Donna Miller

Donna Miller has been a Cook County Commissioner for the 6th District since 2018.¹ Her career was in healthcare consulting for biotech and pharmaceutical companies, and she chaired the board of Planned Parenthood Illinois.¹

As a candidate for U.S. House, Miller supports a Medicare for All framework.² She also wants to lower prescription drug costs and cap insulin prices.³ She told CBS News that one of her first steps would be to restore the Affordable Care Act and reverse $880 billion in cuts.⁴ She supports codifying Roe v. Wade into federal law.³ She called a proposed federal $25 minimum wage “a little high,” saying salaries should reflect experience.⁵

Miller wants the U.S. to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement.⁶ On immigration, she supports a path to citizenship and due process for migrants.³ She views U.S. military aid as a tool to uphold democratic values in the Middle East.⁵ On the Cook County Board, she helped launch the Chicago-Cook County Violence Against Women Task Force.⁷ She also worked to add cystic fibrosis to Illinois newborn screenings.⁸ She says she delivered medical debt relief to hundreds of thousands of county residents.³