Caroline McCree

Caroline McCree earned a high school diploma from Oswego High School and an associate degree from Waubonsee Community College in 2020. Her career experience includes working in healthcare.[1]

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a single mom from Kendall County who has dealt with a lot of the same hurdles over the years as many others in the district, such as using public aid, having difficulty finding employment when re-entering the workforce, and struggling to find affordable housing for my kids and myself. I decided to run after seeing how minor changes at the state level could allow the local government to be able to more easily help residents, such as assistance for the homeless or homeless prevention, and basic healthcare and mental health services. I see a need for changes that will end up making people's lives easier in the longrun.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Put guidelines in place to prevent communities from becoming unknowing victims of data center abuses. This includes rules to prevent them from being placed too closely to residences and potentially affecting property values and quality of life, excessive use of water sources, which are dwindling in many parts of our district, and using so much energy from our existing grid that we not only have skyrocketing electricity costs, but also risk blackouts from an overloaded grid or having to allow them to increase our pollution through gas or diesel powered backup generators.Help reduce living expenses for communities through increasing the supply of affordable housing and finding state-level solutions to rising local property taxes.Expand high school level training in the trades to encourage more students to enter trades such as healthcare, building trades, or fire science. This will not only benefit the community through additional quality service providers, but also allow the students to have the option to become union members after high school, which will provide them with good paying, safe jobs.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I have so many, but my current top policies are ensuring healthcare, mental health, and social services access and protecting people and our communities from the negatives of data centers.

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

Citizen Action,

Personal PAC,

Equality Illinois