The 2020 census resulted in redrawn McLean County Board districts. In McLean County that requires all county board members to run for reelection this year. In our county that also means two seats are open in each district. Major parties may each place two candidates names on the ballot per district for the general election in November. In McLean County District 9 the Democrat Party has three candidates facing each other in the June 28 primary to see which two will get those ballot slots in the fall.
Brandy Elmore, Julie Hahn and Natalie Roseman-Mendoza are running for those two slots. District nine is generally bounded by the Union Pacific Railroad on the west, Oakland Ave. on the north, Streid Dr. on the east and the Bloomington City limits on the south.
Elmore is a qualified mental health worker and social worker. As such she is concerned about the long term social impacts of COVID-19. Elmore is a supporter of people having to show vaccination papers. She also supported giving the public an opportunity to comment on the McLean County Mental Health Action plan before it was adopted by the county board.
Elmore is pro choice. She is a proud union member and stood in solidarity with the Illinois State University workers in their labor dispute as they demanded fairness. She supports advancing and defending LGTBQ+ rights. She supported saving Unit 5 music programs. Elmore supports Latisha Wallace in the 17th U. S. House District Democrat primary and appears to support Karla Bailey-Smith in the 91st State House Race Democrat Primary but also appears in photos with Sharon Chung, Bailey-Smith’s opponent.
Elmore believes Black lives matter, no human being is illegal, love is love, women’s rights are human rights, science is real, water is life and that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. And no matter where anyone is from she is glad they are her neighbor.
Hahn has political experience having served as Village of Downs Trustee. She would like to focus on roads and infrastructure. She has experience in those areas as she served in Downs when they constructed a major trunk sewer line that runs from the Grove in Bloomington through Downs to the Randolph Water Treatment Plant.
Roseman-Mendoza works with students with disabilities. She would like to improve our healthcare system with an eye towards helping facilities increase their staffs. Roseman-Mendoza is not interested in raising taxes but would look to reallocate funds from other areas.
Roseman-Mendoza is a supporter of those who have served in the military. She stood in solidarity with Illinois state workers in their labor dispute. And she supported saving Unit 5 music programs.
