“Our strongest recommendation goes to Cameron 'Cam' Davis, who in 2018 won a two-year term and richly deserves a full term."
Chicago Tribune
Editorial Board, 2020
"...a valuable member of the MWRD board since he was elected in 2018 after an unusual write-in primary race. He has been a leader in setting the district’s environmental agenda..."
Chicago Sun-Times
Editorial Board, 2020
“Missing from the list [of donations]: any engineering firms with contracts with the district, traditionally one of the more lucrative sources of campaign contributions for incumbent commissioners. Davis pledged to not take those donations; campaign finance data shows that he’s kept his word.”
South Side Weekly, 2020
“We generally give [an endorsement] to incumbents doing a good job, and Davis...appear[s] to be doing so.”
Daily Herald Editorial Board, 2020
Cam has spent his entire career working for the public interest. In addition to his work with the Obama Administration and non-profit leadership, Cam has:
- Worked to write and pass a change in MWRD’s ordinance to recognize the need to protect disproportionately impacted communities from flooding;
- Led efforts to bring green infrastructure to suburban Cook County schoolyards;
- Included water quality protections in MWRD’s Watershed Management Ordinance.
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Because of his history working for the public interest, Cook County has supported him. For the first time in his life, Cam ran for public office in 2018 as a countywide write-in candidate. When pundits thought no one could win a countywide write-in race, together we broke the previous statewide write-in record set in 1944 by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. (Cam received 54,183 write-ins to FDR’s 47,561). When former Gov. Bruce Rauner tried illegally appointing someone to the write-in seat, Cam went to court and won on behalf of Cook County voters.
HOW CAM WORKS FOR YOU
Cam Davis has worked for your water his entire 30+ year career:
- President Obama's Great Lakes point person
- Clean Water Act attorney
- President & CEO of the Alliance for the Great Lakes
- Law professor, University of Michigan Law School
- Commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD)
Cam Davis will continue to work for your water:
- Reducing flooding, especially in our most vulnerable communities
- Advocating for and funding green infrastructure
- Supporting prevailing-wage jobs
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