Keisha Smith (Illinois)

Keisha Smith (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of Illinois. She was disqualified from the Republican primary scheduled on June 28, 2022.

Elections

2022

General election

General election for Governor of Illinois

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Illinois on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		J.B. Pritzker (D)	54.9	2,253,748
		Darren Bailey (R)	42.4	1,739,095
		Scott Mitchell Schluter (L)	2.7	111,712
	Submit photo	Emily Johnson (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	28
		Shon-Tiyon Horton (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	28
	Submit photo	Elizabeth Sebesta (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	18

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,104,629
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Mancow Muller (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Illinois

Incumbent J.B. Pritzker defeated Beverly Miles in the Democratic primary for Governor of Illinois on June 28, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	J.B. Pritzker	91.9	810,989
	Beverly Miles	8.1	71,704

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 882,693
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Illinois

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Illinois on June 28, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Darren Bailey	57.5	458,102
	Jesse Sullivan	15.7	125,094
	Richard Irvin	15.0	119,592
	Gary Rabine	6.5	52,194
	Paul Schimpf	4.4	34,676
	Max Solomon	0.9	7,371

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 797,029
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Campaign themes

2022

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Keisha Smith (Illinois)

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Elections

2022

General election

General election for Governor of Illinois

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Illinois

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Illinois

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Footnotes

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