Illinois Voter Guide

Governor

Democrat JB Pritzker
- Pritzker became Governor in 2019. Before being voted into office, he led a non-profit business incubator.
- “I’m proud of the progress we have already made, and there is so much more to do for working families. As we continue to tackle this pandemic and overcome issues working families are facing, I’m confident in our ability to meet the challenge and continue to get big things done for the people of Illinois,” reads his campaign website.
- Click here to view the questionnaire he submitted to News 4.
- Click here to view his one-on-one interview with News 4.
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Republican Darren Bailey
- Bailey was born in Louisville and now operates a farm with his sons. In 2018 he was elected to serve the Illinois House of Representatives 109th district. He currently represents the 55th district in the Illinois State Senate.
- “There’s nothing that’s wrong with Illinois that can’t be fixed by some conservative common sense. I’ll fight for the working people, not the political elites,” states his campaign website.
- Click here to watch his candidate profile with News 4. He has not filled out the questionnaire sent by News 4.
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Libertarian Scott Schluter
- Schluter currently works as a Diesel Technician and is a United States Air Force veteran of six years. He is also the Chair of the Southern Illinois Libertarian Party and Sr. Vice-Commander of VFW Post 1301.
- “Illinoisans have been fighting against bad policy for decades. We are over-taxed, over-regulated, and under-represented. Our elected officials have forgotten who they work for and what their job is. We have been sold out for money and power. We deserve better. Together, we will build a better Illinois,” reads his campaign website.
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U.S. Senate

Democrat Tammy Duckworth
- Duckworth is an Iraq War Veteran. She was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016 after she spent two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Duckworth has not sat down with News 4, nor has she filled out the questionnaire.
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Republican Kathy Salvi
- Salvi passed the Bar in 1984 and then served as a judicial clerk to Honorable Justice Harry D. Strouse of the Second Appellate District. She then became an Assistant Public Defender with the Lake County Public Defender’s Office, and then moved into private practice.
- Click here to view her campaign website.
Libertarian Bill Redpath
- Redpath is a former Chairman of the LNC. He is also one of 14 inductees into the Libertarian Party’s Hall of Liberty.
- Click here to view the questionnaire he filled out for News 4. He has not sat down with News 4.
- Click here to view his campaign website.

Amendment 1

A “yes” vote supports establishing a state constitutional right for employees to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their choosing to negotiate “wages, hours, and working conditions and to protect their economic welfare and safety at work.”

U.S. House District 12

Republican Mike Bost
- Bost has represented Illinois’ 12th District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2015. Before serving in Congress, he spent two decades in the Illinois House of Representatives and was the House Republican Caucus Chair.
- Click here to view his campaign website.
- Click here for his one-on-one interview with News 4. He has not filled out the questionnaire sent by News 4.
Democrat Homer Markel
- Markel is a Navy veteran and former Union president. He spent nearly 27 years working with the Illinois Department of Corrections.
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- Click here to view the questionnaire he filled out for News 4.
- Click here to watch his one-on-one interview with News 4.

U.S. House District13

Democrat Nikki Budzinski
- Budzinski interned for former Congressman Dick Gephardt, former Senator Paul Simon, and Planned Parenthood. She then worked for the IAFF Firefighters’ union and later as Governor Pritzker’s senior advisor on labor issues.
- Click here to view her full interview with News 4. She has not filled out the questionnaire sent by News 4.
- Click here to view her campaign website.
Republican Regan Deering
- Deering is a small business owner who has experience as an educator and is an active philanthropist in Decatur. She has also served as Capital Campaign Chair for the Northeast Community Fund and as chair of the Decatur Public School Foundation.
- Click here to view her campaign website.
- Click here to view her full interview with News 4. She has not filled out the questionnaire sent by News 4.

U.S. House District 15

Republican Mary Miller
- Miller represents the district currently and is on the Agriculture Committee and Education & Labor Committee. She also teaches Sunday school and Vacation Bible School.
- Miller has not sat down with News 4, nor has she filled out the questionnaire.
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Democrat Paul Lange
- Lange is a commodity broker at D&S Commodities. He has lived in the Quincy area since 1974.
- Click here to view his questionnaire for News 4.
- Click here to view his campaign website.