Candidate · November 3, 2026
Collin Corbett
On the ballot for Governor · Illinois
- issues with public statements
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§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | Governor · Illinois1 |
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| Party on the ballot | Independent1 |
| Status | Challenger |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Corbett is a political strategist and small business owner who founded Cor Strategies, EmpowerPolitics and Long9 Studio.2 His campaign website says that over the past two decades he has recruited and trained more than 3,500 people to take part in politics.2 His campaign website says he has helped communities across Illinois with a public engagement process for deciding which local services to fund and at what tax level.2 He lives in Palatine with his wife, Abbey, and their son.2
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says he is running as an independent because he believes Illinois's political system rewards extreme voices, party bosses and special interests instead of solutions, and that everyday Illinoisans should be put back in charge.3,
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websiteCollinForIL.com1
- X (Twitter)x.com/CollinCorbett3
- Facebookfacebook.com/CollinCorbett3
- YouTubeyoutube.com/@illinoisindependents3
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Taxes and Budget
His campaign website says he would lower property taxes by cutting state mandates on local governments, fully funding schools and local government aid, consolidating overlapping local governments and creating a fund that pays rebates to homeowners.4
His campaign website says he would end the sales tax on essentials such as groceries, diapers and over-the-counter medicine, extend the sales tax to services, and work toward a lower base rate.4
His campaign website says Illinois's flat income tax is necessary under the state's current leadership, and that once the state's finances allow he would work to expand the earned income and child tax credits and the personal exemption; his Get Illinois Growing Again page adds that he would institute no tax on overtime and no tax on tips in Illinois.4,
His campaign website says he would freeze discretionary state spending in his first year and then strengthen programs that work and fix or phase out those that do not.4
- Cut state spending and return the savings through tax cuts or rebates
- Hold spending near current levels
- Spend more on state services such as schools and health care
Education
His campaign website says that as money is freed up in the state budget, he would fully fund schools through the state's Evidence-Based Funding formula.4
Energy and Climate
His campaign website says he would extend the natural gas plant closure and emission reduction deadlines in Illinois's Climate and Equitable Jobs Act by five years.4
- Raise targets or move up deadlines, such as 100% clean power by 2040
- Keep current targets
- Delay, loosen or repeal the targets
His campaign website says he would expand and speed up the state's effort to build new nuclear power plants.4
His campaign website says he would pause all tax incentives for data centers until strict rules are in place to make sure they pay all their energy costs, limit their water use and pay into a property tax relief fund.6
- Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
- Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
- Pause or limit new data centers
Housing
His campaign website says he opposes statewide mandates that override local zoning, and would instead give communities that increase housing production priority for state housing and infrastructure money and incentives to speed up permits.4
- Have states require cities to allow more types of housing, such as apartments near transit
- Give extra state or federal money to communities that allow more homes
- Leave zoning decisions to local governments
Family and Social Policy
His campaign website says he would expand the child care workforce, raise the state's child care assistance reimbursement rates and offer employer tax credits for child care as state funds allow.4
His campaign website says that in 2013 he defended the Republicans in Springfield who voted for marriage equality, which cost him business clients.2
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left.
Candidates for governor file campaign-finance reports with the state, not the FEC, so this guide doesn't include their fundraising. Search the state's reports: Candidate disclosure search — Illinois State Board of Elections.8