Jeffery Coleman (rear) and Judy Ogalla (front) with supporters. | Jeff Coleman Campaign
Jeffery Coleman (rear) and Judy Ogalla (front) with supporters. | Jeff Coleman Campaign
Republican candidate for the 29th House District Jeff Coleman has been campaigning in Will County with Will County Board member Judy Ogalla.
“I’ve been knocking on some doors out in Beecher and have had some meet and greets with Judy Ogalla in Peotone and Manteno,” Coleman told Will County Gazette. “Right now we are just knocking on doors and getting good reception.”
Coleman will be running against incumbent Rep. Thaddeus Jones (D-South Holland).
According to his website, Coleman has been working with various minority groups in Illinois for two decades. The site says he is delighted to connect with more people during his campaign.
“I am looking forward to speaking to people in my district because everyone has different needs," he said. "So you have to go and do a lot of listening and less talking.”
Ogalla, a Monee resident and member of the Will County Board for District 1, was initially chosen for the position in 2012. She joined the Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Land Use & Development Committee, and Legislative & Judicial Committee and was named Minority Whip in 2018.
Ogalla has been active in campaigning for conservative causes in Will County.
“Help us take back our County, State and Congress from the radical left!” Ogalla said in a Facebook post.
Coleman is participating in a project aimed at getting Black voters to cast their ballots based on candidates rather than their parties. Brian Mullins, who helped launch the Black Voters Project, said that independence on political matters was necessary, particularly in the Black community, which primarily supports Democrats.
“The Black Voters Project is an effort that we are launching," Mullins told South Cook News. "The goal is to organize the Black voter block in the state of Illinois. So it's a specific media-targeted door-to-door survey and data-driven effort to engage the Black electorate in issues relating to the Black community. Not Democratic, not Republican, not Independent, specifically not Libertarian, but start with the issues so that we can then push people to the right candidate, not a party. So it's organizing our own vote for the first time outside of party boundaries that will allow us to move our agendas and our exchanges forward.”
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