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2022 Illinois elections

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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Illinois on November 8, 2022. The elections for United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, Governor, statewide constitutional officers, Illinois Senate, and Illinois House were held on this date.

2022 Illinois elections
← 2020 November 8, 2022 2024 →

Election information

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2022 was a midterm election year in the United States.

The primary election was held on June 28.[1] The general election was held on November 8, 2022.

On June 17, 2021, Governor J. B. Pritzker signed a bill which made a number of election-related changes. The bill made the November election day a state holiday. It also made permanent a number of changes that had been implemented for the preceding 2020 elections amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including "curbside voting" and universal access to postal voting. The bill also delayed the date of the 2022 primary election from March 15 to June 28, citing the delay in the release of 2020 United States Census data needed for the reapportionment of electoral districts.[1]

Federal elections

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United States Senate

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Main article: 2022 United States Senate election in Illinois

The incumbent senator of Illinois's class 3 United States Senate seat was first-term Democrat Tammy Duckworth, first elected in 2016. She won re-election in 2022, defeating Republican nominee Kathy Salvi with 56.8% of the vote compared to Salvi's 41.5%.

United States House of Representatives

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Main article: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois

All of Illinois's seats in the United States House of Representatives were for election in 2022. Prior to these elections, Illinois saw its congressional seat boundaries change due to redistricting, and lost one seat due to post-2020 United States Census reapportionment.

State elections

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Governor and lieutenant governor

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Main article: 2022 Illinois gubernatorial election
2022 Illinois gubernatorial election
 
← 2018 November 8, 2022 2026 →
Turnout50.96%   5.19 pp
     
Nominee J. B. Pritzker Darren Bailey
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Juliana Stratton Stephanie Trussell
Popular vote 2,253,748 1,739,095
Percentage 54.9% 42.4%
 
County results
Pritzker:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Bailey:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Governor before election

J. B. Pritzker
Democratic

Elected Governor

J. B. Pritzker
Democratic

The incumbent governor and lieutenant governor, J. B. Pritzker and Juliana Stratton, won reelection.[2]

Attorney general

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Main article: 2022 Illinois Attorney General election
2022 Illinois Attorney General election
 
← 2018 November 8, 2022 2026 →
     
Nominee Kwame Raoul Tom DeVore
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,219,420 1,774,468
Percentage 54.4% 43.4%
 
County results
Raoul:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%
DeVore:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Attorney General before election

Kwame Raoul
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Kwame Raoul
Democratic

Incumbent attorney general, Democrat Kwame Raoul, won reelection.

Secretary of state

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Main article: 2022 Illinois Secretary of State election
2022 Illinois Secretary of State election
 
← 2018 November 8, 2022 2026 →
     
Nominee Alexi Giannoulias Dan Brady
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,220,713 1,783,070
Percentage 54.3% 43.6%
 
County results
Giannoulias:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%
Brady:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Secretary of State before election

Jesse White
Democratic

Elected Secretary of State

Alexi Giannoulias
Democratic

The incumbent secretary of state was sixth-term Democrat Jesse White. He announced that he would not seek reelection to a seventh term. Alexi Giannoulias defeated Dan Brady in the secretary of state election.

Comptroller

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Illinois Comptroller election, 2022
 
← 2018 November 8, 2022 2026 →
     
Nominee Susana Mendoza Shannon Teresi
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,331,714 1,676,637
Percentage 57.08% 41.04%
 
 
County results
Mendoza:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Teresi:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Comptroller before election

Susana Mendoza
Democratic

Elected Comptroller

Susana Mendoza
Democratic

The incumbent comptroller was Susana Mendoza, a Democrat who was first elected in a 2016 special election and subsequently reelected in 2018. Mendoza won the reelection, but ceded ground compared to her 2018 performance, with a margin of just 16% compared to 23%.[3] She traditionally performed the best in Cook County, which was reflected by her victories in all ten congressional districts it is a part of. She won four other districts in the remaining part of the state, while Teresi secured just three overall.

Democratic primary

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Candidates
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Nominee
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Endorsements

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Susana Mendoza
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Results
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Democratic primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Susana Mendoza (incumbent) 838,155 100.0%
Total votes 838,155 100.0%

Republican primary

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Candidates
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Nominee
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Removed from ballot
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Results
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Republican primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shannon Teresi 666,835 100.0%
Total votes 666,835 100.0%

Third parties and independents

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Candidates
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Nominee
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General election

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Susana Mendoza (D)
Labor unions
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Polling
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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Susana
Mendoza (D) 		Shannon
Teresi (R) 		Other Undecided
Emerson College October 20–24, 2022 1,000 (LV) ± 3.0% 49% 36% 4%[b] 11%
Results
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2022 Illinois Comptroller election[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Susana Mendoza (incumbent) 2,331,714 57.08% −2.82%
Republican Shannon Teresi 1,676,637 41.04% +4.04%
Libertarian Deirdre McCloskey 76,808 1.88% −1.22%
Write-in 25 0.0% ±0.0%
Total votes 4,085,184 100.0%
Democratic hold

Treasurer

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Illinois Treasurer election, 2022
 
← 2018 November 8, 2022 2026 →
     
Nominee Mike Frerichs Tom Demmer
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,206,434 1,767,242
Percentage 54.3% 43.5%
 
 
County results
Frerichs:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Demmer:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Treasurer before election

Mike Frerichs
Democratic

Elected Treasurer

Mike Frerichs
Democratic

The incumbent treasurer was second-term Democrat Mike Frerichs.

Democratic primary

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Candidates
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Nominee
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Endorsements
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Mike Frerichs
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Results

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Democratic primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Frerichs (incumbent) 811,732 100.0%
Total votes 811,732 100.0%

Republican primary

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Candidates
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Nominee
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  • Tom Demmer, state representative for Illinois' 90th District (2013–present)[10]
Removed from ballot
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  • Patrice McDermand

Results

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Republican primary results[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Demmer 670,758 100.0%
Total votes 670,758 100.0%

Third parties and independents

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Candidates
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Nominee
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  • Preston Nelson (Libertarian)

General election

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Endorsements

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Mike Frerichs(D)
Labor unions
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Polling
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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Mike
Frerichs (D) 		Tom
Demmer (R) 		Other Undecided
Emerson College October 20–24, 2022 1,000 (LV) ± 3.0% 46% 36% 6%[c] 14%
Victory Geek (D) August 25–28, 2022 512 (LV) ± 4.3% 54% 33% – 13%
Results
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2022 Illinois Treasurer election[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mike Frerichs (incumbent) 2,206,434 54.29% −3.35%
Republican Tom Demmer 1,767,242 43.48% +4.57%
Libertarian Preston Nelson 90,647 2.23% −1.22%
Write-in 38 0.0% ±0.0%
Total votes 4,064,361 100.0%
Democratic hold

State senate

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Main article: 2022 Illinois Senate election

All of the seats of the Illinois Senate were up for election in 2022, as this was the first election following redistricting.

State House of Representatives

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Main article: 2022 Illinois House of Representatives election

All of the seats in the Illinois House of Representatives were up for election in 2022.

Ballot measure

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The Illinois General Assembly has the authority to refer statewide ballot measures, either as legislatively referred constitutional amendments or referendums.[14] In order to be referred to voters, a proposed constitutional amendment must receive a vote of 60% approval in both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly.[14] No gubernatorial approval is required.[14] Advisory questions require a simple majority approval vote in each chamber of the Illinois General Assembly and the signature of the governor.[14]

In Illinois, ballot initiatives can be included on the ballot. In Illinois, in order to be included on the ballot, an initiative must receive signatures of support equal in number to 8% of the turnout for the previous gubernatorial election. For the 2022 election, this meant that ballot initiatives required 363,813 signatures.[14] Ballot initiatives in Illinois are only permitted to revise Section IV of the Constitution of Illinois.[15] In order for an initiative be included on the November 2022 ballot, the signatures supporting it were required to be filed no later than May 8, 2022.[14] No ballot initiative was filed by this deadline.

Thus far, a single ballot measure (a legislatively referred constitutional amendment) has been scheduled for the November general election.[14]

Right to Collective Bargaining Amendment

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Right to Collective Bargaining Amendment, 2022
 
Illinois Amendment 1
 
 

In the November 8, 2022 general election, Illinois voters voted on whether to ratify the proposed Right to Collective Bargaining Amendment.[16]

The proposed amendment would guarantee the right for employees to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their choosing in negotiations concerning "wages, hours, and working conditions and to protect their economic welfare and safety at work."[16] The amendment would also prohibit legislation which interferes with, negates, or diminishes collective bargaining agreements, including agreements which require union membership as a condition of employment.[16] The amendment would, effectively, render any state or local "right-to-work" legislation (which would prohibit collective bargaining agreements that require union membership as a condition of employment) unconstitutional in Illinois.[16]

Prohibition on local-level right-to-work ordinances currently exists through both Illinois state law and federal legal precedence.[17] In 2019, Illinois ratified a state law prohibiting local governments from creating right-to-work zones.[17] In 2017, in a case concerning a 2015 local right-to-work ordinance adopted by the village of Lincolnshire, Illinois, Judge Matthew Kennelly issued a ruling in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois that the National Labor Relations Act does not enable local governments to pass right-to-work laws.[18][19] This was a ruling counter to a 2016 United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decision on such laws.[19] Kennelly's ruling was subsequently upheld the following year by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in a unanimous decision.[19]

Currently, only three states in the United States (Hawaii, Missouri, and New York) have clauses in their state constitutions which assert a right to collectively bargain.[16] Currently, no state constitutions have a clause prohibiting right-to-work legislation (which ban collective bargaining agreements that require union membership as a condition of employment).[16]

The legislation referring the proposed amendment to voters received the needed 60% approval vote in the Illinois Senate on May 21, 2021,[17] and in the Illinois House of Representatives on May 26, 2021.[20]

In order to be ratified, the amendment is required to receive either 60% support among those specifically voting on the amendment or 50% support among all ballots cast in the state's election.[21]

If ratified, the amendment would expand the Bill of Rights contained in the Illinois Constitution of 1970.[22] It would add the following text as a new 25th section of Article I of the Constitution of Illinois,[22]

SECTION 25. WORKERS' RIGHTS

(a) Employees shall have the fundamental right to organize and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of negotiating wages, hours, and working conditions, and to protect their economic welfare and safety at work. No law shall be passed that interferes with, negates, or diminishes the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively over their wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment and work place safety, including any law or ordinance that prohibits the execution or application of agreements between employers and labor organizations that represent employees requiring membership in an organization as a condition of employment.

(b) The provisions of this Section are controlling over those of Section 6 of Article VII.

Illinois Amendment 1, 2023
Choice Votes %
  Yes 2,212,999 58.72
No 1,555,929 41.28
Total votes 3,768,928 100.00
Source: [16][22]

Judicial elections

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Main article: 2022 Illinois judicial elections

Judicial elections were to be held, consisting of both partisan and retention elections.

Local elections

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Local elections took place in several jurisdictions, including county elections such as the Cook County elections.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ McCloskey (L) with 3%; "Someone else" with 1%
  3. ^ Nelson (L) with 4%; "Someone else" with 2%

References

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  1. ^ a b Pearson, Rick; Petrella, Dan (June 17, 2021). "Pritzker signs election package that moves 2022 primary to June, makes fixtures of curbside and mail-in voting". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Illinois election results: JB Pritzker wins 2nd governor term, defeating Darren Bailey". ABC7 Chicago. November 9, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  3. ^ Nowicki, Jerry (December 5, 2022). "State elections board certifies 2022 results". Capitol News Illinois. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "Endorsed Candidates << Equality Illinois". www.equalityillinois.us. Equality Illinois. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d "Political". www.ialf-cio.org. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar » Chamber backs Mendoza". capitolfax.com.
  7. ^ a b Kapos, Shia (July 8, 2022). "Gun violence's shock and numb". Politico. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d "Election Results 2022 GENERAL PRIMARY". Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 28, 2022.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ Hancock, Peter (October 8, 2022). "Voters to decide who should be state's chief fiscal officer". Herald-Whig.
  10. ^ a b "Politics1 - Online Guide to Illinois Politics".
  11. ^ a b "Illinois - COMPAC Endorsements". UMWA. Archived from the original on October 30, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  12. ^ a b "2022 General Election Results". Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  13. ^ a b "International Union of Operating Engineers Endorsed Candidates". Politico. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g "Illinois 2022 ballot measures". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  15. ^ "Article XIV, Illinois Constitution". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g "Illinois Right to Collective Bargaining Amendment (2022)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  17. ^ a b c Hancock, Peter (May 22, 2021). "Unionization amendment that would prohibit 'right to work laws' in IL clears Senate". bnd.com. Belleville News-Democrat. Capitol News Illinois. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  18. ^ "Court strikes down Lincolnshire right-to-work ordinance". Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune. Pioneer Press. January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  19. ^ a b c Dudek, Mitch (September 30, 2018). "Appeals court decision favors labor". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  20. ^ Hancock, Peter (May 26, 2021). "House passes right-to-unionize amendment". Capitol News Illinois. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  21. ^ "Illinois Constitution - Amendments Proposed". www.ilga.gov. Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  22. ^ a b c "Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SJRCA0011". www.ilga.gov. Illinois General Assembly. November 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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