A general election was held in the

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on November 8, 2022. The elections for

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and

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, statewide constitutional officers,

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, and

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were held on this date.

Election information

2022 is a

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year in the United States. The

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was held on June 28. The general election was held on November 8, 2022. On June 17, 2021 Governor

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signed a bill which made a number of election-related changes. The bill made the November

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. It also made permanent a number of changes that had been implemented for the preceding 2020 elections amid the

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, including "curbside voting" and universal access to

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. The bill also delayed the date of the 2022

from March 15 to June 28, citing the delay in the release of

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data needed for the

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of electoral districts.

Federal elections

United States Senate

The incumbent Senator of Illinois's class 3 United States Senate seat is first-term Democrat

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, first elected in

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United States House of Representatives

All of Illinois's seats in the

were for election in 2022. Prior to these elections, Illinois will see its congressional seat boundaries change due to

redistrict Redistricting in the United States is the process of drawing electoral district boundaries. For the United States House of Representatives, and state legislatures, redistricting occurs after each decennial census. The U.S. Constitution in Ar ...

ing and will lose one seat due to post-

reapportionment.

State elections

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

The incumbent

and

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, first-term Democrats

and

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, are seeking reelection together.

Attorney General

Incumbent

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, first-term Democrat

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, is seeking reelection.

Secretary of State

The incumbent Secretary of State is sixth-term Democrat Jesse White. He has announced that he will not seek reelection to a seventh term.

Comptroller

The incumbent

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, a Democrat who was first elected in a 2016 special election and subsequently reelected in 2018.

Democratic primary

=Candidates

Nominee

, incumbent comptroller

Endorsements

=Results

Republican primary

=Candidates

=Nominee

= *Shannon Teresi, McHenry County auditor

=Removed from ballot

= *Michael Kinney, pro-Trump activist

=Results

Third parties and independents

=Candidates

=Nominee

= *

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(Libertarian), professor at

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General election

=Polling

=Results

Treasurer

The incumbent

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is second-term Democrat

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Democratic primary

=Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent treasurer

=Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

=Candidates

=Nominee

= *

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, state representative for Illinois' 90th district (2013—present)

=Removed from ballot

= *Patrice McDermand

Results

Third parties and independents

=Candidates

=Nominee

= * Preston Nelson (Libertarian)

General election

Endorsements

=Polling

=Results

State Senate

All of the seats of the

will be up for election in 2022, as this will be the first election following a

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State House of Representatives

All of the seats in the

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will be up for election in 2022.

Ballot measure

The

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has the authority to refer statewide

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, either as

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s or

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s. In order to be referred to voters, a proposed constutional 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,

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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

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. 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.

Right to Collective Bargaining Amendment

In the November 8, 2022 general election, Illinois voters voted on whether to ratify the proposed Right to Collective Bargaining Amendment. The proposed amendment would guarantee the right for employees to organize and

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through representatives of their choosing in negotiations concerning "wages, hours, and working conditions and to protect their economic welfare and safety at work." 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. The amendment would, effectively, render any state or local "

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" legislation (which would prohibit collective bargaining agreements that require union membership as a condition of employment) unconstitutional in Illinois. Prohibition on local-level right-to-work ordinances currently exists through both Illinois state law and federal

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. 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

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, Judge

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issued a ruling the in the

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that the

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does not enable local governments to pass right-to-work laws. This was a ruling counter to a 2016

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decision on such laws. Kennelly's ruling was subsequently upheld the following year by the

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in an unanimous decision. Currently, only three states in the United States (

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, and

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) have clauses in their state constitutions which assert a right to collectively bargain. 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). The legislation referring the proposed amendment to voters received the needed 60% approval vote in the Illinois Senate on May 21, 2021, and in the Illinois House of Representatives on May 26, 2021. 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. If ratified, the amendment would expand the Bill of Rights contained in the Illinois Constitution of 1970. It would add the following text as a new 25th section of Article I of the Constitution of Illinois,

Judicial elections

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

Local elections

Local elections will take place, including county elections such as the Cook County elections.

Notes

References

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