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Ajay Gupta

Republican · Illinois · 2026

Running for Illinois House District 41, Illinois

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Capping state spending growth to inflation and population growth
  • Structural pension reform, including shifting teacher pension costs to the state
  • Improving Illinois' tax competitiveness to slow outmigration
Biography

Ajay Gupta is the Republican candidate for Illinois House District 41 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the State Board of Elections' certified candidate list. Gupta is a tax attorney and financial economist who has practiced law for more than two decades, including a stint as a federal prosecutor, per his campaign site. He holds a law degree from Harvard with a tax specialization from NYU, plus graduate degrees in finance from Yale and economics from Stanford, and has taught at Chicago-area law schools for a decade. He is a Naperville resident challenging incumbent Rep. Janet Yang Rohr.

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