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Per the Illinois Review, she ran for state senate as an independent. "As late as 1930, she became disgusted by the nominees of the major parties to the state legislature, so Wells-Barnett decided to run for the Illinois State legislature (the Senate), which made her one of the first Black women to run for public office in the United States." https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2006/11/illinois_hall_o_29.html