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 tickets with candidates for

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. The incumbent governor and lieutenant governor, first-term Democrats J. B. Pritzker 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 Cook County, the home of

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, as well as winning all but one of the neighboring collar counties. However, Bailey improved upon former Republican governor

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'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 Alexander,

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, Jackson, Knox, and

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which Pritzker previously won, while Pritzker managed to flip

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county, marking the first time since

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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

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. 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

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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

* J. B. Pritzker, incumbent governor **Running mate:

, incumbent lieutenant governor

Eliminated in primary

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, U.S. Army veteran, registered nurse and activist **Running mate: Karla Shaw

Endorsements

Results

2022 Illinois gubernatorial Democratic primary

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

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

Eliminated in primary

* Richard Irvin, mayor of Aurora **Running mate: Avery Bourne,

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*Gary Rabine, businessman **Running mate: Aaron Del Mar,

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Republican Committeeman *

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, former

and nominee for

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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)'' * Kirk Dillard, chair of the Regional Transportation Authority, former

, and candidate for governor in

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and

* Adam Kinzinger,

for *

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, finance chair of the

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, member of the TD Ameritrade Board of Directors, and co-owner of the

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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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