

Donna Miller

Donna Miller
IL-02 Democratic nominee?
Primary Election
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Overview
Current roleCommissioner
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
Age60 years old (Sep 7, 1965)
GenderFemale
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LocationIllinois
BackgroundCook County Commissioner
EducationHoward University (B.B.A., 1987)
Notable personal detailsDonna Lynne Miller is a Cook County Commissioner representing the 6th district, first taking office in December 2018. She has worked for decades in the healthcare/biotech and pharmaceutical sector and has held leadership roles with Planned Parenthood Illinois and Planned Parenthood Illinois Action. In 2026, she ran for U.S. House in Illinois' 2nd Congressional District and won the Democratic primary.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports policies to grow the economy while protecting workers and consumers, promotes targeted public investments (including sustainability/renewable energy) and fairness in property taxation, and opposes tax breaks for billionaires. Advocates regulated adoption of new technologies to drive economic growth while supporting public spending priorities.
Healthcare
Supports Medicare for All framework, describes health care as a human right, and prioritizes lowering prescription drug costs, capping insulin prices, expanding access to generic drugs, and restoring funding for rural and suburban hospitals. Also emphasizes maternal health, reproductive justice, and reducing disparities in maternal outcomes for women of color.
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Immigration & Border
Supports a swift, humane pathway to citizenship, due process and asylum access for migrants, ending racial profiling, and holding immigration agencies accountable for civil-rights violations.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports codifying Roe v. Wade and expanding access to reproductive health care; opposes policies that would force people to give birth. Has led and supported funding and programs to increase abortion and reproductive health access at the county level.
Climate & Energy
Supports rejoining the Paris Agreement, has sponsored major sustainability and renewable energy investments at the county level, and emphasizes environmental justice, clean air, safe water, and resilient infrastructure while advocating continued clean energy investment and climate responsibility.
Public Safety & Guns
Served as a sponsor/co-sponsor of a Cook County Board resolution calling on the Illinois General Assembly and U.S. Congress to enact legislation prohibiting the sale and transfer of assault weapons, assault weapon attachments, and high-capacity magazines. The resolution supports reinstating and strengthening restrictions on military-style assault weapons and large-capacity magazines as a public-safety measure.
Polls

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Endorsements
Endorsers of Donna Miller for IL-02 Democratic nominee?
AIPAC
Public endorsement
AIPAC endorsed Donna Miller in Illinois's 2nd Congressional District.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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