IL-05 Republican nominee?
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MAR 24, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleCommercial real estate professional
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyConservative Republican
LocationIllinois
BackgroundCommercial real estate professional
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EducationDenison University (B.A.)
Notable personal detailsTommy Hanson is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House in Illinois’ 5th Congressional District and has run multiple times against incumbent Mike Quigley. He works in commercial real estate in the Chicago area and has described himself as a small business owner. In 2026 he won the Republican primary for Illinois’ 5th District.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports fiscal responsibility through lower taxes and reduced federal spending, with proposals to keep taxes low for working Americans and cut 'pork' spending. Advocates business-friendly approaches and running government more like a business, including use of line-item veto authority to remove wasteful spending. Emphasizes funding law enforcement and opposing federal spending on sanctuary jurisdictions as part of budget priorities.
Immigration & Border
Supports securing and closing the southern border, ending benefits and federal funding for undocumented immigrants and sanctuary jurisdictions, and promoting lawful/regulated immigration while opposing "anchor baby" policies and public assistance for non-citizens.
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Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate identifies as pro‑life and supports policies favoring that position while emphasizing family and reproductive healthcare access such as birth control. No detailed federal policy prescriptions or support for a total abortion ban are stated on the campaign issue page.
Climate & Energy
Tommy Hanson’s campaign materials emphasize “smart, sustainable and reasonable growth” but do not articulate specific climate or energy policies or positions. Public candidate Q&A and voter guides focus on economic, immigration, and crime issues without detailing federal climate targets, emissions policies, or energy-supply stances. Available sources show general language on sustainability but no clear policy commitments on decarbonization, fossil fuels, or regulatory approaches.
Public Safety & Guns
The candidate supports full funding for law enforcement and emphasizes law-and-order approaches. He has said taking guns from law‑abiding citizens is not the right answer and attributed mass shootings in part to mental illness and media sensationalism, declining to endorse additional firearm‑removal legislation in published interviews.
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20242024
LatestCycle 2024
Source: FEC
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