice and closing achievement gaps without abandoning public schools.
- School choice & vouchers
- Close achievement gaps
- Support public school teachers
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Maternal care, childcare support, and affordable healthcare for every family in District 1.
- Maternal & infant care
- Childcare access
- Affordable healthcare
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I begin with the lived problem, identify where government failed, define the proper federal role, and build solutions that protect families, respect local authority, track public dollars, and measure outcomes.
Introduce & support legislation
Conduct oversight through hearings, letters & investigations
Condition federal funding on transparency & results
Request audits from inspectors general & agencies
Push federal agencies to enforce existing law
Use appropriations to direct funding to resident needs
Expose waste, fraud, abuse & failed programs
Build coalitions around practical reforms
My Standard ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
Listen locally. Act federally. Track the money. Measure the results. Put families first.
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I support accountability and intervention.
Young people need opportunity, structure, mentorship, and safe spaces, but communities cannot be held hostage by chaos, violence, or organized disruption.
My Focus
- ◆Coordinated law enforcement response
- ◆Parental accountability
- ◆Youth intervention
- ◆Safe recreation spaces
- ◆Stronger consequences for adults exploiting minors
Congressional Approach ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
I will push for federal youth-safety funding to require measurable outcomes, coordination between agencies, and accountability for repeat violence or adult-led criminal exploitation of minors.
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I support students first, parents heard, and schools held accountable.
Every child deserves a safe classroom, strong literacy instruction, and a real chance to succeed.
My Focus
- ◆Literacy
- ◆School transparency
- ◆Parental rights
- ◆Safe classrooms
- ◆Accountability for failing schools
Congressional Approach ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
I will use federal education funding conditions, oversight letters, hearings, and reporting requirements to demand transparency on literacy, school safety, student outcomes, and how federal dollars are being used.
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I believe parents are the primary decision-makers for their children.
Schools should educate children, not hide major decisions from families.
My Focus
- ◆Curriculum transparency
- ◆Parental notification
- ◆Consent protections
- ◆Respect for family values
Congressional Approach ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
I will support federal parental-rights legislation that ties federal education funding to transparency, notice, and consent standards while preserving local control over schools.
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I support a responsible road to freedom for borrowers trapped by student debt.
Millennials who made responsible payments should see their balances decrease, not grow forever because of interest.
My Focus
- ◆After 12 consecutive payments, erase unpaid interest
- ◆Credit part of interest paid toward principal
- ◆Stop balance growth
- ◆Create a stronger path to homeownership
Congressional Approach ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
I will pursue legislation reforming federal student-loan repayment, interest treatment, mortgage underwriting rules, servicer accountability, and college responsibility for poor outcomes.
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I believe Illinois students should come first at Illinois colleges.
Public and federally supported colleges should prove they are serving resident students before subsidizing temporary foreign enrollment or bloated administration.
My Focus
- ◆Resident affordability
- ◆Tuition transparency
- ◆Student outcome reporting
- ◆Accountability for colleges that leave students with unaffordable debt
Congressional Approach ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
I will use federal higher-education funding, reporting requirements, audits, and grant conditions to require colleges to disclose tuition growth, resident access, student debt outcomes, and use of taxpayer-supported resources.
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I support policies that help families build stability and wealth through ownership.
Government should not make it harder for working families to buy homes, stay in their neighborhoods, or build equity.
My Focus
- ◆Property-tax pressure relief
- ◆Student debt-to-homeownership pathways
- ◆Anti-displacement policy
- ◆Support for first-time buyers
Congressional Approach ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
I will pursue reforms through HUD, FHA, federal mortgage programs, tax policy, and federal housing grants to help responsible borrowers and working families access homeownership.
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I believe residents need results, not excuses.
Flooding and sewer backups have damaged homes while federal and local dollars often fail to reach the blocks that need them most.
My Focus
- ◆Block-level flood accountability
- ◆Public dashboards
- ◆Direct household mitigation support
- ◆Audits of federal infrastructure spending
Congressional Approach ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
I will use congressional oversight, HUD/FEMA grant conditions, inspector general audits, appropriations requests, and public reporting requirements to track flood dollars from Washington to the block level.
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I support tax relief for working families, homeowners, and small businesses.
Families are being squeezed by inflation, property taxes, utility costs, and government waste.
My Focus
- ◆Lower tax burdens
- ◆Spending accountability
- ◆Property-owner relief
- ◆Policies that help families keep more of what they earn
Congressional Approach ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
I will support federal tax reforms that reduce pressure on working families, oppose wasteful spending, and push for stronger accountability before Congress creates or expands expensive programs.
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I support rebuilding commercial corridors and helping local entrepreneurs grow.
Small businesses need safety, access to capital, fair contracting opportunities, and less red tape.
My Focus
- ◆Corridor revitalization
- ◆Small-business safety
- ◆Federal contracting access
- ◆Workforce-to-ownership pathways
- ◆Entrepreneurship support
Congressional Approach ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
I will use federal small-business programs, SBA oversight, procurement reform, tax incentives, and community-development funding to help local businesses compete, grow, and hire.
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I believe federal dollars should be tracked from appropriation to impact.
Taxpayers deserve to know where the money went, who received it, and whether it solved the problem.
My Focus
- ◆Public dashboards
- ◆Audits
- ◆Contractor disclosure
- ◆Nonprofit transparency
- ◆No blank checks for programs that fail to deliver
Congressional Approach ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
I will use hearings, subpoenas where appropriate, oversight letters, inspector general referrals, appropriations conditions, and legislation requiring public dashboards and outcome reporting.
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I support patient-centered women's healthcare through every stage of life.
Women deserve more choices, better information, and healthcare that respects them beyond abortion politics.
My Focus
- ◆C-section transparency
- ◆Gestational diabetes prevention
- ◆Birth-center and midwifery coverage
- ◆Patient-centered insurance reform
- ◆Menopause care & hormone therapy access
Congressional Approach ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
I will use federal healthcare oversight, insurance transparency standards, Medicaid/Medicare policy, research funding, and patient-protection legislation to expand options without federalizing private care.
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I support healthcare that centers patients, not bureaucracy.
Patients should have more transparency, better access, and more control over their care.
My Focus
- ◆Medicaid integrity
- ◆Fraud reduction
- ◆Hospital accountability
- ◆Maternal health outcomes
- ◆Protection for seniors and vulnerable patients
Congressional Approach ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
I will support healthcare transparency laws, Medicaid program-integrity reforms, hospital accountability standards, and oversight of federal healthcare spending to protect patients and taxpayers.
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I support legal immigration and strong enforcement of the law.
America should welcome those who follow the law, while protecting citizens, taxpayers, and public resources.
My Focus
- ◆Border security
- ◆Benefit integrity
- ◆Enforcement against criminal offenders
- ◆Accountability for institutions that misuse taxpayer-supported resources
Congressional Approach ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
I will support legislation and oversight that strengthens immigration enforcement, improves benefit verification, protects public resources, and ensures federal agencies follow the law.
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I oppose foreign-government influence in American classrooms.
No foreign government, political party, or state-controlled entity should shape what American students are taught.
My Focus
- ◆Disclosure of foreign funding
- ◆Accountability for foreign-sponsored programs
- ◆H-1B sponsor transparency
- ◆Curriculum sponsorship disclosure
- ◆Protection from political coercion
Congressional Approach ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
I will build on federal foreign-funding disclosure laws by requiring stronger reporting, audits, curriculum sponsorship transparency, and consequences for institutions that conceal foreign-government influence.
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I support veterans, service members, and military families.
Those who served should not have to fight bureaucracy to access benefits, jobs, housing, or healthcare.
My Focus
- ◆VA accountability
- ◆Veteran job pathways
- ◆Military spouse support
- ◆Homelessness prevention
- ◆Better service access
Congressional Approach ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
I will use VA oversight, constituent casework, federal workforce programs, housing grants, and veterans' legislation to improve access, reduce delays, and hold agencies accountable.
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I believe strong families build strong communities.
Policy should protect life, respect faith, support parents, and strengthen the family unit.
My Focus
- ◆Pro-life and pro-mother support
- ◆Parental rights
- ◆Family stability
- ◆Faith-based community partnerships
- ◆Policies that help families thrive
Congressional Approach ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
I will support legislation that protects conscience rights, ensures faith-based organizations can compete fairly for federal partnerships, and directs support toward mothers, children, and family stability.
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I support the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
Law-abiding citizens should not lose their rights because government failed to enforce existing laws against criminals.
My Focus
- ◆Protect lawful gun ownership
- ◆Enforce laws against violent offenders
- ◆Reject policies that punish responsible citizens
Congressional Approach ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
I will oppose federal gun-control measures that target law-abiding citizens and support enforcement-focused policies aimed at criminals, traffickers, and repeat violent offenders.
My Promise ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/Issues at this heading)
I will not treat policy as a press release or a talking point.
I will use the office of Congress to ask hard questions, follow the money, expose failure, protect families, and deliver practical solutions that make government prove results.
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My Immigration Stance ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/ImmigrationStance at this heading)
For too long, Chicago has suffered from weak leadership that ignores the consequences of open borders. IL-01 deserves honesty, safety, and a representative who puts residents first—not special interests or political games.
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Ending organized exploitation and human trafficking that endangers our neighborhoods.
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Women and children deserve safety, not to be used as political pawns or trafficking victims.
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Restoring respect for Law enforcement, rebuilding trust and delivering on the promises made to the American people.
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Honoring those who follow the rules while securing our border and enforcing our laws.
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Federal dollars should serve the people of IL-01—our families, schools, and infrastructure. Not endless bureaucracy.
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I believe in protecting our borders and enforcing the law— not as cruelty, but as responsibility to American families and legal immigrants who played by the rules.
I believe compassion without order is chaos. We can be humane and firm. We can welcome legal immigrants and secure our communities. These aren't contradictions.
I believe Chicago's South Side and South Suburbs deserve a representative who tells the truth about crime, trafficking, and the impact of failed immigration policy—even when it's uncomfortable.
I believe we can rebuild trust in government by enforcing laws equally, investing in our communities, and putting residents first—every single time.
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Christian Maxwell's comprehensive plan to free 43 million Americans from the crushing weight of student loan debt — and prevent the next generation from falling into the same trap.
Cut Payments to 5% of Income ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/StudentLoanPolicy at this heading)
Cap monthly payments at 5% of discretionary income (down from 10%), and forgive remaining balances after 20 years of payments. No one should choose between their loan and groceries.
Payments would drop by half for most borrowers.
Forgive Loans Held 20+ Years ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/StudentLoanPolicy at this heading)
If you have been paying off student loans for over 20 years, your debt is forgiven — period. These borrowers have already paid back what they borrowed and then some.
2.6 million Americans are still paying loans from the 1990s.
12 On-Time Payments, Interest Erased ↗ (opens christianmaxwellforcongress.com/StudentLoanPolicy at this heading)
Make 12 consecutive on-time payments and the interest accrued that year is erased. Part of the interest you paid is credited back to your principal, so your balance stops growing and actually starts dropping.
Your balance finally moves in the right direction.
It's time to reform the system that created this crisis.
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