U.S. Senate:
Richard “Dick” Durbin (Democrat) (incumbent)
Mark Curran (Republican)
Danny Malouf (Libertarian)
David Black (Green)
Dr. Willie Wilson (Willie Wilson Party)
If a position has an asterisk (*) at the end, it means that the candidate’s personal stance was not clear, and that position belongs to the candidate’s political party.
Economics:
Taxes on the rich
Federal minimum wage
Corporate taxes and bailouts
Welfare
COVID-19 Economic Recovery
Social Security
Durbin
Raise
Increase to $15
Maintain taxes but close loopholes; increase bailouts
Increase spending on welfare programs
Bailouts for certain industries, including airlines
Opposes private accounts; cut benefits for the wealthy
Curran
Raise through a wealth tax
Maintain
Maintain taxes but close loopholes; opposes bailouts
No official stance
Allow businesses to reopen
Allow individuals to opt out of Social Security; maintain benefits for incoming retirees
Malouf
Abolish income tax
Abolish minimum wage to increase jobs and hours*
End corporate bailouts
Cut any programs that won’t benefit the economy in the long run
No official stance
Immediately allow individuals to opt out of Social Security
Black
Significantly raise
Increase to $20
Raise corporate taxes; end bailouts
Guaranteed livable income for all
Increase unemployment benefits, aid local and state governments, freeze on evictions and foreclosures
Increase funding by eliminating income cap
Wilson
Lower
Increase to a living wage
Lower corporate taxes
Provide reparations for African-Americans
Provide additional benefits to those unemployed due to COVID-19
Eliminate cap on Social Security deductions
Domestic Policy
Gun policy
Abortion policy
Drug rehabilitation
Veterans’ Affairs
Durbin
Institute universal background checks
Pro-choice; federal subsidies on contraceptives and required insurance coverage on abortions
Increase access to treatment for opioid addiction and limit opioid prescriptions to fight addiction
Expand health care to provide all necessary health care procedures to veterans
Curran
No additional restrictions
Only allow abortions when they will save the life of the mother
Fight addiction by increasing border security to prevent smuggling of opioids into the U.S.
Expand health care to provide all necessary health care procedures to veterans
Malouf
No additional restrictions
Personally pro-life but opposes federal restrictions on abortion
No official stance
Privatize*
Black
Start with universal background checks and assault weapon ban
Pro-choice; make abortions cheaper or free with tax money*
No official stance
Provide health care under Medicare For All
Wilson
No official stance
No official stance
Increase funding for addiction treatment
No official stance
Criminal Justice
Police reform
Death penalty
Marijuana possession
Prison reform
Prostitution & Sex Work
Durbin
Increase training and vigorously investigate misconduct
Opposes
Opposes medical and recreational marijuana legalization
Help create a path back into society for inmates
Keep prostitution illegal
Curran
Police are not a problem; address systemic racism by investing in minority communities instead
No official stance
Opposes recreational marijuana legalization
Help create a path back into society for inmates
Keep prostitution illegal
Malouf
Defund police; end war on drugs, qualified immunity, militarization of police forces, no knock raids, and prosecuting victimless crimes.
Opposes
Fully legalize marijuana and all other drugs
Keep harmless people out of prison by legalizing victimless crimes like drug possession
Legalize prostitution and all sex work
Black
End militarization of police; redirect funding towards anti-poverty and mental health resources
Opposes*
Fully legalize marijuana*
Keep harmless people out of prison by legalizing victimless crimes like drug possession; expand rehabilitation*
Legalize prostitution and all sex work*
Wilson
Opposes defunding police
No official stance
Legalize marijuana, but tax and regulate it
End forced prison labor
No official stance
Immigration
Border security
Sanctuary cities
DACA
Immigration quotas + requirements
Deportation
ICE & detention centers
Durbin
Increase border security but treat immigrants gently
Maintain funding
Supports
Welcome all refugees and asylum seekers; no additional restrictions
Limit deportation to only very violent criminal immigrants
Consistently investigate misconduct in ICE facilities
Curran
Build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border; expand security tech
Abolish
Supports
Use a merit-based system for accepting immigrants
Opposes immigration raids for deportation
Continue to use ICE to keep borders secure
Malouf
Decentivise mass immigration by cutting welfare
No official stance
Supports
No additional restrictions, but expand job opportunities for immigrants
No official stance
No official stance
Black
Open borders*
Expand use of sanctuary cities*
Keep all immigration legal*
Allow all immigrants*
End deportation*
Abolish ICE and detention centers*
Wilson
No official stance
No official stance
Supports
No official stance
No official stance
No official stance
Education
College tuition
Affirmative Action
Public school funding + teacher salaries
School choice
Universal preschool
Durbin
Taxpayer-funded community college
Expand affirmative action
Increase funding to public schools & provide tax credits for school workers
Opposes taxpayer-funded private school vouchers
Offer incentives to states to expand pre-K to children in need
Curran
Work to make college cheaper; increase funding to struggling public universities
No official stance
Maintain funding
Supports taxpayer-funded private school vouchers
No official stance
Malouf
Remove government incentives and subsidies; allow competition to lower price
End affirmative action*
Maintain funding
Reduce government barriers against private schools
Opposes
Black
Taxpayer-funded college for all and forgive all student loans
Expand affirmative action*
Increase public school funding*
Opposes taxpayer-funded private school vouchers*
Supports
Wilson
Taxpayer-funded college for all
No official stance
Increase public school funding
No official stance
No official stance
Environment
Climate action
Green New Deal
Disposable plastics
Fracking
Alternative energy
Durbin
Invest in clean energy, tax carbon emissions, pay low and middle class people to use clean energy
Opposes
Offer discounts to customers who don’t choose disposable plastic products
Mandate strong safety standards for fracking on public lands
Fund investments in alternative energy and offer rewards for individuals and companies who use it
Curran
Invest in research on carbon emission-capturing devices and export them globally
Opposes
No official stance
No additional restrictions
No subsidies or restrictions on alternative energy
Malouf
Encourage individual responsibility in reducing carbon footprint
Opposes
No restrictions
No additional restrictions
No subsidies or restrictions on alternative energy
Black
Tax carbon emissions; ban fossil fuels; reimagine transportation
Supports
Ban disposable plastics
Ban fracking
100% Clean Energy by 2030
Wilson
Continue to study human impact on climate change before making policy
No official stance
No restrictions
No official stance
No official stance
Elections
Felon voting rights
Undocumented immigrant voting rights
Electoral College
Minimum voting age
Ranked- choice voting
Durbin
Supports
Supports*
Opposes
Maintain
Opposes
Curran
Supports
No official stance
Supports*
No official stance
No official stance
Malouf
Supports
No official stance
Supports
No official stance
Supports
Black
Supports
Supports*
Opposes
No official stance
Supports*
Wilson
No official stance
No official stance
No official stance
No official stance
No official stance