Lake View realtor and developer Jonathan “Yoni” Pizer announced Nov. 20 that he would be running for the 12th District state representative’s seat, after that seat’s current occupant, Sara Feigenholtz, has said she would be vying to fill the seat being vacated by Illinois Senate President John Cullerton.
Pizer, who has long been the LGBT community liaison for U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, said on Facebook Nov. 20, “I believe that my small business experience [as well as] advocacy for issues surrounding the Jewish community, the LGBTQ community, reproductive health, the environment, equality in general and the quality of life in Lake View, make me uniquely suited to continue the fine tradition of representation our community has come to expect.”