The 2022 Illinois gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the

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, concurrently with the 2022 Illinois general election. Gubernatorial candidates ran on

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with candidates for lieutenant governor. The incumbent governor and lieutenant governor, first-term Democrats

J. B. Pritzker Jay Robert "J. B." Pritzker (born January 19, 1965) is an American billionaire businessman, philanthropist, and politician serving as the 43rd governor of Illinois since 2019. A member of the wealthy Pritzker family, which owns the worldwide ...

and

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, sought re-election together against Republican nominees Illinois State Senator

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and his running mate Stephanie Trussell. In the general election, Pritzker won re-election with 54.9% of the vote, 0.4% better than he won in

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. This was the best raw percentage of the vote received by a Democrat for governor since

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. The overall margin of victory in 2022 for Pritzker was 12.5% while in 2018 Pritzker won by 15.7%, which is a 3.2% decrease for Pritzker. Pritzker's victory was once again the result of a strong performance in the

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—containing a majority of the state's population—winning a lopsided victory in strongly Democratic

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, the home of

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, as well as winning all but one of the neighboring

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. However, Bailey improved upon former Republican governor Bruce Rauner's performance in 2018 by just under 4%, largely due to the absence of a strong third-party conservative candidate that appeared in 2018. Subsequently, Bailey was able to flip the counties of

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, Knox, and Winnebago which Pritzker previously won, while Pritzker managed to flip

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county, marking the first time since 1948 that it has voted for a Democrat in a gubernatorial election. Pritzker was the first Illinois governor to serve a full term and get reelected for a second since Rod Blagojevich in 2006. If Pritzker serves the entirety of his term, he would become the first Democratic governor in the state's history to serve two full four-year terms, as every other Democratic governor had either been impeached, died or resigned before finishing their second term.

Election information

The primaries and general elections will coincide with those for federal congressional races, the state's U.S. Senate race, and those for other state offices. The election will be part of the

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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

, incumbent governor **Running mate:

, incumbent lieutenant governor

Eliminated in primary

Beverly Miles Beverly Miles is a nurse and retired U.S. Army Major. She ran for Governor for the Democratic party in Illinois against incumbent J.B. Pritzker in 2022. She was one of the nine Black women who ran for governor in 2022. Early life and career M ...

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veteran, registered nurse and activist **Running mate: Karla Shaw

Endorsements

Results

2022 Illinois gubernatorial Democratic primary

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

, state senator ** Running mate: Stephanie Trussell, former radio talk show host from Lisle, Illinois.

Eliminated in primary

* Richard Irvin, mayor of

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**Running mate:

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, state representative *Gary Rabine, businessman **Running mate: Aaron Del Mar, Palatine Township Republican Committeeman *

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, former state senator and nominee for Attorney General in

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**Running mate: Carolyn Schofield, McHenry County Board member *Max Solomon, Attorney **Running Mate: Latasha Fields *Jesse Sullivan, venture capitalist **Running mate: Kathleen Murphy, former director of communications for state representative

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Removed from ballot

* Emily Johnson * Keisha Smith

Declined

* Rodney Davis,

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for ''( ran for re-election)'' *

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, chair of the Regional Transportation Authority, former state senator, and candidate for governor in 2010 and

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for *

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, finance chair of the

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, member of the

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Board of Directors, and co-owner of the Chicago Cubs

Endorsements

Polling

;Graphical summary

Results

2022 Illinois gubernatorial Republican primary

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominee

* Scott Schluter, veteran, diesel technician, and chair of the Southern Illinois Libertarian Party **Running mate: John Phillips

Withdrew

*Jon Stewart, former professional wrestler and candidate in

Other parties and independents

Independents

Declared but never filed

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, radio personality

Removed from ballot

* Tommy Belg

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Aggregate polls ;Graphical summary ;J. B. Pritzker vs. Richard Irvin ;J. B. Pritzker vs. Gary Rabine ;J. B. Pritzker vs. Paul Schimpf ;J. B. Pritzker vs. Jesse Sullivan ;J. B. Pritzker vs. generic Republican ;J. B. Pritzker vs. generic opponent ;Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

Debates

Results

Notes

;Partisan clients

References

External links

;Official campaign websites
Darren Bailey (R) for Governor

J. B. Pritzker (D) for Governor

Scott Schluter (L) for Governor
{{Illinois elections

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