Rebecca Kling

Candidate for Chicago Council Member, Chicago Police Department 20th District. The election is February 23, 2027.

Running for this seat

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Background

Co-founder and co-owner, Better World Collaborative (communications and organizing consultancy)

Educator and community organizer who has worked in the transgender rights movement in Chicago and nationally for more than 20 years. Sits on the board of Harbor Camps and has served as a union steward. Has lived most of her adult life in and around Andersonville; running with Nassir Faulkner and Eric Smith as a slate.

In their own words

  • Prevent crime before it happens by funding alternatives to policing
  • Expand the CARE team, violence interrupters and de-escalation training
  • Stop police misconduct and reduce the cost of misconduct settlements
  • A police superintendent who can make progress on the consent decree
  • Remove extremists from the Chicago Police Department

From the candidate's own campaign materials.

Left–right placement

No published research score covers Rebecca Kling yet, so we don't place them on the spectrum.

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Sources

Chicago municipal election, 2027

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