Inspector General David Hoffman for U.S. Senate

David Hoffman, 42, is a Democratic candidate for the seat Barack Obama held in the United States Senate. He is a former federal prosecutor and Inspector General of the City of Chicago who has fought for reform and stood up to the powerful and corrupt interests in Illinois. He will be an independent voice for reform and bring ethics back to Illinois politics.

As Illinois’ next United States Senator, Hoffman will take on the special interests that are trying to block health care reform and fighting against reforming the banking and financial recklessness that led to our economic collapse. David Hoffman will be a senator for all the people of Illinois, he is the only candidate in the race who has refused campaign funds from the political action committees and lobbyists who fight positive change and destroy hope.

To create jobs and stimulate the economy, David will work to get stimulus funds out of Washington and into the hands of those who desperately need it. He will work to make it easier for small businesses to obtain affordable market loans — right now —by providing stimulus funds to banks that originate small business loans and by increasing affordable lending programs. He will work to establish a new job creation tax credit, to provide incentives to businesses, organizations, and state and local governments who hire new workers.

As a Board Member of Providence St. Mel School on the west side, where 100% of the graduates go on to college, David understands how a successful education program can change our children’s future. He will champion an approach that provides support for teachers, encourages innovation and creativity in the classroom, provides an encouraging and structured environment for students, and sets high expectations for students in order to assure that every American child has an opportunity to learn and succeed.

Throughout his 16 year career in public service, Hoffman has been a champion for those who are too often excluded from the political process by the special interests and power brokers.

While serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Chicago from 1998-2005, he was appointed Deputy Chief of the Narcotics and Gangs Section by U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald. In this post, he led a newly created gang unit, supervised all federal gang investigations and prosecutions, and helped create a new federal-local gang investigation strategy that Justice Department officials used to train gang investigators around the country. He also served as co-leader of the office’s Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) anti-gun violence program, which helped reduce gun violence in some of Chicago’s most crime-ridden neighborhoods.  Hoffman was one of the leaders in creating and running a highly-praised program in which law enforcement and community organizations worked together in high-crime neighborhoods to persuade felons convicted of gun crimes not to carry guns.

This commitment to Chicago neighborhoods was nothing new for Hoffman; while attending law school at the University of Chicago he founded “Neighbors,” a neighborhood-based community service program.

Hoffman has also served as a foreign policy legislative aid for a United States Senator and as a law clerk for the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
 
In January 2009, Governor Pat Quinn appointed Hoffman to the 15-member Illinois Reform Commission, which was charged with recommending anti-corruption and ethics reforms in the wake of former Governor Rod Blagojevich’s arrest.   While participating in the Commission’s hearings and town hall meetings around Illinois, Hoffman and the other Commission members heard extensive testimony from citizens about their frustration with Illinois’ history of corruption and their desire for reform. He drafted substantial portions of the Commission’s proposed legislation regarding criminal law and contracting reforms, and testified at a number of legislative hearings on behalf of the Commission’s recommendations. 

His work as a member of the Illinois Reform Commission, having the opportunity to meet people across the state who were tired of business as usual and corruption in Illinois politics, inspired Hoffman to run for the senate.

To learn more about David Hoffman visit www.hoffmanforillinois.com . If you would like to invite Mr. Hoffman to your community call his Senior Advisor Aldophus Al Kindle 312 566 6829.

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