Chip Markel for Illinois State Representative 118th District

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• You work hard for your money. Southern Illinois families shouldn’t be the ones squeezed every time costs go up. Property taxes. Healthcare. Utilities. Groceries. Every bill keeps climbing and our region keeps getting left behind. I’ll fight to put money back in your pocket and make sure Southern Illinois has a voice that actually gets heard.

  14 October 2026 · Chip Markel for Illinois State Representative 118th District · $400 – $499 · 30K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

• Years of Republican representation. Same problems. Same promises. Same results. Chip Markel isn't running on a party. He's running on a record. Four master contracts negotiated across the table from both parties. When his party is right for Southern Illinois, he'll back them. When they’re wrong, he’ll say so. That’s the whole job.

  19 October 2026 · Chip Markel for Illinois State Representative 118th District · $400 – $499 · 20K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

• Southern Illinois can’t afford a representative who writes off half the district. We need someone who can work across the aisle to deliver results for every voter in the 118th. I spent 27 years at IDOC and 7 as union president at Menard, negotiating with Democrats and Republicans alike to get things done. That’s the kind of representation Southern Illinois deserves.

  14 October 2026 · Chip Markel for Illinois State Representative 118th District · $400 – $499 · 25K+ impressions · Promotional · Ad Library

• If your rep in Springfield writes off SIU, he writes off Carbondale. Every job on that campus feeds a business in this town. Every student spends money here. Every research dollar lands in our economy. I’ll fight for SIU because Southern Illinois can’t afford a representative who already decided it doesn’t matter.

  14 October 2026 · Chip Markel for Illinois State Representative 118th District · $300 – $399 · 25K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

• Scott Doody discovered healthcare 11 days before an election. He signed a letter about Aetna coverage, standing next to Republicans who voted against the actual healthcare funding Illinois patients need. They opposed HB 5395, the 2024 Healthcare Protection Act that limited insurance denials. They voted against SB 3843, the state budget that funds SEGIP, the retirees’ insurance program. In 100 days in office, Doody has made zero public statements about Medicaid, prescription drug costs, or heal

  26 October 2026 · Chip Markel for Illinois State Representative 118th District · $300 – $399 · 25K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library

• Scott Doody says property taxes are “insane.” Then he said this: “Property taxes aren’t done in Springfield. They’re handled at the local level.” Scott Doody, The Southern Translation: not his job. State reps vote on the K-12 funding formula that determines how much local property owners get stuck with. State reps vote on Senior Assessment Freeze thresholds. State reps vote on veterans exemptions. State reps vote on whether Illinois meets its own commitments to the schools your property tax pa

  21 October 2026 · Chip Markel for Illinois State Representative 118th District · $300 – $399 · 20K+ impressions · Attack · Ad Library