Learn More About Illinois Elections 2014

By Marci Glover


On 4th November 2014, Illinois will have general elections. After the primary Illinois elections 2014 on 18th March, it is still quite early to know who will be the next leaders. There is great anticipation of who will win the race of being the executive officers of the state and also the township and district leaders.

Voters are expected to elect the executive leaders of the state, representatives to congress and the general assembly for the districts among other state leaders. Being one of the 22 mixed party system state, voters will declare party affiliation at the polls. They do not have to register with a specific party and are therefore allowed to change parties yearly as long as they declare one at the polls.

The current governor Pat Quin will be running for reelection after winning the primary elections by garnering 40%of the total votes. He will be running with the previous Chicago public schools chief Paul Vallas to replace Sheila Simon as his running mate for lieutenant governor. They will be running against Bruce Rauner who won the primary elections. The republican candidate will be running alongside Evelyn Sanguinetti as his lieutenant governor. The 2014 election cycle marks the first time in Illinois history that candidates for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor ran on a single ticket in the primary election.

For the attorney generals office, in the democratic primary, Lisa Madigan will be running for reelection in November. Also, in the Republican primary, Paul Schimpf will be running. He was declared after the withdrawal of Mark Curran and Mike and the decline of Tom cross and Jim Durkin from the race.

Jesse White the incumbent secretary of state eligible for reelection in the November elections. He was first elected in 1998.He will be running against Mike Webster; the president of the Cass School District Board of Education.

Lisa Madigan, the current Attorney general will be running for re-election in November. She will be running against republican Paul Schimpf. There will also be other third party candidates who include, Ben Koyl, David Black and Joe bell. Other third party candidates will be contesting for the two offices.

The incumbent lieutenant Governor, Sheila Simon will be running for office of the comptroller. She will be running against Judy Baar who will be vying for reelection for a second term. The third party candidates for the office include Julie Fox, Tim Curtin and Timothy Goodcase.

Dan Rutherford will not be running for reelection as Treasurer but instead ran for Governor. The candidates for the treasurers office include Mike Frerichs and Tom Cross among other third party candidates. The voters will vote in more leaders including the township committee men, precinct committee men among other leaders on the respective districts. The November elections campaigns have been on the rise as candidates wait to have their final battle at the polls. This will surely be a competitive election.




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