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Patrick Harlan
Patrick Harlan (Republican Party) is running for election to the Illinois State Senate to represent District 36. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on March 17, 2026.[source]
Harlan was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Illinois. Harlan was one of nine delegates from Illinois bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention.[1] Cruz suspended his campaign on May 3, 2016. At the time, he had approximately 546 bound delegates. For more on what happened to his delegates, see this page.
Biography
Harlan attended school in Abingdon, Illinois, and graduated in 1997. He is a fuel truck driver. Harlan is the president of the Knox County Tea Party, a third degree member in the Knights of Columbus and a member of Knox County Right to Life.[2]
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.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 36
Jennifer Fredrick and Patrick Harlan are running in the Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 36 on March 17, 2026.
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Cheri Bustos (D) defeated Patrick Harlan (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Bustos ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 15, 2016, while Harlan defeated Jack Boccarossa to win the Republican nomination.[3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Cheri Bustos Incumbent |
60.3% | 173,125 | |
| Republican | Patrick Harlan | 39.7% | 113,943 | |
| Total Votes | 287,068 | |||
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Patrick Harlan |
75.7% | 52,405 | ||
| Jack Boccarossa | 24.3% | 16,805 | ||
| Total Votes | 69,210 | |||
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections |
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Campaign themes
2026
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2016
Harlan issued the following statement regarding his bid for office:
| “ | I am going to give the power back to the people to decide what legislation gets passed. Government has gotten to big, out of control, and is putting all of our liberties in jeopardy.
I have chosen to run for office, because the current representative is out of touch with the people of the district. She has put our nation in danger and stripped the morals of what makes our nation great. I am strongly committed to God and that is how I will always lead. When my time is up I want to hear from our lord "with you my son, I am well pleased" it is not only a right but an obligation to restore the values of Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness which were endowed to us by our creator. [5] |
” |
| —Patrick Harlan, [2] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Harlan was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Illinois.
Delegate rules
District-level delegates from Illinois were elected directly by voters at the state primary election on March 15, 2016. At-large delegates were selected at the state convention in May 2016. District-level delegates to the national convention could run as "uncommitted" delegates or they could declare their support for a specific candidate. 2016 Illinois GOP bylaws considered a vote for a delegate to be an "expression of sentiment" and "only advisory to the Delegate or Alternate Delegate so elected, unless otherwise directed by the Rules of the Republican Party." At-large delegates were bound to support the winner of the statewide vote in Illinois' primary election for an undetermined number of ballots.
Illinois primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Illinois, 2016
| Illinois Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Donald Trump |
38.8% | 562,464 | 54 | |
| Ted Cruz | 30.2% | 438,235 | 9 | |
| John Kasich | 19.7% | 286,118 | 6 | |
| Marco Rubio | 8.7% | 126,681 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.8% | 11,469 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.8% | 11,188 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.3% | 4,718 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.2% | 3,428 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 2,737 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 1,540 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 1,154 | 0 | |
| JoAnn Breivogel | 0% | 16 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,449,748 | 69 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Illinois State Board of Elections | ||||
Delegate allocation
Illinois had 69 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 54 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 18 congressional districts). According to the Republican National Committee, Illinois' district-level delegates were "elected directly on the primary ballot and bound to the candidate for whom they [declared] themselves."[6][7]
Of the remaining 15 delegates, 12 served at large. Illinois' at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[6][7]
See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ WBEZ 91.5, "2016 Illinois Primary Election Results," March 14, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on December 6, 2015
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed November 30, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "Illinois Primary Results," March 15, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
