Endorsements and Wins

Muslim Civic Coalition-Activate endorses candidates who promote civic justice, champion peace, combat supremacist ideology and demonstrate local impact.

    • Advancing social justice, economic justice, immigrant justice and labor justice.

    • Prioritizing community safety. Limiting weapons to foreign governments.

    • Opposing taxpayer-funded attacks on civilians at home and abroad. 

    • Confronting all forms of supremacy including white supremacy, Hindutva and Zionism.

    • Protecting Muslim and Palestinian constituents amidst rising hate. 

    • Ensuring inclusive representation of all racial, ethnic, and religious identities in their administration.

  • Demonstrating deep community engagement and track record of local impact.

Coalition-Activate provides endorsed candidates with graphics, public or nonpublic support, strategy, phone banking, funding recommendations, and other forms of support.

Please Note: 

  • There are hundreds of races across the state. In races where an endorsement was not made, candidates did not submit questionnaires or the Coalition-Activate did not have local staff/volunteer capacity to provide support 

  • We do not endorse write-in candidates

  • Some races had more than one strong candidate. We prioritized new and diverse voices

  • We continue to improve our systems each election cycle. If you have any questions, please email Info@Coalition-Activate.org

2026 Endorsements

  • Statewide

    • Robin Kelly, U.S. Senator

    • Karina Villa, State Comptroller

    Congressional

    • Delia Ramirez, District 3

    • Junaid Ahmed, District 8

    • Bushra Amiwala, District 9

    • Joey Ruzevich, District 6

    • Paul Nolley, District 16

    IL State Senate

    • Nick Uniejewski, District 6

    • Nabeela Syed, District 26

    IL State House

    • Saba Haider, District 84

    • Anne Stava, District 81

    • Lynn LaPlante, District 42

    • Miguel Alvelo Rivera, District 40

    • Karim Lakhani, District 12

    Local

    • Wesam Shahed, Cook County District 6

    • Sadia Covert, DuPage County District 5

    • Syed Hussain, DuPage County District 4

    • Mahnoor Ahmed, DuPage County District 2

    • Jackie Traynere, Will County District 11

  • Congressional

    • Delia Ramirez, District 3

    • Paul Nolley, District 16

    IL State Senate

    • Nabeela Syed, District 26

    IL State House

    • Saba Haider, District 84

    • Miguel Alvelo Rivera, District 40

  • State Senators

    • Lakesia Collins, State Senator District 5

    • Ram Villivalam, State Senator District 8

    • Mike Porfirio, State Senator District 11

    • Robert Peters, State Senator District 13

    • Karina Villa, State Senator District 25

    • Rachel F. Ventura, State Senator District 43

    State Representatives

    • Aarón M. Ortíz, State Rep District 1

    • Lilian Jiménez, State Rep District 4

    • Sonya Harper, State Rep District 6

    • Kelly Cassidy, State Rep District 14

    • Kevin Olickal, State Rep District 16

    • Abdelnasser Rashid, State Rep District 21

    • Edgar Gonzalez, Jr., State Rep District 23

    • Sonia Khalil, State Rep District 36

    • Will Guzzardi, State Rep District 39

    • Nabeela Syed, State Rep District 51

    • Suzanne Ness, State Rep District 66

    • Norma Hernandez, State Rep District 77

    • Anne Stava-Murray, State Rep District 81

    • Suzanne Akhras, State Rep District 82

    • Stephanie Kifowit, State Rep District 84

    • Dagmara Avelar, State Rep District 85

    • Carol Ammons, State Rep District 103

    Cook County

    • Clayton Harris, Cook County State’s Attorney

    • Sadia Covert, Circuit Court Judge in Subcircuit 2 of the 18th Judicial Circuit

    DuPage County

    • Saba Haider, DuPage County Board

2025 Endorsements

  • Cook County - North

    • Usman Ahmed, Glenview Park District Commissioner

    • Nour Akhras, District 219 School Board

    • Mazhar Khan, Niles Township Trustee

    • Hamzah Mirza, Northbrook Park District Commissioner

    • Aasif Malik, Maine Township Trustee

    • Ahsan Khaja, Lincoln Wood Trustee

    • Saba Khan, Morton Grove Trustee

    • Mohammed Hussain, Morton Grove Library Trustee

    Cook County - Northwest

    • Asad Khan, Streamwood Village President

    • Shahzad Kazi, South Barrington Trustee

    • Rezwanul Haque, Streamwood Trustee

    • Anisha Jogee, District 25 School Board

    • Khaja Moinuddin, Hanover Township Assessor

    • Raees Yawer, Streamwood Park District Commissioner

    Cook County - South / Southwest

    • Sandra Alexander, Mayor of Hazel Crest

    • Tesneem Amine, District 230 School Board

    • Rasha Atallah, District 117 School Board

    • Joyce Dickerson, Hazel Crest City Clerk

    • Jim Dodge, Village of Orland Park Mayor

    • Merle Huckabee, Hazel Crest Trustee

    • Mark Kelly, District 230 School Board

    • Dina Lawrence, Village of Orland Park Trustee

    • Joanna Leafblad, Village of Orland Park Trustee

    • Karmaleta Mosley, Hazel Crest Trustee

    • Mia Reed, Hazel Crest Trustee

    • Suzan Atallah, District 118 School Board 

    • Rowfyda Daoud, District 111 School Board

    • Jamila Ghosheh, District 111 School Board 

    • Lena Matariyah, Orland Township Trustee

    • Reem Odeh, Orland Park Village Clerk 

    • Aisha Zayyad, District 135 School Board 

    • Mary Ryan Norwell, Orland Park Village Clerk

    DuPage County

    • Umar Haque, Lombard Trustee District 6

    • Syed Hussain, Wheaton North District City Council

    • Nada Jazeh, Glendale Heights Village Clerk

    • Asma Nizamuddin, Bloomingdale Library Trustee

    • Asif Yusuf, Oak Brook Trustee

    • Ashfaq Syed, Naperville City Council

    • Mubasher Ashrafi, Addison Township Trustee

    • Ghalib Husain, Glendale Heights Library Trustee

    • Abdul Manan, Glendale Heights District 2

    • Naazish Yarkhan, Glendale Heights Library Trustee

    • Engy Sutherland, York Township Trustee

    • Shahaab Uddin, Lombard Trustee District 3

    • Terri Ransom, DuPage Township Trustee

    Kane County

    • John Laesch, Mayor of Aurora

    • Keith Larson, Alderman-at-Large

    • Kate Cuneo, Batavia Alderwoman

    • Junaid Afeef, Central District 301 School Board

    Lake County

    • Vaseem Iftekhar, District 532 County Trustee

    • Mahdi Sellami, Green Oaks Trustee

    • Nadia Shah, Long Grove Park District Commissioner

    Winnebago County

    • Aprel Prunty, Rockford Ward 6 City Council

    • Bill Rose, Rockford Ward 9 City Council

    • Mustafa Abdall, Rockford Township Trustee

    • Ali Abuihmoud, Rockford Ward 14 City Council

    • Elizabeth Lindquist, Roscoe Township Board Trustee

    Peoria County

    • Youssef Boudjarane, District 323 School Board

    • Estrella Diaz, Peoria District 2 City Council

    • Hind Abi-Akar, District 3 City Council

    McLean County

    • Krystle Able, Normal Township Supervisor

    Champaign County

    • Fatima Ahmed, Champaign Unit 4 School Board

  • South & Southwest Cook County

    • Tasneem Abuzir - Palos Township Trustee

    • Sandra Alexander

    • Rasha Atallah

    • Jim Dodge

    • Merle Huckabee

    • Mark Kelly

    • Dina Lawrence

    • Joanna Leafblad

    • Lena Matariyeh

    • Mary Ryan Norwell

    • Diane Shaar

    • Aisha Zayyad

    North & Northwest Cook County

    • Nour Akhras

    • Rezwanul Haque

    • Mohammed Hussain

    • Anisha Jogee

    • Shahzad Kazi

    • Saba Khan

    • Mazhar Khan

    • Aasif Malik

    • Hamzah Mirza

    • Khaja Moinuddin

    • Raees Yawer

    DuPage & Will County

    • Mubasher Max Ashrafi

    • Nagla Fetouh

    • Mania Karimi

    • Liz Mitha

    • Nader Najjar

    • Terri Ransom

    • Zahwa Saleh

    • Mohammad Siddiqi

    • Engy Sutherland

    • Ashfaq Syed

    Kane County

    • John Laesch

    • Keith Larson

    Champaign County

    • Fatima Ahmed

    McLean County

    • Krystle Able

    Lake County

    • Mahdi Sellami

    • Nadia Shah

    Peoria County

    • Youssef Boudjarane

    • Estrella Diaz

2024 Endorsements