2022 Election Primary: Illinois Governor

These are the unofficial election results for contested races across McHenry County as of about 12:45 a.m. Wednesday.

A rare Republican who supports abortion rights found success in Colorado in the first primary elections held since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, while New York’s first female governor positioned herself to become a major voice in the post-Roe landscape.

Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey to challenge Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker in November General Election.

McHenry County voters will line up today to cast their votes in this year’s primary election races, months later than normal. The delay had some local officials concerned about turnout, which started slow but ticked upward as early voting continued.

Billionaire businessmen Ken Griffin and Richard Uihlein — among the country’s biggest Republican donors — have combined to pour more than $60 million into the race. Griffin backs Irvin and Uihlein supports Bailey.

Competitive races line both the Democratic and Republican ballots as early voting continues ahead of Tuesday’s primary election. Here's a round-up of who and what is on the ballot.

U.S. Rep. Mary Miller of Illinois, speaking at a rally Saturday night with former President Donald Trump, called the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade a “victory for white life.”

With the June 28 Illinois Primary Election Day drawing near, it’s a good time for voters to brush up on the rules of in-person voting. Here are seven things to know.

About a hundred people, many supporters, greet gubernatorial candidate's bus during Lee County stop

How to pay for schools is a dilemma that surfaces perennially in Illinois elections. Some answers recently pitched by Republican candidates for governor included doubling superintendents’ workloads and expanding voucher programs.

Speaking about high gas prices, Darren Bailey said, “All of this could be solved, or helped out greatly, with one call from the Governor, from the President of the Senate, from the Speaker of the House and begin the work that representatives are actually supposed to be doing.”

Candidate for Illinois governor Darren Bailey is riding high in the polls, but told supporters in downtown Oswego not to take anything for granted.

Local, state and national candidates out of the Republican Party attended a forum in McHenry County Saturday to answer questions alongside primary opponents, and speak with constituents.

Things got a bit chippy Thursday night when the six Republican candidates took the stage together for the first time for a debate in Chicago.

There was little difference among Republican candidates for Illinois governor in a televised debate Thursday when it came to questions of protecting schoolchildren from mass shootings

Doctors in Illinois may now perform abortions on minors without notifying the child’s parents or obtaining a judicial bypass of the notification requirement.

The football team has not finalized a departure from Soldier Field, although its owners have hired architects and consultants to draft plans for a stadium on the former racetrack property.

Republican candidates up and down the ticket will attend a forum hosted by the McHenry County Township Republicans this Saturday.

Abortion, January 6, Donald Trump, Critical Race Theory and whether Joe Biden is rightfully the president of the United States were the basis of questions asked to a field of six Republican candidates for Illinois governor

While all candidates expressed horror at the tragedy, responses from a policy standpoint in the GOP Illinois Governor primary ranged from saying more needs to be done to support police and treat mental health to candidates saying more guns are needed in schools

For those polled who have picked a candidate, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin had the lead at 24.1%, followed by state Sen. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, at 19.8%, Gary Rabine at 7.8%, Jesse Sullivan at 7.3%, Max Solomon at 2.3% and Paul Schimpf at 1.9%

The Irvin campaign, normally active with news releases daily, issued none on Tuesday in the wake of the Supreme Court leak.

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin said he will increase funding for police and put more officers on the street if elected Governor, while also permanently cutting some taxes. Read more in his election questionnaire here.

Gary Rabine, candidate for Illinois Governor, says ethics reforms in Illinois politics "need a full and complete Elected Official disclosure statement that goes beyond the first layer of holdings." Read his full election questionnaire here.

Paul Schimpf says he is the only Republican candidate for Illinois Governor with a conservative legislative record where "I have never voted for a tax increase or introduced legislation that would give the Illinois government new taxing powers"

The hearing office concluded candidate Gary Rabine’s attorney “failed to present any evidence in support of his objection,” and the “gamesmanship in these proceedings borders on the frivolous.”

Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday defended a television ad paid for by the Democratic Governors Association that attacks one of the Republican challengers for governor as “simply telling the truth.”

Gov. JB Pritzker acknowledged crime is up across the state and nation, attributing the trends partially to a “pandemic recession.”

Six Republican candidates have filed to win the nomination to take on incumbent Democrat JB Pritzker in the November election.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey made a stop in McHenry Thursday morning, telling the crowd of about 50 supporters that he will “restore” Illinois and saying the state “cannot afford another four years of JB Pritzker.”

Billionaire Ken Griffin made his support for a Republican governor official on Monday, contributing $20 million to Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin in his quest to replace Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker

GOP gubernatorial candidate Jesse Sullivan has chosen Republican strategist and communications expert Kathleen Murphy of Warrenville as his running mate for lieutenant governor, he announced Friday

State records show Republican gubernatorial candidate and Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin raised about $1.2 million in less than two weeks with checks of $250,000 coming in from wealthy Republicans