2022 Illinois elections explained

Election Name:2022 Illinois elections
Country:Illinois
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2020 Illinois elections
Previous Year:2020
Next Election:2024 Illinois elections
Next Year:2024
Election Date:November 8, 2022

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.

Election information

2022 was a midterm election year in the United States.

The primary election was held on June 28. 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

United States Senate

See 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

See 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

Governor and lieutenant governor

See main article: 2022 Illinois gubernatorial election.

Election Name:2022 Illinois gubernatorial election
Country:Illinois
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2018 Illinois gubernatorial election
Previous Year:2018
Next Election:2026 Illinois gubernatorial election
Next Year:2026
Election Date:November 8, 2022
Turnout:50.96% 5.19 pp
Image1:Governor JB Pritzker official portrait 2019 (crop).jpg
Nominee1:J. B. Pritzker
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Running Mate1:Juliana Stratton
Popular Vote1:2,253,748
Percentage1:54.9%
Nominee2:Darren Bailey
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Running Mate2:Stephanie Trussell
Popular Vote2:1,739,095
Percentage2:42.4%
Governor
Before Election:J. B. Pritzker
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:J. B. Pritzker
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

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

Attorney general

See main article: 2022 Illinois Attorney General election.

Election Name:2022 Illinois Attorney General election
Country:Illinois
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2018 Illinois Attorney General election
Previous Year:2018
Next Election:2026 Illinois Attorney General election
Next Year:2026
Election Date:November 8, 2022
Nominee1:Kwame Raoul
Party1:Illinois Democratic Party
Popular Vote1:2,219,420
Percentage1:54.4%
Nominee2:Tom DeVore
Party2:Illinois Republican Party
Popular Vote2:1,774,468
Percentage2:43.4%
Attorney General
Before Election:Kwame Raoul
Before Party:Illinois Democratic Party
After Election:Kwame Raoul
After Party:Illinois Democratic Party

Incumbent attorney general, Democrat Kwame Raoul, won reelection.

Secretary of state

See main article: 2022 Illinois Secretary of State election.

Election Name:2022 Illinois Secretary of State election
Country:Illinois
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2018 Illinois elections#Secretary of State
Previous Year:2018
Next Election:2026 Illinois elections#Secretary of State
Next Year:2026
Election Date:November 8, 2022
Image1:Alexi Giannoulias 2.jpg
Nominee1:Alexi Giannoulias
Party1:Illinois Democratic Party
Popular Vote1:2,220,713
Percentage1:54.3%
Nominee2:Dan Brady
Party2:Illinois Republican Party
Popular Vote2:1,783,070
Percentage2:43.6%
Secretary of State
Before Election:Jesse White
Before Party:Illinois Democratic Party
After Election:Alexi Giannoulias
After Party:Illinois Democratic Party

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

Election Name:Illinois Comptroller election, 2022
Country:Illinois
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2018 Illinois elections#Comptroller
Previous Year:2018
Next Election:2026 Illinois elections#Comptroller
Next Year:2026
Election Date:November 8, 2022
Image1:Susana Mendoza Blue Suit (1).jpg
Nominee1:Susana Mendoza
Party1:Illinois Democratic Party
Popular Vote1:2,331,714
Percentage1:57.08%
Nominee2:Shannon Teresi
Party2:Illinois Republican Party
Popular Vote2:1,676,637
Percentage2:41.04%
Comptroller
Before Election:Susana Mendoza
Before Party:Illinois Democratic Party
After Election:Susana Mendoza
After Party:Illinois Democratic Party

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 the 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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Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Nominee
Removed from ballot
Results

Third parties and independents

Nominee

General election

Results

Treasurer

Election Name:Illinois Treasurer election, 2022
Country:Illinois
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2018 Illinois elections#Treasurer
Previous Year:2018
Next Election:2026 Illinois elections#Treasurer
Next Year:2026
Election Date:November 8, 2022
Nominee1:Mike Frerichs
Party1:Illinois Democratic Party
Popular Vote1:2,206,434
Percentage1:54.3%
Nominee2:Tom Demmer
Party2:Illinois Republican Party
Popular Vote2:1,767,242
Percentage2:43.5%
Treasurer
Before Election:Mike Frerichs
Before Party:Illinois Democratic Party
After Election:Mike Frerichs
After Party:Illinois Democratic Party

The incumbent treasurer was second-term Democrat Mike Frerichs.

Democratic primary

Nominee
Endorsements

Republican primary

Nominee
Removed from ballot

Third parties and independents

Nominee

Endorsements

Polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Mike
Frerichs (D)
Tom
Demmer (R)
OtherUndecided
Emerson CollegeOctober 20–24, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%46%36%6%14%
Victory Geek (D)August 25–28, 2022512 (LV)± 4.3%54%33%13%
Results

State senate

See 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

See 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

The Illinois General Assembly has the authority to refer statewide ballot measures, either as legislatively referred constitutional amendments or referendums. 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. No gubernatorial approval is required. Advisory questions require a simple majority approval vote in each chamber of the Illinois General Assembly and the signature of the governor.

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. Ballot initiatives in Illinois are only permitted to revise Section IV of the Constitution of Illinois.[6] 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. 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.[7]

Right to Collective Bargaining Amendment

Right to Collective Bargaining Amendment, 2022
Country:Illinois
Location:Illinois
Illinois Amendment 1
Map Size:100px
Mapcaption:Yes No

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

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."[8] 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.[8] 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.[8]

Prohibition on local-level right-to-work ordinances currently exists through both Illinois state law and federal legal precedence. In 2019, Illinois ratified a state law prohibiting local governments from creating right-to-work zones. 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.[9] This was a ruling counter to a 2016 United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decision on such laws.[10] Kennelly's ruling was subsequently upheld the following year by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in a unanimous decision.[10]

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.[8] 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).[8]

The legislation referring the proposed amendment to voters received the needed 60% approval vote in the Illinois Senate on May 21, 2021,[11] and in the Illinois House of Representatives on May 26, 2021.[12]

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.[13]

If ratified, the amendment would expand the Bill of Rights contained in the Illinois Constitution of 1970.[14] It would add the following text as a new 25th section of Article I of the Constitution of Illinois,[14]

Judicial elections

See main article: 2022 Illinois judicial elections. Judicial elections were to be held, consisting of both partisan and retention elections.

Local elections

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pearson . Rick . Petrella . Dan . Pritzker signs election package that moves 2022 primary to June, makes fixtures of curbside and mail-in voting . Chicago Tribune. 20 August 2021 . 17 Jun 2021.
  2. Web site: 2022-11-09 . Illinois election results: JB Pritzker wins 2nd governor term, defeating Darren Bailey . 2023-01-21 . ABC7 Chicago . en.
  3. News: Nowicki . Jerry . State elections board certifies 2022 results . 20 August 2024 . Capitol News Illinois . 5 December 2022.
  4. Web site: Hancock . Peter . Voters to decide who should be state's chief fiscal officer . . October 8, 2022.
  5. Web site: Politics1 - Online Guide to Illinois Politics.
  6. News: Article XIV, Illinois Constitution . 27 January 2022 . Ballotpedia . en.
  7. Web site: Illinois 2022 ballot measures . Ballotpedia . 27 January 2022 . en.
  8. Web site: Illinois Right to Collective Bargaining Amendment (2022) . Ballotpedia . 27 January 2022 . en.
  9. Web site: Court strikes down Lincolnshire right-to-work ordinance . Chicago Tribune . Chicago Tribune . Pioneer Press . 27 January 2022 . en . January 10, 2017.
  10. Web site: Dudek . Mitch . Appeals court decision favors labor . Chicago Sun-Times . 27 January 2022 . en . 30 September 2018.
  11. Web site: Hancock . Peter . Unionization amendment that would prohibit 'right to work laws' in IL clears Senate . bnd.com . Belleville News-Democrat . Capitol News Illinois . 27 January 2022 . en . May 22, 2021.
  12. Web site: Hancock . Peter . House passes right-to-unionize amendment . Capitol News Illinois . 27 January 2022 . May 26, 2021.
  13. Web site: Illinois Constitution - Amendments Proposed . www.ilga.gov . Illinois General Assembly . 26 March 2020.
  14. Web site: Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SJRCA0011 . www.ilga.gov . Illinois General Assembly . 27 January 2022 . November 2021.