Candidates
J.B. Pritzker, Juliana Stratton (D) - Incumbent
“Former Republican Governor Rauner hollowed out programs working families depend upon, and left us with an unbalanced budget and $17 billion in unpaid bills. So we got to work! We’ve balanced the budget every year, reduced our state pension liability, restored our Rainy Day Fund, eliminated our bill backlog, and achieved the state’s first credit upgrades in more than 20 years.”
Beverly Miles, Karla Shaw (D)
Did not participate in the WTTW Chicago Voter Guide.
Darren Bailey, Stephanie Trussell (R)
Did not participate in the WTTW Chicago Voter Guide.
Paul Schimpf, Carolyn Schofield (R)
“I am the only Republican candidate running for Illinois Governor who has decisively won a major race against a Democrat. In 2016, I ran for the Illinois Senate against former Lieutenant Governor Sheila Simon. Despite being outspent by over $300,000, we won that race by almost 22 points.”
Richard C. Irvin, Avery Bourne (R)
Did not participate in the WTTW Chicago Voter Guide.
Gary Rabine, Aaron Del Mar (R)
“Illinois is at a tipping point. We are in a crime epidemic. Murders in Chicago last year were 5 times more than New York. Statewide, our sanctuary status and Pritzker’s friendliest-to-illegal-felons laws have allowed human and drug trafficking to flourish.”
Max Solomon, Latasha H. Fields (R)
“This office needs to champion the charge to fix our pension issues. We need CPR - Constitutional Pension Reform.”
Jesse Sullivan, Kathleen Murphy (R)
“Thanks to J.B. Pritzker and the culture of corruption in Springfield, too many families are planning a future outside of Illinois. Our taxes are through the roof. Crime is ravaging our streets. Trust in government is at an all-time low. And our education system is failing. If you want a real change in Illinois’s future, Illinois needs a real change at the top.”
