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Elizabeth Bauer

Republican · Illinois · 2026

Running for Illinois House District 53, Illinois

Top priorities

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  • Fiscal responsibility and accountability
  • Organic job growth through fair tax and regulatory policy
  • Restoring public trust and public safety
Biography

Bauer is an actuary who has worked in pension consulting and more recently in healthcare, and she holds a master's degree in applied economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago, per the campaign site. She has written on retirement and fiscal policy as a senior writer at Forbes and on her own blog, with occasional op-eds in the Chicago Tribune, per the campaign site. She has lived in House District 53 for 29 years, per the campaign site.

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