GOP quick to criticize Londrigan after campaign kickoff
"It's long past time we had someone representing this community who has our best interests at heart," Londrigan said at state
Davis was criticized by opponents in the 2018 election cycle for not having open, in-person town hall meetings, but Davis said he regularly meets with many constituents.
Londrigan told
Meanwhile,
Londrigan, speaking to reporters after her announcement and after being told of the state
"I am a central Illinois Midwestern Democrat," Londrigan also said. "It means that we're going to continue to talk about jobs, and we're going to talk about infrastructure. We're going to continue talking about protecting our health care, because that's what people talk to me about, and that's where I stand, is with the people in the
In an interview Wednesday, Londrigan said she's not for any health plan that would take away employer-provided health care. As for the Green New Deal, she said, "I'm a pretty pragmatic person. I want to see what things are going to cost. Clearly, climate change is an issue. I like the conversations that have been happening. ... But in terms of what I would support, I want to look at actual legislation with costs attached, with economic impact benefits."
On abortion, she said as she entered her last race for
Like her 2018 race, Londrigan said health care will be a key issue this time around. She discussed illness that landed her son Jack in intensive care years ago. Jack, now 22 and soon to graduate college, was among family members on hand at the announcement Thursday.
"I ran last year to protect all families like mine whose access to good care and insurance were the only things standing between them and financial ruin, or God forbid, the loss of a loved one because of an illness or a medical emergency," Londrigan said. "And I'm running for
She noted that earlier this month, Davis voted with most
The administration, in a legal filing in late March, said it backed full invalidation of the Affordable Care Act -- also known as Obamacare.
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She said the vote supports "taking away protections for the millions of Illinoisans with pre-existing conditions," and helping "explode the cost of insurance. ..."
Davis has said Obamacare has yielded insurance too expensive for many people to buy, and he would always protect coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.
Davis also voted for tax reform that he said helped families across the district. At her announcement Londrigan said that Davis vote was "in support of tax cuts for the rich that we know was nothing more than a massive giveaway to corporations and super-rich people -- paid for on the backs of middle class families. And as
"Enough," she said. "We expect better and we are going to elect better."
Phelps said, for example, that Londrigan had been for "Medicaid for all," which was used in ads against Londrigan last election cycle, but Londrigan said characterizations of the costs of what she wanted to do were untrue.
Londrigan did say last campaign that "there are good options, such as Medicare X and Medicaid-for-All being discussed, but we have to get the right representation in
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