Melissa Conyears-Ervin

Conyears-Ervin received her bachelor's degree in business from Eastern Illinois University and her master's degree in finance from Roosevelt University.[1] Her professional experience includes working in the insurance industry[1]

Melissa Conyears-Ervin did not complete [the profile publisher]'s 2026 Candidate Connection survey.

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Campaign websiteConyears-Ervin's campaign website stated the following:On the IssuesBUILDING SUSTAINABLE WEALTHAs Chicago’s Treasurer, I’ve expanded free financial literacy programs like Building Wealth Today for Tomorrow and connected entrepreneurs to affordable capital and community lenders to help citizens secure their financial futures. In Congress, I’ll expand pathways for homeownership, grow small-business opportunities, and encourage responsible investment through traditional and blockchain-based assets.LOWER COSTS & BETTER JOBSHigher costs are hitting everyone hard. We have to both stop price-gouging and put more money in people’s pockets with middle class tax relief and higher wages. When small businesses were on the brink, I helped drive outreach for the City’s $100M Small Business Resiliency Fund and championed access to affordable capital in every neighborhood. I’ll take that same results-oriented approach to Washington, backing apprenticeships, fair wages, and local manufacturing to lower costs and raise incomes.HEALTH CAREHealth care is a right, not a privilege. I’ll protect and strengthen the ACA, lower out-of-pocket costs by taking on Big Pharma – including capping insulin and expanding Medicare drug-price negotiation – expand mental health care and community clinics, and invest in maternal health so no woman dies from preventable complications. And I’ll fight to ensure and guarantee equitable access to reproductive care for all women.FAIRER TAXESI know budgets down to the basis point because I manage Chicago’s investments and have pushed Wall Street to open doors, ensuring over half of city trades now flow through minority-owned firms. That’s why I’ll back a federal wealth tax on billionaires, close loopholes, and tackle appraisal bias and unfair systems that punish lower income Black and brown homeowners. And I’ll fight to lower taxes on the middle class.PUBLIC SAFETYWe can’t have safety without justice. I’ll fund proven violence-prevention programs and youth jobs, strengthen police-community partnerships to increase trust and ensure accountability, and fight for common-sense gun safety measures to get illegal guns off our streets.ABORTION RIGHTSEvery woman deserves control over her own body and future. As a State Legislator, I was proud to support legislation that expanded abortion access, allowing coverage through Medicaid and state employee health plans. In Congress, I’ll fight to codify Roe v. Wade, protect access to contraception and IVF, and stop any national abortion ban.EDUCATIONEvery child deserves a great neighborhood school and a clear path to the middle class. I’ll lower the cost of college and expand high-quality options like career and technical education, union apprenticeships, and community college so a four year degree isn’t the only ticket to a good-paying career.— Melissa Conyears-Ervin's campaign website (December 1, 2025)Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

Melissa Conyears-Ervin did not complete [the profile publisher]'s 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

Melissa Conyears-Ervin did not complete [the profile publisher]'s 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

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How would you distribute revenue fairly between neighborhoods?

My vision for this office is to have Chicago’s billions of dollars of municipal deposits leveraged to help Chicago’s communities grow at the same rate, regardless of their zip code. I also plan to use the office to help more families become financially educated. I'm running to protect the city of Chicago's investments and to ensure that the money Chicago invests goes to benefit all of us.

How do you propose to resolve the city’s underfunded pension plan for city employees?

I have voted for increased revenue in the legislature to handle massive problems our state has failed to solve year after year. I am prepared to do what’s necessary to forge a compromise that solves the lack of funding to protect the retirement of workers and the never ending fiscal challenges our government faces in trying to prioritize public investment.