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A general election will be held in the U.S. state of Illinois on November 8, 2022. The elections for United States Senate and United States House of Representatives, Governor, statewide constitutional officers, Illinois Senate, and Illinois House will be held on this date.
Election information[]
2022 will be a midterm election year in the United States.
The primary election will be held on June 28.[1] The general election will be held on November 8, 2022.
On June 17, 2021 Governor J. B. Pritzker signed a bill which made a number of election-related changes. The bill made the November election day a state holiday. It also made permanent a number of changes that had been implemented for the preceding 2020 elections amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including "curbside voting" and universal access to postal voting. The bill also delayed the date of the 2022 primary election from March 15 to June 28, citing the delay in the release of 2020 United States Census data needed for the reapportionment of electoral districts.[1]
Federal elections[]
United States Senate[]
The incumbent Senator of Illinois's class 3 United States Senate seat is first-term Democrat Tammy Duckworth, first elected in 2016
United States House of Representatives[]
All of Illinois's seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for election in 2022. Prior to these elections, Illinois will see its congressional seat boundaries change due to redistricting and will lose one seat due to post-2020 United States Census reapportionment.
State elections[]
Governor and Lieutenant Governor[]
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The incumbent Governor and Lieutenant Governor, first-term Democrats J.B. Pritzker and Juliana Stratton, are seeking reelection together.[2]
Attorney General[]
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Incumbent Attorney General, first-term Democrat Kwame Raoul, is seeking reelection.[3]
Secretary of State[]
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The incumbent Secretary of State is sixth-term Democrat Jesse White. He has announced that he will not seek reelection to a seventh term.[4]
Democratic Primary[]
Candidates[]
Declared[]
- Alexi Giannoulias, former Illinois Treasurer (2007 – 2011) and Democratic candidate in the 2010 United States Senate elections in Illinois[5]
- David H. Moore, Alderman from Chicago's 17th Ward[5]
- Anna M. Valencia, City Clerk of Chicago[5]
Withdrew[]
- Pat Dowell, Alderwoman for Chicago's 3rd Ward (running for Illinois's 1st congressional district)[5]
Declined[]
- Jesse White, incumbent Secretary of State
Republican Primary[]
Candidates[]
Declared[]
- Dan Brady, member of the Illinois House of Representatives since 2001[5]
- John C. Milhiser, former United States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois (2018-2021)[5]
Comptroller[]
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The incumbent Comptroller is Susana Mendoza, a Democrat who was first elected in a 2016 special election and subsequently reelected in 2018.
Treasurer[]
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The incumbent Treasurer is second-term Democrat Mike Frerichs.
State Senate[]
All of the seats of the Illinois Senate will be up for election in 2022, as this will be the first election following a redistricting.
State House of Representatives[]
All of the seats in the Illinois House of Representatives will be up for election in 2022.
Ballot measure[]
The Illinois General Assembly has the authority to refer statewide ballot measures, either as legislatively referred constitutional amendments or referendums.[6] 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.[6] No gubernatorial approval is required.[6] Advisory questions require a simple majority approval vote in each chamber of the Illinois General Assembly and the signature of the governor.[6]
Ballot initiatives can be included on the ballot. 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 means that ballot initiatives will require 363,813 signatures.[6] In order for an initiative be included on the November 2022 ballot, the signatures supporting it must be filed no later than May 8, 2022.[6]
Thus far, a single ballot measure (a legislatively referred constitutional amendment) has been scheduled for the November general election.[6]
Right to Collective Bargaining Amendment[]
In the November 8, 2022 general election, Illinois voters will vote on whether to ratify the proposed Right to Collective Bargaining Amendment.[7]
The proposed amendment would guarauntee the right for employees to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their choosing in negotiations concerning "wages, hours, and working conditions and to protect their economic welfare and safety at work."[7] The amendment would also prohibit legislation which interferes with, negatres, or diminishes collective bargaining agreements, including agreements which require union membership as a condition of employment.[7] The amendment would, effectively, render any state or local "right-to-work" legislation (which would prohibit collective bargaining agreements that require union membership as a condition of employment) unconstitional in Illinois.[7]
Prohibition on local-level right-to-work ordinances currently exists through both Illinois state law and federal legal precedence.[8] In 2019, Illinois ratified a state law prohibiting local governments from creating right-to-work zones.[8] In 2017, in a case concerning a 2015 local right-to-work ordinance adopted by the village of Lincolnshire, Illinois, Judge Matthew Kennelly issued a ruling the in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois that the National Labor Relations Act does not enable local governments to pass right-to-work laws.[9][10] This was a ruling counter to a 2016 United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decision on such laws.[10] Kennelly's ruling was subsequently upheld the following year by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in a unanimous decision.[10]
Currently, only three states (Hawaii, Missouri, and New York in the United States have clauses in their state constitutions which assert a right to collectively bargain.[7] 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).[7]
The legislation referring the proposed amendment to voters received the needed 60% approval vote in the Illinois Senate on May 21, 2021,[8] and in the Illinois House of Representatives on May 26, 2021.[11]
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.[12] If it had been approved, the measure would have amended the Constitution of Illinois to allow for a graduated income tax in the state.[13][14]
If ratified, the amendment would expand the Bill of Rights contained in the Illinois Constitution of 1970.[15] It would add the following text as a new 25th section of Article I of the Constitution of Illinois,[15]
SECTION 25. WORKERS' RIGHTS
(a) Employees shall have the fundamental right to organize and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of negotiating wages, hours, and working conditions, and to protect their economic welfare and safety at work. No law shall be passed that interferes with, negates, or diminishes the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively over their wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment and work place safety, including any law or ordinance that prohibits the execution or application of agreements between employers and labor organizations that represent employees requiring membership in an organization as a condition of employment.
(b) The provisions of this Section are controlling over those of Section 6 of Article VII.[7][15]
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.
References[]
- ^ a b Pearson, Rick; Petrella, Dan (17 Jun 2021). "Pritzker signs election package that moves 2022 primary to June, makes fixtures of curbside and mail-in voting". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Governor JB Pritzker announces re-election bid for 2022". WGN-TV. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
- ^ Kapos, Shia (19 August 2021). "PUSHING PARTY UNITY — RAOUL ANNOUNCES RE-ELECTION BID — RETURNING FOR THE REMAP". POLITICO. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Jesse White won't seek re-election in 2022". WAND-TV. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
- ^ a b c d e f Adams, Andrew (2022-01-12). "Who is running for secretary of state? Here's a look at recent race developments". The State Journal-Register. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Illinois 2022 ballot measures". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Illinois Right to Collective Bargaining Amendment (2022)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ a b c Hancock, Peter (May 22, 2021). "Unionization amendment that would prohibit 'right to work laws' in IL clears Senate". bnd.com. Belleville News-Democrat. Capitol News Illinois. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Court strikes down Lincolnshire right-to-work ordinance". Chicago Tribune. Chicago Tribune. Pioneer Press. January 10, 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ a b c Dudek, Mitch (30 September 2018). "Appeals court decision favors labor". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Hancock, Peter (May 26, 2021). "House passes right-to-unionize amendment". Capitol News Illinois. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Illinois Constitution - Amendments Proposed". www.ilga.gov. Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ "Illinois Allow for Graduated Income Tax Amendment (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
- ^ Bremer, Shelby (May 28, 2019). "Illinois' Graduated Income Tax Plan: What You Need to Know". NBC Chicago. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
- ^ a b c "Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SJRCA0011". www.ilga.gov. Illinois General Assembly. November 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
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