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Karen Battaglia

Democratic · Illinois · 2026

Running for Illinois Senate District 32, Illinois

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Expand mental health resources
  • Support labor and worker protections
  • Keep medical decisions between patients and providers
Biography

Karen Battaglia is a trauma nurse and president of the Illinois Emergency Nurses Association who works as a trauma program coordinator at Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital, per her campaign site. She has volunteered as a firefighter and prehospital nurse for 15 years, per the same source.

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