Elizabeth Bauer

Elizabeth Bauer is an actuary who has worked in pension consulting and healthcare.¹ She holds a master’s in applied economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago and has written about retirement for Forbes.¹ She says the state is dangerously dependent on revenue from gambling and cannabis sales.² She has criticized capping prescription drug prices and using public funds for medical care for immigrants here illegally.² She supports fiscal responsibility, organic job growth, fair tax policies, and public safety.³ She opposed a $300 million bond referendum for Township High School District 214.⁴ She argued a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes bill for a Chicago Bears stadium would shift too much risk onto local homeowners and businesses.⁵