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Paris Walker-Thomas
Paris Walker-Thomas (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Illinois House of Representatives to represent District 28. She lost as a write-in in the Democratic primary on March 19, 2024.
Walker-Thomas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Walker Thomas was born on November 2, 1984, in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from Central State University with a bachelor's degree in 2006. Her career experience includes working as a paralegal, sales marketing manager, and internet manager.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Robert Rita won election in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 28 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Robert Rita (D) | 100.0 | 31,942 |
| Total votes: 31,942 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Robert Rita defeated Paris Walker-Thomas in the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 28 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Rita | 99.3 | 7,935 |
 | Paris Walker-Thomas (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 54 | ||
| Total votes: 7,989 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Walker-Thomas in this election.
2022
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Robert Rita defeated Paris Walker-Thomas in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 28 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Rita (D) | 99.8 | 22,195 |
| Paris Walker-Thomas (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.2 | 37 | |
| Total votes: 22,232 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Robert Rita defeated Paris Walker-Thomas in the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 28 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Rita | 99.7 | 8,015 |
| Paris Walker-Thomas (Write-in) | 0.2 | 13 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 13 | ||
| Total votes: 8,041 | |||
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2020
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Robert Rita defeated Paris Walker-Thomas in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 28 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Rita (D) | 99.4 | 37,640 |
| Paris Walker-Thomas (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.6 | 243 | |
| Total votes: 37,883 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 28
Incumbent Robert Rita advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 28 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Rita | 100.0 | 15,391 |
| Total votes: 15,391 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Paris Walker-Thomas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Walker-Thomas' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Mental Health.
- Senior Rights.
- Domestic violence prevention.
My mother she is so strong. She has been so supportive of me throughout all my hardships through this election process.
When your teacher asks “Where’s your homework?” It took a sick day. It had too many problems.
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2022
Paris Walker-Thomas did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Paris Walker-Thomas completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Walker-Thomas' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Transparency
- Accountability and responsive
- Being your voice in Springfield
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Illinois House of Representatives District 28 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 25, 2020
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Paris Walker Thomas," accessed February 2, 2024
