Nancy Shepherdson
Candidate
Democratic State Central Committeeperson
5th Congressional District, Illinois

Nancy Shepherdson is running to be Fifth District Democratic State Central Committeeperson which is the district’s representative to the Illinois Democratic Party. She has been a state central committeewoman since 2006 and an organizer for longer than that. She has focused on recruiting and training candidates, increasing turnout and boosting the numbers of trained precinct committeepeople and activists in order to elect more candidates who share our Democratic values. Among the candidates she has organized to elect include Congressman Sean Casten, former Congresswoman Melissa Bean, former State Representative Mary Edly-Allen, and many Lake County Board members, school board members and village trustees. She is also 1st Vice Chair of the Lake County Democrats and co-chair of the Sixth District Democrats. In her spare time, she is a freelance writer and involved in local charitable organizations.

"My favorite thing to do is to get people excited about talking to voters. There is no better way to get Democrats elected."