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Heidi Henry running for Illinois House 75th District

By Billy Thompson Jul 18, 2022 | 12:37 PM

Heidi Henry of Marseilles has a week to collect at least 400 signatures to get on the ballot in the general election in the Illinois House 75th District. No Democrats ran in the primary, so post-primary approval procedures are underway. Democratic Party leaders from four counties approved her candidacy on Friday.

Henry calls herself a progressive, but she says she’s not as far left as some people have described her. She supports labor unions, wants everyone to have a good public education system wherever they live, and wants to make things better for families.

Henry has a lot going on in her life right now, including overcoming a COVID-19 diagnosis, but says she decided to run when Jed Davis won the Republican nomination. She calls him a theocrat who’s too far right. She doesn’t believe he’ll talk to constituents who don’t have the same religious views.

Davis says Henry doesn’t know him and he will listen to his constituents because that’s what a state representative’s responsibility is.

You can hear more about Heidi Henry in this interview: