WLDS–WEAI is proud to be your source for election results during the 2022 primary elections. Please check back as results are posted.
Republican - Governor-Lieutenant Governor
Richard Irvin/Avery Bourne - 4821
Gary Rabine/Aaron Delmar - 770
Darren Bailey/Stephanie Trussell - 12605
Paul Schimpf/Carolyn Schofield - 580
Jesse Sullivan/Kathleen Murphy - 5664
Max Solomon/Latasha Fields - 193
Democrat - Governor-Lieutenant Governor
J.B. Pritzker/Julianna Stratton (incumbent) - 10010
Beverly Miles/Karla Shaw - 790
Republican - Secretary of State
Dan Brady - 10193
John Milhiser - 12927
Democrat - Secretary of State
David Moore - 701
Alexi Giannoulias - 6133
Anna Valencia - 3440
Sidney Moore - 422
Republican - Attorney General
Steve Kim - 8946
David Shestokas - 3390
Thomas G. DeVore - 9794
Republican - U.S. Senator
Peggy Hubbard - 5692
Casey Chlebek - 2114
Robert "Bobby" Piton - 2149
Jimmy Lee Tillman II - 1290
Anthony W. Williams - 2191
Kathy Salvi - 5926
Matt Dubiel - 2120
Republican - 15th Congressional District
Rodney Davis - 7464
Mary Miller - 6432
Democrat - 13th Congressional District
Nikki Budzinski - 28753
David Palmer - 9175
Republican - 13th Congressional District
Regan Deering - 14534
Matt Hausman - 9936
Jesse Reising - 13820
Terry Martin - 3564
Republican - 54th Illinois Senate District
Steve McClure - 8313
Donald DeBolt - 4973
Republican - 95th Illinois Representative District
Tim Butler - 2142
Kent Gray - 714
Democrat - Cass County Board District 2 (Vote for 3)
Kim Hance - 101
Gary Noe - 109
Connie Starkey - 107
Ronald Culves - 89
Republican - Greene County Board (Vote For 7)
Earlene Castleberry - 658
Christopher Elliott - 579
John Forsting - 535
Robert "Bob" Hall - 790
Christy Lake - 993
Brandon Malin - 608
Melissa "Missy" Mehrhoff - 657
Richard Ross - 785
Andrea Schnelten - 818
Mark Strang - 819
Democrat - 15th Congressional District Committeewoman
Katherine F.S. Daniels - 1609
Liz Brown-Reeves - 1428
Republican - White Hall Precinct 1 Committeeman
Marcus D. Jouett - 35
David Surbeck - 44
Republican - Scott County Board (Vote For 1)
John Simmons - 484
Danny Hatcher - 271
Steven Grubb - 211
Referendum - 0.1% tax to assist with maintenance of Scott County Nursing Center?
Yes - 789
No - 312
Referendum - a special service area for emergency medical services for southern Scott County?
Yes - 525
No - 383
Referendum - an increase in tax levy for Road District 2 in Scott County?
Yes - 489
No - 35
Referendum - Authorize the New Berlin School District #16 in Sangamon & Morgan Counties to issue bonds in the amount of $23.5M to update Junior/Sr. High School building?
Yes - 1286
No - 464
Advisory Referendum to allow chicken coops within the corporate limits of the Village of Loami?
Yes - 104
No - 64
Greene County Getting New Voting Machines Ahead of November General Election
By Benjamin Cox on September 20, 2022 at 5:39am
Greene County is replacing its voting machines just ahead of the November General Election. The Greene County Board passed an ordinance during special session in the first week of September granting $400,000 to be used for replacing the now-outdated machines. Greene County Clerk Debbie Banghart says the current machines date back to 2004 and reached […]
Frivolous Election FOIA Requests Hit County Clerks in West Central Illinois
By Benjamin Cox on September 8, 2022 at 9:09am
Local election authorities across the state are fielding a wave of FOIA requests related to election integrity KSDK reports that in recent weeks ramping up to the November General Election a variety of form letters and emails, most of them including the same language, have started arriving in county clerks’ inboxes around Illinois. The letters […]
Jacksonville Municipal Election Petitions Available
By Benjamin Cox on September 8, 2022 at 8:46am
The City of Jacksonville will have 7 offices up for election in the 2023 Consolidated Elections coming up next April. City Clerk Skip Bradshaw has announced that Jacksonville citizens interested in running for an aldermanic position or City Treasurer may obtain information and documents at his office at the Jacksonville Municipal Building, located at 200 […]
Workers Rights Amendment To Be November Ballot Question in Illinois
By Benjamin Cox on August 29, 2022 at 6:53pm
An amendment to the Illinois Constitution will appear on the ballot this November after some groups worked to get it taken off. The 4th District Appellate Court ruled in favor of keeping a Workers Rights Amendment on the ballot after a suit field in April by the Liberty Justice Center fought to keep it off. […]
Three Downstate Counties to Consider Non-Binding Secession Referendum in November
By Benjamin Cox on August 23, 2022 at 1:37pm
Brown County, Hardin County, and a northeast portion of Madison County will be voting this November on a non-binding referendum to split the state in two. According to the website Red State Secession, if the majority of voters in these counties vote for the split they will join 24 other counties in southern and central […]
Defeated Republicans in Tuesday U.S. Senate Primary Refuse to Concede
By Benjamin Cox on July 2, 2022 at 8:30am
The Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate race in November is being contested by a number of defeated candidates. Mundelein’s Kathy Salvi was declared the winner of the 7-person race, taking a shade over 30% of the little over 705,000 votes cast in Tuesday’s primary. Salvi defeated hear next closest challenger, Belleville’s Peggy Hubbard, by […]
Review of 2022 Contested Primary Races
By Benjamin Cox on June 27, 2022 at 4:04pm
Polls open at 6AM tomorrow throughout the state. There are many contested federal and statewide races throughout Illinois that will be watched nationally. Here’s a review of the contested races that WLDS/WEAI will be watching tomorrow: FederalThere are 7 Republicans vying for the chance to take on Democrat incumbent Tammy Duckworth in November. Belleville Navy […]
Butler Campaign Sued For Libel By Primary Opponent Gray
By Benjamin Cox on June 23, 2022 at 1:04pm
A Springfield incumbent to the General Assembly has been sued in Sangamon County Court for libel. Incumbent State Representative Tim Butler and his campaign have been sued by his primary challenger Kent Gray, according to Sangamon County Circuit Court filings from yesterday. According to WMAY, Gray has accused the Butler campaign of sending anonymous text […]
Early Voting Turn Out Good in Morgan, Slow in Greene With Less Than A Week To Go
By Benjamin Cox on June 22, 2022 at 9:03am
Early voting has less than a week to go ahead of the June 28th primary. Morgan County Clerk Jill Waggener says that early voting at the courthouse has been going well: “I feel that early voting is going very well. We have a few people who come in every day, and I’m encouraged by that […]
Dark Money in Davis-Miller Campaign is Second Highest For A Congressional Primary Race in the U.S.
By Benjamin Cox on June 16, 2022 at 9:37am
Dark money is dominating the Rodney Davis-Mary Miller Republican primary race in the 15th Congressional District. Illinois Public Media reports that more than $9 million has been spent on the primary by outside individuals or groups, according to OpenSecrets, a non-partisan independent organization that tracks political campaign spending. The group says it’s the second-highest amount […]