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Democrat
Dylan Blaha

Overview

Current roleIllinois Army National Guard officer (Captain)

PartyDemocratic

Political ideologyProgressive Democrat

GenderMale

LocationIllinois

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BackgroundIllinois Army National Guard officer (Captain)

EducationUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign — M.S., Biochemistry (2023)

Notable personal detailsDylan Thomas Blaha is a Democratic candidate who ran for the U.S. House in Illinois’ 13th Congressional District in the 2026 cycle. He is an Illinois Army National Guard captain and U.S. Army veteran who has served as a medical planner, including work on military medical policy for U.S. Army Europe and Africa. Blaha has also worked as a cancer research scientist and has graduate-level training in biochemistry from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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Positions

LiberalConservative

Economy & Taxes

Supports significantly higher taxes on billionaires and corporations, closing tax loopholes, and taxing capital gains at the same rate as wages to raise revenue for expanded social programs including Medicare for All, affordable housing, education, and infrastructure; also proposes cutting defense spending to help fund these priorities.

Healthcare

The candidate supports Medicare for All and describes healthcare as a human right, advocating large-scale federal investment to make healthcare affordable and to prevent medical bankruptcy.

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Immigration & Border

Supports abolishing ICE and replacing it with a civil immigration system focused on lawful processing and judicial oversight; advocates for greatly expanded pathways to citizenship (including permanent protections for Dreamers), an end to mass detention/for-profit detention centers, and opposition to mass deportations while emphasizing due process and humanitarian treatment of refugees.

Climate & Energy

Supports major clean-energy investment and clean energy infrastructure projects and has explicit alignment with progressive climate policies including the Green New Deal. Favors federal investment in clean energy as part of broader infrastructure and jobs priorities.

Public Safety & Guns

Supports evidence-based gun reform that includes universal background checks, closing gun show/online loopholes, banning ghost guns and untraceable firearms, mandatory waiting periods, safety training and safe-storage requirements, and investments in mental-health and community violence-prevention programs.

Endorsements

IL-13 Democratic nominee?

Endorsers of Dylan Blaha for IL-13 Democratic nominee?

CAIR Action

Public endorsement

CAIR Action endorsed Dylan Blaha for Congress in Illinois.

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Fundraising

Latest report: Cycle 2026
Total raisedCash on hand
$103.8K
$77.9K
$51.9K
$26.0K
$0

2026

Latest
Year
Total raised
Cash on hand
Total spent
Burn rate

Cycle 2026

$103.8K
$5.4K
$98.4K
$6.6K

Source: FEC

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