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Candidates › IL-04 race › 2025–2026
Chris Getty
I Independent nominee for U.S. House, IL-04
Has not served in Congress
- On the ballot
- On the general election ballotNov 3, 2026 · Illinois US House 4
- Where to vote
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- Top priorities
- Cost of Living
- Immigration
- Healthcare
- Education
- Public Safety
- Money
- $412.8K raised, $309.7K spent, $103.2K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
- Who gives
- 5.8% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 93% from Illinois
- Polling
- 9% in the latest poll (The Bullfinch Group). The polls
10 priorities from chrisgettyforcongress.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.
The cost of housing, groceries, healthcare, and everyday necessities continues to rise while Washington argues instead of solving our problems. Meanwhile, working families are left paying the price. I'm running as an Independent because I believe it's time to stop worrying about which party gets the credit and start focusing on lowering costs for the people we represent.
My Priorities:
- Increase the supply of affordable housing by reducing barriers that delay new housing construction and encouraging local development.
- Lower healthcare costs by increasing price transparency, expanding coverage, and reducing prescription drug costs.
- Protect family budgets by opposing policies/tariffs that unnecessarily increase the cost of groceries, energy, and other everyday essentials.
- Strengthen competition so consumers have more choices and businesses compete on price and quality.
- Reduce wasteful federal spending because inflation and rising debt make life more expensive for working families.
- Support small businesses by reducing regulations and creating an environment where businesses can thrive and keep prices competitive.
Families don't care which party wins the argument. They care whether they can afford to fill their grocery cart.
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Immigration has become one of the clearest examples of Washington failing to do its job. Republicans promise enforcement. Democrats promise reform. Yet Congress has failed to deliver either. I believe America can have a secure border while remaining a nation that welcomes immigrants who come here to work hard, raise a family, and build a better life. Immigrants have helped build our communities, our businesses, and our economy for generations. We should honor those contributions while maintaining a secure border and enforcing our laws fairly. Immigration enforcement should focus on protecting public safety, respect due process, and treat people with dignity. Congress should stop forcing presidents and federal agencies to govern through executive action and pass lasting immigration reform.
My Priorities:
- Secure our border using the right combination of personnel, technology, and physical infrastructure where it makes sense.
- Modernize legal immigration so families are not waiting years for decisions.
- Protect Dreamers by passing permanent legislation instead of temporary executive actions.
- Create an earned legal status process for long-term undocumented immigrants who meet the requirements established by law.
- Prioritize dangerous criminals by focusing immigration enforcement on violent offenders, human traffickers, and national security threats.
- Pass permanent immigration reform through Congress instead of relying on executive orders that change with every administration.
Immigration enforcement should make our communities safer, not make law-abiding families afraid to live their daily lives.
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I believe every American should have access to affordable, quality healthcare. That doesn't mean choosing between two extremes. It means focusing on practical solutions that make healthcare easier to afford, easier to access, and better for patients.
My Priorities:
- Lower prescription drug costs by increasing competition and improving price transparency.
- Expand affordable coverage options so more Americans can access quality healthcare.
- Protect people with pre-existing conditions and preserve access to care.
- Increase price transparency so patients know what care will cost before receiving it.
- Strengthen mental healthcare by expanding access and reducing barriers to treatment.
- Reduce unnecessary bureaucracy that drives up healthcare costs without improving patient care.
No one should have to choose between getting the care they need and paying their bills.
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Every parent wants the same thing: a great education that prepares their child for a successful future. Instead of turning education into another political fight, we should focus on what actually helps students learn, grow, and succeed. I believe in strong public schools, supporting teachers, expanding career and technical education, and giving every child the opportunity to reach their full potential. Every education policy should be measured by one simple question: Does it create more opportunity for our kids?
My Priorities:
- Strengthen public schools by supporting students, teachers, and staff.
- Expand career and technical education so students have multiple pathways to successful careers.
- Increase apprenticeship opportunities that connect education with good-paying jobs.
- Evaluate school choice programs based on whether they improve opportunities for ALL students.
- Protect underserved communities by ensuring education reforms don't leave struggling schools further behind.
Every child deserves the opportunity to build a better future, no matter where they grow up.
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People deserve to feel safe where they live, work, and raise their families.
I support law enforcement officers and the difficult work they do every day. I also believe public trust matters. That includes how we use new technology.
Tools like automated license plate readers and Flock cameras can help officers solve crimes, apprehend dangerous people, recover stolen vehicles, and locate missing people. But powerful technology requires strong safeguards. These systems should only be used for legitimate law enforcement investigations. Access should be monitored, searches should be reviewable, and anyone who abuses the system should face serious consequences, including termination when appropriate.
My Priorities:
- Support law enforcement with the training, resources, and technology needed to prevent crime and apprehend dangerous offenders.
- Keep guns away from dangerous people through effective background checks and strong enforcement of laws targeting violent criminals and illegal gun trafficking.
- Combat fentanyl and illegal drug trafficking by targeting the criminal organizations responsible for bringing deadly drugs into our communities.
- Expand access to mental healthcare so law enforcement is not the only option when someone is experiencing a mental health crisis.
- Use public safety technology responsibly by allowing tools like Flock cameras to help solve crimes while requiring clear rules governing when and how they can be used.
- Protect privacy and prevent abuse by requiring access to law enforcement technology to be auditable and holding anyone who misuses it accountable.
You should not have to choose between feeling safe and protecting your privacy.
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The biggest problem in Washington is that our political system rewards fighting more than solving problems. Too many elected officials spend their time protecting their political party instead of representing the people who sent them to Congress. That's why I'm running as an Independent. I won't join either party's caucus because my job is to represent the people of our district, not party leaders in Washington.
My Priorities:
- Remain independent by refusing to join either the Republican or Democratic caucus.
- Support congressional term limits to prevent too much power from becoming concentrated in the hands of the same people for decades.
- Ban congressional stock trading so elected officials never profit from information unavailable to the public.
- Reduce wasteful spending by improving accountability and eliminating programs that don't deliver results.
- Increase transparency so taxpayers can see how their government is spending their money.
- Modernize government by making federal agencies more efficient and responsive.
- Restore Congress's responsibility to solve problems through legislation instead of relying on executive orders.
The people should always come before politics.
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Americans spend their entire working lives paying into Social Security with the expectation that it will be there when they retire. Washington has known for years that Social Security faces long-term financial challenges, but politicians continue putting off the difficult decisions. We need to protect the benefits Americans have earned while working across party lines on a long-term solution that preserves Social Security for our children and grandchildren.
My Priorities:
- Protect earned benefits for current retirees and Americans approaching retirement.
- Preserve Social Security for future generations by addressing its long-term finances before Washington is forced into a crisis.
- Protect annual cost-of-living adjustments so retirement benefits can keep pace with rising living expenses.
- Keep Social Security guaranteed rather than replacing its foundation with private investment accounts subject to market risk.
- Build a bipartisan long-term solution that gives younger Americans time to plan for any future changes.
- Stop kicking the problem down the road and require Congress to address Social Security's future before the choices become more difficult.
If you've spent a lifetime paying into Social Security, Washington should keep its promise to you.
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Few decisions are more personal than those involving pregnancy, reproductive healthcare, and starting a family. Yet both parties have spent years turning deeply personal decisions into political weapons. I believe abortion should remain legal, and I oppose a nationwide abortion ban. I also believe we should work to reduce unintended pregnancies, improve maternal healthcare, support women and families, and make contraception and fertility treatments more accessible. This issue deserves more compassion and less politics.
My Priorities:
- Oppose a nationwide abortion ban and protect access to reproductive healthcare.
- Protect access to contraception so women and families can make their own decisions about family planning.
- Protect access to IVF for families struggling to have children.
- Improve maternal healthcare so mothers have access to quality care before, during, and after pregnancy.
- Reduce unintended pregnancies through access to contraception, education, and support for expecting mothers.
- Strengthen adoption services and resources for women who choose to carry a pregnancy to term.
These decisions deserve compassion, respect, and room for families to make deeply personal choices without Washington controlling every part of their lives.
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I do not believe families should be forced to choose between protecting the environment and being able to afford their electricity bill. America needs an all-of-the-above energy strategy. That means nuclear energy, natural gas, oil, wind, solar, hydroelectric power, and new technologies all have a role when they can provide reliable, affordable energy responsibly.
My Priorities:
- Keep energy affordable and reliable so families and businesses aren't forced to absorb unnecessary increases in their utility bills.
- Expand American energy production through a balanced mix of traditional, renewable, and emerging energy sources.
- Continue responsible domestic oil and natural gas production while maintaining strong environmental standards and investing in cleaner alternatives.
- Support renewable and emerging technologies when they can deliver reliable energy, reduce emissions, and provide measurable benefits to taxpayers.
- Strengthen American energy independence by producing more of the energy, technology, and critical components we need here at home.
- Create American jobs by making the United States a leader in energy innovation, manufacturing, and infrastructure.
America shouldn't have to choose between a strong economy, affordable energy, and a healthy environment. We should build a future that delivers all three.
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Artificial intelligence will transform our economy, and America should lead that transformation. But innovation can't come at the expense of workers, privacy, national security, or the communities being asked to support the infrastructure behind it. The same is true for data centers. They can create jobs, investment, and economic opportunity, but communities deserve a voice in where they're built, and families shouldn't be forced to subsidize the enormous energy and infrastructure demands of some of the world's largest technology companies.
My Priorities:
- Keep America at the forefront of AI by supporting innovation, research, and American technology companies while establishing practical safeguards against misuse.
- Prepare workers for a changing economy by expanding apprenticeships, career education, community college partnerships, and workforce retraining.
- Protect Americans' data and privacy by establishing stronger rules for how personal information can be collected, stored, and used.
- Protect national security by strengthening cybersecurity and preventing hostile foreign governments from exploiting American technology and data.
- Give communities a voice on data centers so local residents and governments have a meaningful role in deciding where and how these facilities are built.
- Protect utility customers by requiring large technology companies to pay an appropriate share of the energy and infrastructure costs created by their facilities.
- Demand environmental responsibility by addressing the electricity, water, infrastructure, and environmental impacts of large data centers.
- Tie public incentives to public benefits so tax incentives produce measurable job creation, economic investment, and benefits for the communities providing them.
- Support good-paying American jobs and ensure workers, including organized labor, have a voice as this new infrastructure is built.
Technology should move America forward, but the people and communities powering that progress should move forward with it.
Artificial intelligence will transform our economy, and America should lead that transformation. But innovation can't come at the expense of workers, privacy, national security, or the communities being asked to support the infrastructure behind it. The same is true for data centers. They can create jobs, investment, and economic opportunity, but communities deserve a voice in where they're built, and families shouldn't be forced to subsidize the enormous energy and infrastructure demands of some of the world's largest technology companies.
My Priorities:
- Keep America at the forefront of AI by supporting innovation, research, and American technology companies while establishing practical safeguards against misuse.
- Prepare workers for a changing economy by expanding apprenticeships, career education, community college partnerships, and workforce retraining.
- Protect Americans' data and privacy by establishing stronger rules for how personal information can be collected, stored, and used.
- Protect national security by strengthening cybersecurity and preventing hostile foreign governments from exploiting American technology and data.
- Give communities a voice on data centers so local residents and governments have a meaningful role in deciding where and how these facilities are built.
- Protect utility customers by requiring large technology companies to pay an appropriate share of the energy and infrastructure costs created by their facilities.
- Demand environmental responsibility by addressing the electricity, water, infrastructure, and environmental impacts of large data centers.
- Tie public incentives to public benefits so tax incentives produce measurable job creation, economic investment, and benefits for the communities providing them.
- Support good-paying American jobs and ensure workers, including organized labor, have a voice as this new infrastructure is built.
Technology should move America forward, but the people and communities powering that progress should move forward with it.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · chrisgettyforcongress.com/platform