The stage is set for a high-stakes battle to challenge Illinois’ billionaire governor, with billionaire hedge fund owner Kenneth Griffin pledging to use his fortune to defeat Pritzker. Griffin has endorsed Irvin and, so far, invested $20 million in his campaign.
After winning the GOP nomination for attorney general in 2010, Kim lost the general election to Democratic incumbent Lisa Madigan, who won 64.7% of the vote to Kim’s 31.7%.
Launching his campaign on the first day candidates can start gathering signatures for nominating petitions, Steve Kim became the third Republican in as many days to announce a run for statewide office in the June primary. Deerfield lawyer Steve Kim, a Republican candidate for Illinois attorney general.
“Sadly, the Illinois Republican Party has seemingly abandoned any shred of decency, inviting extremists like DeVore to the forefront.” The bitter words follow the public sniping between DeVore and Pritzker that grew personal during the first year of the pandemic.
See also: United States Senate election in Illinois, 2022 (June 28 Republican primary)
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders.
Eleven of 102 Illinois counties—10.8 percent—are Pivot Counties. These are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
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