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Joseph P. Hettel
2025 - Present
2026
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Joseph P. Hettel is a judge of the Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court. He assumed office on January 1, 2025. His current term ends on December 7, 2026.
Hettel (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for judge of the Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 19, 2024.
The Illinois Supreme Court appointed Hettel to the Illinois Appellate Court on November 22, 2024 to replace Mary McDade.[1]
Biography
Education
Hettel earned his J.D. from the Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1994.[2]
Career
- 2025-present: Judge, Illinois Third District Appellate Court
- 2022-2024: Judge, Illinois Third District Appellate Court
- 2006-2022: Circuit judge, Illinois Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court
- 2000-2006: State's attorney, LaSalle County
- 1996-2000: Attorney, Armstrong and Surin (later Armstrong, Surin and Hettel)[2]
Elections
2024
See also: Illinois intermediate appellate court elections, 2024
General election
General election for Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court
John C. Anderson defeated Kenton Skarin in the general election for Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John C. Anderson (D) | 51.2 | 462,754 |
 | Kenton Skarin (R)  | 48.8 | 440,671 | |
| Total votes: 903,425 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court
John C. Anderson defeated incumbent Joseph P. Hettel in the Democratic primary for Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John C. Anderson | 64.3 | 68,214 |
 | Joseph P. Hettel | 35.7 | 37,955 | |
| Total votes: 106,169 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court
Kenton Skarin advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kenton Skarin | 100.0 | 92,612 |
| Total votes: 92,612 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hettel in this election.
2014
Hettel was retained to the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court with 77.7% of the vote on November 4, 2014.[3]
Evaluations
The Illinois State Bar Association and participating attorneys rated Joseph P. Hettel as Recommended for retention in a 2014 poll.[4]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
External links
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Candidate Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court |
Officeholder Illinois 3rd District Appellate Court |
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Footnotes
- ↑ State of Illinois Supreme Court, "Judicial Appointment (Joseph P. Hettel)," November 22, 2025
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 My Web Times, "State's attorney gets circuit judge nod," November 30, 2006
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "List of judges seeking retention in the November 4, 2014 general election," accessed May 8, 2014
- ↑ Illinois State Bar Association, "Judicial Evaluations," October 2014
Federal courts:
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of Illinois • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Central District of Illinois, Northern District of Illinois, Southern District of Illinois
State courts:
Illinois Supreme Court • Illinois Appellate Court • Illinois Circuit Court
State resources:
Courts in Illinois • Illinois judicial elections • Judicial selection in Illinois
