Jeffrey Walter

Jeffrey (Jeff) Walter is the Republican nominee for Illinois's 11th District. He describes himself as a retired U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer and former Accenture senior manager, and he is the mayor of Elburn. He won the March 2026 Republican primary and says he is running on fiscal responsibility, public safety, veterans' health care and infrastructure investment.[1][2]

In his Ballotpedia Candidate Connection biography, Walter describes himself as a retired U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer (E-9) with more than three decades of experience across leadership, public service and technology consulting.[2] He says he worked as a senior manager at Accenture, where he led over $36 million in IT programs including 13 generative-AI proof-of-concepts and cloud and data migrations, especially in healthcare and telecommunications.[2]

Shaw Local describes Walter as a retired IT consultant who served as an Elburn village trustee before becoming village president (mayor); it listed his age as 65 in March 2026.[3] As mayor, he says, he has championed smart growth, regional collaboration, infrastructure investment and public safety, and modernized village governance through long-term strategic planning.[2] Walter won the four-candidate Republican primary for Illinois's 11th District on March 17, 2026, and faces incumbent Bill Foster in the general election.[1]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.