Tom Martens
Tom Martens (Republican Party) ran for election to the Illinois House of Representatives to represent District 72. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Martens completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 72
Gregg Johnson defeated Tom Martens in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 72 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Gregg Johnson (D) | 60.2 | 19,784 |
 | Tom Martens (R)  | 39.8 | 13,086 | |
| Total votes: 32,870 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 72
Gregg Johnson defeated Thurgood Brooks and Jeff Deppe in the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 72 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gregg Johnson | 35.6 | 2,843 |
| Thurgood Brooks | 35.3 | 2,820 | ||
| Jeff Deppe | 29.0 | 2,316 | ||
| Total votes: 7,979 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 72
Tom Martens advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 72 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tom Martens | 100.0 | 3,527 |
| Total votes: 3,527 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tom Martens completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Martens' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I am running for office because the 2020 Election was stolen
- I want to lower gas and property taxes and get rid of the Foid card
- I also want to repeal the Safe T law and bring back any funding taken away from the police.
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See also
2022 Elections
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