Rate Giannoulias’ new campaign TV ads
Monday, Jul 13, 2026 – Posted by Isabel Miller
* Press release…
The campaign for Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias released two new television ads highlighting the Secretary’s record of transforming one of the state’s largest offices while standing up for Illinois families.
The spots “Accomplishments” and “Demand Better” illustrate that the government has a responsibility to deliver better service, protect people’s rights, and earn the public’s trust through results. Drawing on Giannoulias’ tenure as Secretary of State, the ads lay out how government can operate with a vision of public service that is more responsive, more efficient, and more accountable.
“For too long, people have expected government to be frustrating, inefficient, and unresponsive,” said Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias. “I reject the idea that that’s just the way it has to be. Government should respect people’s time, eliminate unnecessary barriers, spend taxpayer dollars responsibly, stand up and deliver results for the people it serves. Every unnecessary delay and outdated process is a time tax on working families. That’s the standard we’ve worked to set in the Secretary of State’s office, and it’s the standard people should demand everywhere.”
Together, the two advertisements reinforce a consistent theme that has guided Giannoulias’ tenure as Secretary of State: government should make life easier, reduce the time tax, protect the public, and never stop striving to do better.
The ads begin airing statewide this week.
Giannoulias: Look, government can’t solve all our problems, but it should make life just a little easier. As Secretary of State, we demand better. We made it faster and easier to go to the DMV, but we made it harder for Trump and ICE to violate your rights, to hurt women, to ban books.
Child: Dad, who is that? And why is he in our kitchen?
Dad: That’s Alexi Giannoulias. He’s everywhere fighting Trump.
Mom: He demands better.
Giannoulias: Is that mint chocolate chip?
VO: Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias. He’s focused on modernizing the office. Standing in line at the DMV may be a thing of the past.
VO: Giannoulias is warning federal immigration agents that swapping license plates will not be tolerated. A first-of-its-kind law preventing book banning.
Giannoulias: Authoritarian regimes ban books, not democracies. No one seeking legal health care services in Illinois should face harassment or jail. Period.
VO: Alexi Giannoulias says something had to be done.
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