We're a statewide grassroots Super PAC built to elect progressive leaders across Illinois.
Model Illinois believes in an Illinois where progressive leaders can win elections and deliver meaningful, transformative results for the people they serve. We're working toward an Illinois that leads with bold, effective policies and serves as a model for progressive governance nationwide.
Long-Term Vision: We build durable progressive infrastructure that outlasts individual campaigns. Lasting change requires sustained investment in people and organizations.
Empowering Leaders: We identify and recruit talented community activists, educators, and organizers who lack the resources to run for office. By investing in local candidates today, we cultivate tomorrow's statewide leaders.
Sustained Organizing: Campaigns shouldn't end on Election Day. We help campaigns and organizations maintain volunteer engagement year-round so each election leaves behind a stronger foundation for the future.
Winning is just the start: Our ultimate goal is to build a coalition capable of passing policies that tangibly improve lives.
Strategic Investment: We concentrate resources on highly competitive races where our support can secure victory. We avoid symbolic races, prioritizing districts where a progressive win directly translates to delivering real policy outcomes.
End Fragmentation: A divided progressive field often leads to moderate victories. We envision a future where progressive organizations strategize and coalesce together.
Maximize Strength: Our mission is to unite activists, labor unions, community leaders, and voters behind the single strongest progressive candidate in each race to ensure victory.
Boost Existing Work: Crucial political work is already happening across Illinois. Rather than reinventing the wheel, we amplify existing grassroots organizations.
Direct Support: We connect volunteers with established local groups, provide social media publicity, and financially support their ground-game operations to elect shared candidates.
Inform the Electorate: An informed public is essential for holding institutions accountable. We are committed to exposing how political campaigns and advocacy groups are funded.
Expose Special Interests: To protect our democracy, we shine a light on how corporate money influences elections, empowering voters to make fully informed decisions.
Economic Justice: Fighting for the working class is the cornerstone of our work. We champion everyday people over the wealthiest one percent.
Deliver Results: As wealth inequality skyrockets and basic necessities become unaffordable, we refuse to sit on the sidelines. Built by working-class Illinoisans, our movement is dedicated to delivering real economic results.