IL-13 Democratic nominee?
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MAR 24, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleIllinois Army National Guard officer
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
GenderMale
LocationIllinois
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BackgroundIllinois Army National Guard officer
EducationUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (cell biology)
Notable personal detailsDylan Thomas Blaha is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Illinois’ 13th Congressional District. He has served in the Illinois Army National Guard and has been described as a captain and U.S. Army veteran with deployments including Afghanistan and Germany. He has also worked as a cancer research scientist and has conducted cancer research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and has stated experience writing military medical policy for U.S. Army Europe and Africa.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports significantly higher taxes on billionaires and corporations, closing tax loopholes, and taxing capital gains at the same rate as wages to raise revenue for expanded social programs including Medicare for All, affordable housing, education, and infrastructure; also proposes cutting defense spending to help fund these priorities.
Healthcare
The candidate supports Medicare for All and describes healthcare as a human right, advocating large-scale federal investment to make healthcare affordable and to prevent medical bankruptcy.
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Immigration & Border
Supports abolishing ICE and replacing it with a civil immigration system focused on lawful processing and judicial oversight; advocates for greatly expanded pathways to citizenship (including permanent protections for Dreamers), an end to mass detention/for-profit detention centers, and opposition to mass deportations while emphasizing due process and humanitarian treatment of refugees.
Climate & Energy
Supports major clean-energy investment and clean energy infrastructure projects and has explicit alignment with progressive climate policies including the Green New Deal. Favors federal investment in clean energy as part of broader infrastructure and jobs priorities.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports evidence-based gun reform that includes universal background checks, closing gun show/online loopholes, banning ghost guns and untraceable firearms, mandatory waiting periods, safety training and safe-storage requirements, and investments in mental-health and community violence-prevention programs.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
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Source: FEC
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