







Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Current roleCommunity organizer
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
GenderFemale
LocationIllinois
BackgroundCommunity organizer
EducationLouisiana State University
Notable personal detailsKina Isis Collins is a Chicago-based community organizer and activist who has run for U.S. House in Illinois' 7th Congressional District in multiple cycles. She founded the Chicago Neighborhood Alliance in 2017 and has worked with organizations including Women’s March Illinois, the Democratizing Philanthropy Project, and Physicians for a National Health Program. She is a Democratic candidate for U.S. House (IL-07) in the 2026 cycle.
Supports closing corporate tax loopholes and ending tax breaks for large fossil-fuel companies, reducing Pentagon waste, and using reclaimed revenue to invest in a green, union-centered economy and social programs. Advocates a people-centered economy with fair wages and expanded public services.
Supports a universal, single-payer Medicare-for-All system and views healthcare as a human right. Also advocates expanding coverage to include immigrants and closing gaps in the existing system while pursuing culturally competent care.
Supports ending ICE deportation funding while preserving essential functions, protecting asylum seekers (including survivors of domestic violence and gang persecution), guaranteeing free legal representation for detained immigrants, opposing funding for border walls, and creating pathways to citizenship including a clean DREAM Act and increased visas for skilled workers.
Supports access to reproductive healthcare including abortion and opposes the Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade; advocates protecting and expanding abortion access and coverage.
Supports the Green New Deal and aggressive clean-energy goals, including 100% renewable energy generation by 2035. Emphasizes environmental justice, rejoining the Paris Agreement, and refusing donations from oil, gas, and coal industry PACs. Plans to invest in green jobs and a just transition for communities harmed by pollution and fossil-fuel infrastructure.
Kina Collins advocates for strong gun violence prevention measures, framing gun violence as a public-health crisis and calling for assault-style rifle bans and commonsense gun laws including expanded background checks and red flag-type policies. Her campaign and activist background center on holding gun manufacturers and dealers accountable and advancing legislation to reduce firearm violence.








Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
Endorsers of Kina Collins for IL-07 Democratic nominee?
Public endorsement
Oak Park elected officials endorsed Kina Collins for Illinois's 7th Congressional District.
Public endorsement
Activate Oak Park group members endorsed Kina Collins for Illinois' 7th Congressional District race.
Public figure
The Progressive Voter Network endorsed Kina Collins for Congress.
Public endorsement
Oak Park elected officials endorsed Kina Collins to be the next 7th District Congressperson.
Public endorsement
Activate Oak Park group members endorsed Kina Collins for the IL-07 congressional seat.
Public figure
Jenna Leving Jacobson endorsed Kina Collins for Congress.
2026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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