For Illinois House District 53 · The smarter choice for Illinois
If you feel ignored by the one-party rule in Springfield, if you're worried about the future of Illinois for you and your children, if you want reason and common sense to return to Springfield — I'm running for you.
Elizabeth Bauer is a 29-year resident of House District 53. Her three children attended Rolling Meadows High School, and Elizabeth and her husband Martin have been deeply involved in the community through a variety of volunteering, primarily through their local church.
“I want to make a real difference, with real reform rather than just partisan posturing.”
By profession, she is an actuary, having worked in pension consulting and more recently in the healthcare sector. In addition to her undergraduate and graduate degrees in history, she recently earned a Master's in Applied Economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has had a lifetime interest in public policy and has written extensively about retirement issues as a senior contributor at Forbes. She has also written on a variety of topics at her personal "Jane the Actuary" website and blog, as an occasional op-ed contributor at the Chicago Tribune, and elsewhere, and she is particularly knowledgeable about the fiscal challenges facing Illinois, including the state of the public sector pensions and their serious underfunding problems.
Where Elizabeth StandsIllinois has significant financial problems, and it's time to stop digging and right the ship.
Throwing money at problems is not the solution. In fact, overspending is one of Illinois' biggest problems. Elizabeth will push for fiscal responsibility and accountability at every level of government, and an honest reckoning with the state's pension debt and property-tax burden.
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Elizabeth's goal is organic job growth and prosperity, including even-handed and fair tax and regulation policies and quality of life that attracts businesses and enables them to thrive, rather than shelling out subsidies to a few favored businesses while leaving the rest of us out in the cold.
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Elizabeth will promote restoring public trust, public safety, rule of law and fairness for all — reforming the lawmaking process to be fair and open, enforcing the law consistently, and removing politics from education.
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Elizabeth supports restoring fairness and privacy for girls and women in sports and locker rooms, as part of a broader push to return reason and common sense to Springfield.
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State House District 53 encompasses most of Rolling Meadows, the southern third of Arlington Heights, part of Mount Prospect, and corners of Des Plaines, Palatine, and Schaumburg.
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Come hear Elizabeth in person. To invite her to your group or neighborhood, email [email protected].
Elizabeth and Rep. Nicolle Grasse answer questions at a nonpartisan forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of Arlington Heights-Mount Prospect-Buffalo Grove Area and the Arlington Heights Memorial Library. Registration is recommended for seating.
Register for the forumAny campaign needs a lot of help. Here's how you can help elect Elizabeth.
Yard sign placement, hosting a meet and greet, knocking on doors, getting out palm cards and doorhangers, making phone calls, organizing fundraisers or speaking events, or reaching out to potential donors — every bit of help matters in District 53.
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