Kimball Ladien
Kimball Ladien
IL-05 Republican nominee?
$859.00
MAR 24, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current rolePsychiatrist
PartyRepublican
Age74 years old (Jul 9, 1951)
GenderMale
LocationIllinois
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BackgroundPsychiatrist
EducationUniversity of Illinois at Chicago — B.A., Psychology and Political Science (1969–1973)
Notable personal detailsKimball H. Ladien is a physician specializing in psychiatry and child psychiatry who has worked in the Chicago area. He is a Republican candidate who filed to run for the U.S. House in Illinois' 5th Congressional District (IL-05). His background includes study at the University of Illinois at Chicago and an M.D. from Rush Medical College, followed by psychiatry residency training at Loyola University Medical Center and a child psychiatry fellowship at the Institute for Juvenile Research.
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Positions
Healthcare
Kimball Ladien emphasizes preventive medicine, drug screening for recipients of subsidies, expanded case management and community-based programs to reduce drug use and improve outcomes. He has expressed that cost savings from proposed programs could fund universal health care, while also promoting conservative measures like monitoring drug use and strengthening family supports. Overall his statements combine support for universal-coverage goals contingent on specific programs with policy proposals that emphasize screening, prevention, and case management rather than clear alignment with major,
Immigration & Border
Supports enforcement of immigration laws and opposes policies that encourage undocumented immigration; emphasizes that rights should be paired with responsibilities and that countries must enforce immigration rules. Advocates addressing domestic problems and lawfulness rather than permissive sanctuary policies.
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Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate expresses support for women’s rights, contraception, and measures to prevent violence against women while also emphasizing the importance of valuing life and promoting two-parent families. Public materials and past Q&A give general support for reproductive rights and contraceptive funding but do not state a clear position on abortion access limits, gestational restrictions, or federal versus state authority. Available sources do not provide a definitive, specific policy stance on abortion access or bans.
Climate & Energy
Supports deployment of clean, renewable energy through a proposed “Global Energy Independence Program” (GEIP) and acknowledges human-driven increases in CO2 while advocating government-supported clean energy solutions and investment. Positions emphasize bipartisan implementation and large-scale clean energy savings rather than explicit calls to rapidly phase out all fossil fuels or Green New Deal–style language.
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