Vince Romano
Vince Romano (Republican Party) is running for election to the Illinois State Senate to represent District 8. He declared candidacy for the Republican primary scheduled on March 17, 2026.[source]
Biography
Vince Romano was born in Evanston, Illinois. Romano's professional experience includes working in real estate and finance. He has also worked as an inventor, self defense instructor, and small business owner. Romano earned a degree from Columbia College in 1996.[1]
Romano has been affiliated with the Knights of Columbus.[1]
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.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 8
Incumbent Ram Villivalam (D) is running in the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 8 on March 17, 2026.
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Republican primary
Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 8
Vince Romano (R) is running in the Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 8 on March 17, 2026.
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2022
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 16
Kevin Olickal defeated Vince Romano in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 16 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kevin Olickal (D) | 70.9 | 17,648 |
| Vince Romano (R) | 29.1 | 7,256 | |
| Total votes: 24,904 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 16
Kevin Olickal defeated incumbent Denyse Wang Stoneback in the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 16 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin Olickal | 53.0 | 5,450 |
 | Denyse Wang Stoneback | 47.0 | 4,828 | |
| Total votes: 10,278 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Naema Abraham (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 16
Vince Romano advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 16 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vince Romano | 100.0 | 1,545 |
| Total votes: 1,545 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 16
Incumbent Lou Lang won election in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 16 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lou Lang (D) | 100.0 | 24,605 |
| Total votes: 24,605 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 16
Incumbent Lou Lang advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 16 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lou Lang | 100.0 | 11,698 |
| Total votes: 11,698 | |||
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Republican primary election
No Republican candidates ran in the primary.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Vince Romano (R)
2014
Elections for the Illinois House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 18, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was December 2, 2013. Incumbent Lou Lang (D) ran unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election. Vincent Romano (R) was removed from the ballot on January 7, 2014.[2][3][4]
2012
Romano ran in the 2012 election for Illinois House of Representatives District 16. Romano was unopposed in the Republican primary on March 20, 2012, and was defeated by incumbent Lou Lang in the November 6 general election.[5][6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Lou Lang Incumbent |
68.1% | 22,281 | |
| Republican | Vincent William Romano | 31.9% | 10,431 | |
| Total Votes | 32,712 | |||
Campaign themes
2026
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2022
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Vince Romano completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Romano's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- SAFETY/CRIME- If you value safety for your families and community, you need to vote for me. My opponent is a champion of NO CASH BAIL and wants criminals back on the streets ASAP.
- ECONOMY/JOBS- If you value good jobs and a keeping business in Illinois, you need to vote for me. My goal is the same now as it was when I ran 10 years ago. Illinois needs to be a top 5 state for business, so we can keep businesses and jobs not only from leaving the state in record numbers, but get new business and new jobs here in Illinois. This will help solve our debt problems and keep our families together here in Illinois. My opponent want to tax business and "the rich" but doesn't under stand business 101... business do not pay taxes, they pass it on to you and me(the middle class). The number 1 reason people are leaving is Taxes, they want to tax more...causing more to leave.
- TAXES- Illinois has the highest overall tax rate of all states, with over 7000 units of government( over 3 times that of Texas which has 4 times our population) We need to forensic audit the state, zero base budget and find out where all these taxes are going. We tax the most, so it time to stop asking who will pay more and find where all the money is going, so we can take care of our most vulnerable and pay our bills.
Business climate- Illinois is ranked 48 or 49 out of 50(depending which report you read)... Illinois with it central location, access to the Atlantic and Gulf, rail and trucking hub that no one else has, some of the greatest farm land in the world, 2 international airports and a wold class metropolis .... all those resources and we are bankrupt and driving businesses out of the state and scaring of any potential business from coming(unless the get a sweet heart deal which isn't good for the tax payers of course...all businesses should be able to thrive, not the hand picked ones)
Both have showed me how you can achieve what ever you want if you work hard, become innovative and how to run a business.
Caddy Evanston Country Club- 2.5 years
"independent citizens commission" sounds great but who's on it? Lest we forget, Illinois
is known for its corruption. I would favor applying guidelines that limit fingers or cut outs
and place a priority on geometric designs consisting of squares, rectangles and straight
lines. Start at the bottom or top of the state and work your way to the opposite end(accounting for non straight State borders). This sounds like the most fair, non or least partisan thing to me. No more carving out
special interest districts and no more districts with fingers running across a map.
Then we have the issue of selecting impartial committee members that will approve or
Dam!
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2012
Romano's campaign website listed the following issues:[8]
- Economy
- Excerpt: "The economy is the major issue in Illinois right now! We are ranked near last (47th out of 50) in business climate. This climate is repelling jobs from our state and has to change."
- Pensions
- Excerpt: "Illinois needs pension reform to stop individuals from robbing the taxpayers by collecting two and three tax-payer funded pensions, as well as stopping individuals from collecting pensions after working as little as one day."
- Fraud/waste/and corruption
- Excerpt: "Illinois has a reputation of corruption and fraud, and the people of Illinois need to end the cycle theft and payoffs that the political machine has maintained for the last century. Dignity needs to be restored to our great states name!"
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 10, 2022
- ↑ Illinois Secretary of State, "Candidate list - General Primary - 3/18/2014," accessed March 18, 2014
- ↑ Illinois Board of Elections, "General Primary Election Official Canvass," April 18, 2014
- ↑ Illinois Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed March 18, 2014
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed December 5, 2011
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed May 14, 2014
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, “Official Vote - November 6, 2012 General Election,” accessed January 18, 2013
- ↑ Campaign website, Issues
