Meg Loughran Cappel

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Meg Loughran Cappel
Image of Meg Loughran Cappel
Illinois State Senate District 49
Tenure

2020 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

4

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$89,250/year

Per diem

$166/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Personal
Profession
Teacher
Contact

Meg Loughran Cappel (Democratic Party) is a member of the Illinois State Senate, representing District 49. She assumed office on December 10, 2020. Her current term ends on January 10, 2029.

Loughran Cappel (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Illinois State Senate to represent District 49. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Meg Loughran Cappel's career experience includes working as a special education teacher and co-founding Elite Driving School.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Loughran Cappel was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Loughran Cappel was assigned to the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Illinois State Senate District 49

Incumbent Meg Loughran Cappel defeated Katie Deane-Schlottman in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 49 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Meg Loughran Cappel
Meg Loughran Cappel (D)
 
56.0
 
55,505
Katie Deane-Schlottman (R)
 
44.0
 
43,537

Total votes: 99,042
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 49

Incumbent Meg Loughran Cappel advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 49 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Meg Loughran Cappel
Meg Loughran Cappel
 
100.0
 
9,360

Total votes: 9,360
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 49

Katie Deane-Schlottman advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 49 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Katie Deane-Schlottman
 
100.0
 
7,204

Total votes: 7,204
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Illinois State Senate District 49

Incumbent Meg Loughran Cappel won election in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 49 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Meg Loughran Cappel
Meg Loughran Cappel (D)
 
100.0
 
48,969

Total votes: 48,969
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 49

Incumbent Meg Loughran Cappel advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 49 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Meg Loughran Cappel
Meg Loughran Cappel
 
100.0
 
11,054

Total votes: 11,054
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 49

Stacey Keagle defeated James Lawson Jr. and Felicity Joy Solomon in the Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 49 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Stacey Keagle
 
46.8
 
5,003
James Lawson Jr.
 
38.4
 
4,109
Image of Felicity Joy Solomon
Felicity Joy Solomon Candidate Connection
 
14.8
 
1,589

Total votes: 10,701
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2020

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Illinois State Senate District 49

Meg Loughran Cappel defeated Thomas McCullagh in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 49 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Meg Loughran Cappel
Meg Loughran Cappel (D)
 
56.2
 
64,276
Thomas McCullagh (R) Candidate Connection
 
43.8
 
50,052

Total votes: 114,328
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 49

Meg Loughran Cappel defeated Larry Hug and Michael Crowner in the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 49 on March 17, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Meg Loughran Cappel
Meg Loughran Cappel
 
59.5
 
15,159
Larry Hug
 
20.4
 
5,203
Image of Michael Crowner
Michael Crowner Candidate Connection
 
20.1
 
5,114

Total votes: 25,476
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 49

Thomas McCullagh advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 49 on March 17, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Thomas McCullagh Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
9,842

Total votes: 9,842
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Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Meg Loughran Cappel campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Illinois State Senate District 49Won general$611,735 $349,435
2022Illinois State Senate District 49Won general$514,288 $296,986
2020Illinois State Senate District 49Won general$1,412,624 N/A**
Grand total$2,538,647 $646,420
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal 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
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant (D)
Illinois State Senate District 49
2020-Present
Succeeded by
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