About Aisha

My name is Aisha Gomez.

I’m a Southsider, an organizer, an environmentalist, a public servant, and a mom. I’m running for re-election to be you state representative for District 62A because I believe our district deserves a representative that will work, with, and for the community. I have a unique lived experience and community connections that will allow me to connect movement work to electoral politics to achieve concrete wins for our community.

I never thought I would run for office. Growing up on the Southside, as a mixed-heritage woman attending South High School, my elected officials were never people who reflected the struggles of my family or friends. I am running not just to bring my voice to the capitol, but to welcome all of the people in our district to join me at the table there.

Over the past four years, I have been fighting for you at the Capitol. As the chair of the Preventing Homelessness committee, I have managed to win over $120,000,000 to get families out of homelessness and an additional $10,000,000 per year for permanent assistance for our houseless neighbors. I also fought for over $100 million in Housing Infrastructure Bonds to create affordable housing statewide. We also provided the largest increase in funding for public schools in years. And secured investments to improve public health and reduce racial disparities in health care.

The people in this district have real needs. Affordable housing, safe streets, quality education for our children. Life or death issues, that most people at the capitol don’t really understand, but impact so many people in our state. Those people are my people. That’s why I’m running. I understand, because I have lived through struggle. I’ve had friends and family impacted by mass incarceration, poverty and the opioid crisis. I’ve had neighbors struggle to access healthcare and children deal with the health ramifications of pollution. I’ve watched my ten year old son grow quickly, in a world where boys like him don’t have an equal chance at success.

I’m running because I imagine a world where all people have an equal chance at success. I ask for your support so we can create that world, together.

In community,

Aisha