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Frederick Walls
Frederick L. Walls (Republican Party) is running for election to the Illinois State Senate to represent District 17. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on March 17, 2026.[source]
Elections
2026
See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on March 17, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 17
Incumbent Elgie R. Sims, Jr. (D) is running in the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 17 on March 17, 2026.
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 | Elgie R. Sims, Jr. | |
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Republican primary
Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 17
Frederick L. Walls (R) is running in the Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 17 on March 17, 2026.
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 | Frederick L. Walls | |
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2024
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 34
Incumbent Nicholas Smith defeated Frederick L. Walls in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 34 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Nicholas Smith (D) | 76.6 | 33,043 | |
| Frederick L. Walls (R) | 23.4 | 10,097 | |
| Total votes: 43,140 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 34
Incumbent Nicholas Smith advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 34 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Nicholas Smith | 100.0 | 11,045 | |
| Total votes: 11,045 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 34
Frederick L. Walls advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 34 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Frederick L. Walls | 100.0 | 2,088 |
| Total votes: 2,088 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Walls in this election.
2022
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 34
Incumbent Nicholas Smith defeated Frederick L. Walls in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 34 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Nicholas Smith (D) | 78.2 | 24,854 | |
| Frederick L. Walls (R) | 21.8 | 6,922 | |
| Total votes: 31,776 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 34
Incumbent Nicholas Smith advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 34 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Nicholas Smith | 100.0 | 10,740 | |
| Total votes: 10,740 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 34
Frederick L. Walls advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 34 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Frederick L. Walls | 100.0 | 2,250 |
| Total votes: 2,250 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rebecca Harms (R)
Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2024
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2022
Frederick L. Walls completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Walls' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- My campaign was started because of SB818. I will look to repeal all sex education bills, and any bills tied to removing traditional, biological pro-nouns..
- I plan to stand against totalitarian leadership. For example, SB1169 forbids refusal to participate in medical procedures related to Covid 19. We should have a right to say what we will and will not allow in our bodies.
- I want to restore parental authority and I will support legislation that will repeal HB370 which destroys parental authority.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
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Footnotes
