ILLINOIS – Six Republican gubernatorial candidates faced primary elections in Illinois on Tuesday, with the winner advancing to the November battle against Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker.
State Sen. Xenia Darren Bailey, who leads most polls ahead of the election, faced Aurora Mayor Richard Irwin, along with businessmen Jesse Sullivan and Gary Rabain, attorney Max Solomon and former state senator Paul Schimpf.
The election is scheduled to close at 7 p.m. across the state. Six sections in Cook County will remain open for another hour due to a delayed start, Patch said.
Here’s a look at the total number of votes for each Republican candidate in the general primary election in 2022. So far, 9 percent of the expected votes have been counted, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Here is a look at the total number of votes for each Republican candidate in the general primary elections in 2022. So far, 9 percent of the expected votes have been counted. (Unofficial results via Chicago Tribune. Check again for updates when the results arrive).
- Bailey: 36,154 votes / 44.4 percent
- Irwin: 16,976 votes / 20.8 percent
- Sullivan: 14,367 votes / 17.6 percent
- Rabbi: 9,018 votes / 11.1 percent
- Schimpf: 3927 votes / 4.8 percent
- Solomon: 992 votes / 1.2 percent
The Republican candidate to win Tuesday’s primary will face Pritzker in the Nov. 8 general election.
ILLINOIS PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Each of the leading candidates sought to remove the nation’s richest elected official – as heir to the wealth of Hyatt hotels, Pritzker has a net worth of $ 3.6 billion – and has the support of his own billionaire financier.
Bailey took the support of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Quincy on Saturday. Bailey, 56, is campaigning for a full return to normalcy and economic recovery, opposition to taxpayer funding for abortion, advocacy for gun owners, education reform and lower taxes.
Irwin received $ 50 million in support from hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin, who until recently was the richest man in the state to move to Florida. Irwin, a 52-year-old two-term suburban mayor, is focusing his campaign on reducing crime, taxes and corruption.
Apart from Bailey and Irwin, Sullivan was the only other candidate to reach double-digit support in the polls. During his campaign, the 38-year-old CEO of venture capital firm Alter Global emphasized his Christian faith and opposition to abortion, while highlighting his experience of working as a civilian for the Defense Ministry’s operations in Afghanistan.
Gary Rabain, 59, is a Bull Valley resident and CEO of Schaumburg-based Rabine Paving, which he bought from his father in 1994 and grew into a multi-million dollar operation. Among his goals, if elected, is to make Illinois “the state by 2025 where more people move to our state than any other state in America.”
Former US Senator Paul Schimpf, 51, spent 20 years in the Marine Corps and served as a leading U.S. attorney advising Iraqi prosecutors in the trial of Saddam Hussein before his execution on television in 2006, according to his website. During the debate, he said things in Illinois remain the same, “because these are the same mega-donors, the same political operatives, the same special interest groups. I don’t owe it to any of them.”
Max Solomon, a lawyer, actor, former powerlifting champion and flight enthusiast, was also on the Republican ballot. The 51-year-old campaign cites parental choice in education, economic empowerment and stopping crime as its priorities.
In the Democratic primary, Pritzker faced the challenge from Beverly Miles, a retired U.S. Army major, hospital nurse Edward Hines Jr. and a former candidate for the Aldermania in Chicago.
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