Christine Shanahan McGovern

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Christine Shanahan McGovern

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November 5, 2024

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Christine Shanahan McGovern (Republican Party) ran for election to the Illinois House of Representatives to represent District 36. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 36

Rick Ryan defeated Christine Shanahan McGovern in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 36 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rick Ryan (D)	59.2	27,487
		Christine Shanahan McGovern (R)	40.8	18,938

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 46,425
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 36

Rick Ryan defeated Sonia Anne Khalil in the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 36 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rick Ryan	57.0	6,963
	Submit photo	Sonia Anne Khalil	43.0	5,263

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,226
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 36

Christine Shanahan McGovern advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 36 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Christine Shanahan McGovern	100.0	2,966

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,966
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2022

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Illinois State Senate District 18

Incumbent Bill Cunningham defeated Christine Shanahan McGovern in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 18 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Cunningham (D)	59.4	45,430
		Christine Shanahan McGovern (R)	40.6	31,111

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 76,541
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 18

Incumbent Bill Cunningham advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 18 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Cunningham	100.0	20,641

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 18

Christine Shanahan McGovern advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 18 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Christine Shanahan McGovern	100.0	10,354

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,354
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Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Rise up! Get involved and change the course of Illinois. We can no longer be silent and allow these disastrous Progressive movements to continue. Life has a way of shifting and changing. I prefer to call it Divine Intervention. I am a mother, a business owner, and am committed to my community where I have lived for almost 25 years. These past two years have brought about many obstacles and opened my eyes to the lack of common sense used in making decisions affecting our state. The division that our Government is causing and the deafening silence from our local elected officials have contributed to the failures of Illinois. This purposeful division needs to end. We are stronger together. I am Christine Shanahan McGovern and I am running for Illinois State Senate in the 18th District. Stand with me in bringing Common Sense back to Illinois. I want to represent you and Illinois by passing legislation to provide better health care to our seniors, veterans and the mentally ill. I want to have programs for our youth to take them off the streets meanwhile addressing the drug crisis and my plan with working with law enforcement to finally put an end to the senseless crime that is affecting our communities. Albert Einstein says the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Together we can Rise up for change to protect our Faith, Family, & Freedom.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• We are living in a real life game of Monopoly where criminals pass go and get a free get out of jail card. Let's make Illinois Safe Again!
• Illinois needs strong legislatures who will have a plan to stop the massive exodus of residents and businesses. Illinois needs to stop this outrageous taxation on our residents in the areas of property, sales, gas, water, and Chicago's ridiculous bag tax.
• The future is greatly determined by our policies for our children. We need to prioritize a successful foundation. The Progressive path is disastrous. I have witnessed this in the classroom. Teaching our children what to think is wrong. Giving the opportunity to use their own critical thinking skills will pave the way to independent successful adults.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I always thought the Government was there to protect and have policies in place to promote the safety of its citizens. Who were the "geniuses" that came up with the concept of Police Reform and Defunding the Police? Since when are criminals not accountable for their actions? When was it offensive to have a Back the Blue patch on a uniform? Why are we making the most deadly drug possession of fentanyl a misdemeaner? Why are we allowing sexual predators to live closer to schools and parks? Why are we holding the police, who are hired and trained to serve and protect, at standards that prevent them from doing their job? Have the people of Illinois not seen the increase of crime? Have they not seen how our children are being sexualized at school? How did we get to a place where our children attend a public school and they are told that their skin color will define their success? Where they are taught that even though you are born a girl you can now identify as a boy or even a cat? Why have we taken away the voice of the most influential person in a child's life, the parent? Why do we have tampons in boys' bathrooms? Why do we not tell a parent that their child wants to identify as the opposite sex or have an abortion? We are here because of Democratic Liberal Idiotic Legislators! I want to change ALL of these. Let's bring back common sense and our Midwestern values. Protect our kids not the criminals!

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Christine Shanahan McGovern campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Illinois House of Representatives District 36	Lost general	$15,516	$10,459
2022	Illinois State Senate District 18	Lost general	$20,180	$21,240
Grand total			$35,696	$31,699
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

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Current members of the Illinois House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Emanuel Welch

Majority Leader:Robyn Gabel

Minority Leader:Tony McCombie

Representatives

District 1

Aaron Ortiz (D)

District 2

Elizabeth Hernandez (D)

District 3

Eva Delgado (D)

District 4

Lilian Jiménez (D)

District 5

Kimberly du Buclet (D)

District 6

Sonya Harper (D)

District 7

Emanuel Welch (D)

District 8

La Shawn Ford (D)

District 9

Yolonda Morris (D)

District 10

Jawaharial Williams (D)

District 11

Ann Williams (D)

District 12

Margaret Croke (D)

District 13

Hoan Huynh (D)

District 14

Kelly Cassidy (D)

District 15

Michael Kelly (D)

District 16

Kevin Olickal (D)

District 17

Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz (D)

District 18

Robyn Gabel (D)

District 19

Lindsey LaPointe (D)

District 20

Brad Stephens (R)

District 21

Abdelnasser Rashid (D)

District 22

Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar (D)

District 23

Edgar Gonzalez (D)

District 24

Theresa Mah (D)

District 25

Curtis Tarver (D)

District 26

Kambium Buckner (D)

District 27

Justin Slaughter (D)

District 28

Robert Rita (D)

District 29

Thaddeus Jones (D)

District 30

William Davis (D)

District 31

Michael Crawford (D)

District 32

Lisa Davis (D)

District 33

Marcus Evans (D)

District 34

Nicholas Smith (D)

District 35

Mary Gill (D)

District 36

Rick Ryan (D)

District 37

Patrick Sheehan (R)

District 38

Debbie Meyers-Martin (D)

District 39

Will Guzzardi (D)

District 40

Jaime Andrade (D)

District 41

Janet Yang Rohr (D)

District 42

Terra Howard (D)

District 43

Anna Moeller (D)

District 44

Fred Crespo (D)

District 45

Martha Deuter (D)

District 46

Diane Blair-Sherlock (D)

District 47

Amy Grant (R)

District 48

Jennifer Sanalitro (R)

District 49

Maura Hirschauer (D)

District 50

Barbara Hernandez (D)

District 51

Nabeela Syed (D)

District 52

Martin McLaughlin (R)

District 53

Nicolle Grasse (D)

District 54

Mary Beth Canty (D)

District 55

Martin Moylan (D)

District 56

Michelle Mussman (D)

District 57

Tracy Katz Muhl (D)

District 58

Bob Morgan (D)

District 59

Daniel Didech (D)

District 60

Rita Mayfield (D)

District 61

Joyce Mason (D)

District 62

Laura Dias (D)

District 63

Steven Reick (R)

District 64

Tom Weber (R)

District 65

Dan Ugaste (R)

District 66

Suzanne Ness (D)

District 67

Maurice West (D)

District 68

Dave Vella (D)

District 69

Joe Sosnowski (R)

District 70

Jeff Keicher (R)

District 71

Daniel Swanson (R)

District 72

Gregg Johnson (D)

District 73

Ryan Spain (R)

District 74

Brad Fritts (R)

District 75

Jed Davis (R)

District 76

Amy Briel (D)

District 77

Norma Hernandez (D)

District 78

Camille Lilly (D)

District 79

Jackie Haas (R)

District 80

Anthony DeLuca (D)

District 81

Anne Stava-Murray (D)

District 82

Nicole La Ha (R)

District 83

Matt Hanson (D)

District 84

Stephanie Kifowit (D)

District 85

Dagmara Avelar (D)

District 86

Lawrence Walsh (D)

District 87

Bill Hauter (R)

District 88

Regan Deering (R)

District 89

Tony McCombie (R)

District 90

John Cabello (R)

District 91

Sharon Chung (D)

District 92

Jehan Gordon-Booth (D)

District 93

Travis Weaver (R)

District 94

Norine Hammond (R)

District 95

Mike Coffey (R)

District 96

Sue Scherer (D)

District 97

Harry Benton (D)

District 98

Natalie Manley (D)

District 99

Kyle Moore (R)

District 100

C.D. Davidsmeyer (R)

District 101

Chris Miller (R)

District 102

Adam Niemerg (R)

District 103

Carol Ammons (D)

District 104

Brandun Schweizer (R)

District 105

Dennis Tipsword (R)

District 106

Jason Bunting (R)

District 107

Brad Halbrook (R)

District 108

Wayne Rosenthal (R)

District 109

Charles Meier (R)

District 110

Blaine Wilhour (R)

District 111

Amy Elik (R)

District 112

Katie Stuart (D)

District 113

Jay Hoffman (D)

District 114

Kevin Schmidt (R)

District 115

David Friess (R)

District 116

Dave Severin (R)

District 117

Patrick Windhorst (R)

District 118

Paul Jacobs (R)

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