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Miguel Alvelo-Rivera

Democratic · Illinois · 2026

Running for Illinois House District 40, Illinois

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Affordable housing, including ending algorithmic rent pricing and lifting the state's rent control ban
  • Raising the minimum wage and expanding worker protections
  • Strengthening Illinois' sanctuary policies for immigrants
Biography

Miguel Alvelo-Rivera is executive director of the Latino Union of Chicago, an organization supporting laborers, and has previously worked as an educator and community organizer on immigrant rights and environmental issues, per the campaign site.

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