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U.S. House · IL-09 · Democratic candidate · 2026

Daniel Biss

Democratic candidate for Illinois's 9th Congressional District

An Evanston mayor and former mathematics professor focused on worker protections, affordable housing, Medicare for All and climate action.

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DistrictIL-09
OfficeCongress
ElectionNov. 3, 2026

Policy priorities

Where Daniel stands.

Campaign position

Limit Wall Street ownership of homes

  • Supports barring hedge funds from controlling single-family homes and stronger antitrust enforcement against corporate concentration

Campaign position

Raise wages and protect union organizing

  • Supports a $17 federal minimum wage indexed to inflation, the PRO Act and collective-bargaining rights for public-sector workers

Campaign position

Make polluters pay for climate damage

  • Supports a Climate Superfund, ending fossil-fuel subsidies and restoring clean-energy investments to reduce emissions

Campaign position

Ban stock trading by members of Congress

  • Supports banning congressional stock trading and public financing that gives small donors a stronger voice

Campaign position

Provide Medicare for All and affordable housing

  • Supports Medicare for All, more affordable-home construction and limits on algorithmic rent-setting

Campaign position

Protect abortion access and LGBTQ rights

  • Supports federal abortion protections, the Equality Act and a ban on conversion therapy

Record and background

Record & experience.

  1. Since 2021

    Experience

    Evanston mayor

    Elected mayor in 2021 after serving in the state legislature.

  • Accomplishment

    Helped establish a crisis-response program

    Worked with police and community leaders to create CARE, a non-police response to low-risk service calls.

  • Experience

    Illinois state senator

    Served in the Illinois Senate before becoming mayor.

  • Experience

    Illinois state representative

    Served in the Illinois House before joining the Senate.

  • Experience

    University of Chicago mathematics professor

    Joined the mathematics faculty after completing his doctorate at MIT.

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