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Latest revision as of 03:20, 25 December 2025

Karina Villa
Candidate, Illinois Comptroller
Illinois State Senate District 25
Tenure
2021 - Present
Term ends
2029
Years in position
5
Predecessor: Jim Oberweis (R)
Prior offices:
Illinois House of Representatives District 49
Years in office: 2019 - 2021
Successor: Maura Hirschauer (D)
Compensation
Base salary
$93,712/year
Per diem
$178/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Next election
March 17, 2026
Education
Graduate
Aurora University, 2003
Personal
Birthplace
West Chicago, IL
Profession
Social worker
Contact

Karina Villa (Democratic Party) is a member of the Illinois State Senate, representing District 25. She assumed office on January 13, 2021. Her current term ends on January 10, 2029.

Villa (Democratic Party) is running for election for Illinois Comptroller. She is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on March 17, 2026.[source]

Biography

Karina Villa was born and lives in West Chicago, Illinois. She earned a master's degree in social work from Aurora University in 2003.[1] Villa’s career experience includes working as a school social worker in the West Chicago and Villa Park school districts.[2]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Villa was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Villa was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Villa was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Villa 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

2026

See also: Illinois Comptroller election, 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 Comptroller

Margaret Croke (D), Stephanie Kifowit (D), Holly Kim (D), and Karina Villa (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Illinois Comptroller on March 17, 2026.


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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary

Republican primary for Illinois Comptroller

Bryan Drew (R) is running in the Republican primary for Illinois Comptroller on March 17, 2026.


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Endorsements

Villa received the following endorsements. To send us additional endorsements, click here.

  • Cook County, Ill., Latino Democrats
  • SEIU Illinois State Council

2024

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Illinois State Senate District 25

Incumbent Karina Villa defeated Heather Brown in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 25 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Karina Villa
Karina Villa (D)
 
58.9
 
46,205
Image of Heather Brown
Heather Brown (R) Candidate Connection
 
41.1
 
32,183

Total votes: 78,388
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 25

Incumbent Karina Villa advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 25 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Karina Villa
Karina Villa
 
100.0
 
8,894

Total votes: 8,894
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 25

Heather Brown advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 25 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Heather Brown
Heather Brown Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
6,047

Total votes: 6,047
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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 25

Incumbent Karina Villa defeated Heather Brown in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 25 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Karina Villa
Karina Villa (D)
 
58.7
 
31,696
Image of Heather Brown
Heather Brown (R)
 
41.3
 
22,279

Total votes: 53,975
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 25

Incumbent Karina Villa advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 25 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Karina Villa
Karina Villa
 
100.0
 
10,187

Total votes: 10,187
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 25

Heather Brown advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 25 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Heather Brown
Heather Brown
 
100.0
 
8,444

Total votes: 8,444
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2020

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Illinois State Senate District 25

Karina Villa defeated Jeanette Ward in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 25 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Karina Villa
Karina Villa (D)
 
51.0
 
60,238
Image of Jeanette Ward
Jeanette Ward (R)
 
49.0
 
57,976

Total votes: 118,214
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 25

Karina Villa advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 25 on March 17, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Karina Villa
Karina Villa
 
100.0
 
22,918

Total votes: 22,918
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 25

Jeanette Ward defeated Beth Goncher in the Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 25 on March 17, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeanette Ward
Jeanette Ward
 
59.6
 
8,040
Image of Beth Goncher
Beth Goncher
 
40.4
 
5,441

Total votes: 13,481
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2018

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 49

Karina Villa defeated Tonia Khouri in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 49 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Karina Villa
Karina Villa (D)
 
53.8
 
22,133
Image of Tonia Khouri
Tonia Khouri (R)
 
46.2
 
18,997

Total votes: 41,130
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 49

Karina Villa advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 49 on March 20, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Karina Villa
Karina Villa
 
100.0
 
7,513

Total votes: 7,513
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 49

Tonia Khouri defeated Nic Zito in the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 49 on March 20, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tonia Khouri
Tonia Khouri
 
65.6
 
5,250
Image of Nic Zito
Nic Zito
 
34.4
 
2,759

Total votes: 8,009
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Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

Karina Villa did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Karina Villa campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024Illinois State Senate District 25Won general$0 $0
2024Illinois State Senate District 25Won general$791,193 $573,381
2022Illinois State Senate District 25Won general$610,843 $398,277
2020Illinois State Senate District 25Won general$2,141,760 N/A**
2018Illinois House of Representatives District 49Won general$1,829,291 N/A**
Grand total$5,373,088 $971,658
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in Illinois

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See also


External links

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Jim Oberweis (R)
Illinois State Senate District 25
2021-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
-
Illinois House of Representatives District 49
2019-2021
Succeeded by
Maura Hirschauer (D)


Current members of the Illinois State Senate
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