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The 2022 Illinois Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of Illinois. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Kwame Raoul won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary results[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticKwame Raoul (incumbent) 830,578 100.0%
Total votes830,578 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Tom DeVore, lawyer[6]

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Tom DeVore
Organizations
Steve Kim
Statewide officials
Newspapers

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Tom
DeVore
Steve
Kim
David
Shestokas
Undecided
Ogden & Fry (R)June 24, 2022518 (LV)± 4.4%28%27%10%35%
Ogden & Fry (R)June 11–12, 2022662 (LV)± 3.9%21%25%10%45%
Public Policy Polling (D)June 6–7, 2022677 (LV)± 3.8%20%18%3%59%

Results

Results by county
  DeVore
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Kim
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
Republican primary results[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanThomas G. DeVore 316,726 44.21%
RepublicanSteve Kim248,65234.71%
RepublicanDavid Shestokas151,04521.08%
Total votes716,423 100.0%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[12]Safe DSeptember 14, 2022
Elections Daily[13]Safe DNovember 1, 2022

Endorsements

Tom DeVore (R)
Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Kwame
Raoul (D)
Thomas
DeVore (R)
OtherUndecided
Emerson CollegeOctober 20–24, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%47%39%6%[b]9%
Research AmericaOctober 5–11, 20221,000 (RV)± 3.1%42%25%10%[c]22%

Results

2022 Illinois Attorney General election[17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticKwame Raoul (incumbent) 2,219,420 54.35% -0.36%
RepublicanThomas G. DeVore1,774,46843.45%+0.71%
LibertarianDaniel K. Robin89,6642.20%-0.35%
Total votes4,083,552 100.0%
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Raoul won 13 of 17 congressional districts with the remaining 4 going to DeVore, including one that elected a Democrat.[18]

DistrictRaoulDeVoreRepresentative
1st68%30%Bobby Rush (117th Congress)
Jonathan Jackson (118th Congress)
2nd66%32%Robin Kelly
3rd68%30%Marie Newman (117th Congress)
Delia Ramirez (118th Congress)
4th68%29%Chuy García
5th68%30%Mike Quigley
6th53%45%Sean Casten
7th84%14%Danny Davis
8th55%43%Raja Krishnamoorthi
9th70%28%Jan Schakowsky
10th60%38%Brad Schneider
11th54%44%Bill Foster
12th26%72%Mike Bost
13th52%45%Nikki Budzinski
14th52%46%Lauren Underwood
15th28%69%Mary Miller
16th35%63%Darin LaHood
17th47%50%Cheri Bustos (117th Congress)
Eric Sorensen (118th Congress)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Robin (L) with 4%; "Someone else" with 2%
  3. ^ Robin with 6%; "None" with 4%

References

  1. ^ Gettinger, Aaron (August 19, 2021). "Kwame Raoul to seek reelection next year". www.hpherald.com. Hyde Park Herald. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Endorsed Candidates << Equality Illinois". www.equalityillinois.us. Equality Illinois. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Political". www.ialf-cio.org. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "International Union of Operating Engineers Endorsed Candidates". Politico. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Election Results 2022 GENERAL PRIMARY". Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 28, 2022.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ a b Armentrout, Mitchell (February 22, 2022). "Tom DeVore announces Illinois attorney general campaign". chicago.suntimes.com. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  7. ^ Avery, Taylor (January 13, 2022). "Republican Steve Kim launches bid to oust Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul". chicago.suntimes.com. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Illinois Fraternal Order of Police endorses Thomas DeVore for attorney general". prairiestatewire.com. May 6, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  9. ^ Kapos, Shia. "Primary Day! 10 things to watch". www.politic.com. Politico. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  10. ^ Kapos, Shia. "Ken Griffin's awkward exit". www.politico.com. Politico. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  11. ^ Kapos, Shia (June 3, 2022). "'Corrupt Democrat!': Insults fly in GOP gov debate". www.politico.com. Politico. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  12. ^ "The Attorneys General: A Dozen Races Dot the Competitive Landscape". Sabato's Crystal Ball. September 14, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
  13. ^ Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  14. ^ "Human Rights Campaign Endorses Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul for Reelection". Human Rights Campaign. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  15. ^ "Illinois - COMPAC Endorsements". UMWA. Archived from the original on October 30, 2022. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  16. ^ "Editorial: For Illinois attorney general, the clear choice is Kwame Raoul". Chicago Tribune.
  17. ^ "2022 General Election Results". Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  18. ^ @NapervillePol (December 23, 2022). "Attorney General" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

Official campaign websites