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Republican public safety advocate Gianno Caldwell is mulling a bid for the open Illinois Senate seat in 2026 amid growing conversations about crime in America’s cities.

Earlier this month, Caldwell was the keynote speaker at the Illinois Republican Party’s Republican Day event at the state fair , where he touted his record on law and order. Caldwell's brother, Christian, was killed in 2022 in a Chicago drive-by shooting at the age of 18.

"I've been about this fight for many years, public service, I've worked in every level of government that you can imagine and certainly I think there's time for a law-and-order U.S. Senate candidate to come to the forefront in Illinois," said Caldwell, a Fox News contributor and founder of

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