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CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
= Election Winner
(Incumbent Party Listed First)
Filing
Filing Deadline for Major Party Candidates: December 27, 2011
Filing Deadline for Third Party Candidates: June 25, 2012
Filing Deadline for Write-In Candidates: September 6, 2012
Primary: March 20, 2012
This
page was last updated on February 4, 2012
STATE
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:
GOVERNOR:
Pat Quinn
(D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Next
State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2014.

LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR:
Sheila
Simon (D)*
ATTORNEY
GENERAL:
Lisa
Madigan (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
SECRETARY
OF STATE:
Jesse
White (D)* - (Campaign
Site)

STATE
COMPTROLLER:
Judy
Baar Topinka (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
STATE
TREASURER:
Dan
Rutherford (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY:
State House - ( Democratic
Caucus - Republican
Caucus )
State Senate - (
Democratic Caucus
- Republican Caucus
)
U.S.
SENATOR:
Dick
Durbin (D)* - (Campaign
Site) - Next Election in 2014.

Mark
Kirk (R)* - (Campaign
Site) - Next Election in 2016.
U.S. CONGRESS:
New
2012 Districts Used Below
District
1:
Bobby
Rush (D)*
Harold Bailey (D) -
City Parks District Employee & '10 Candidate
Ray Lodato (D) -
Pollster & University Lecturer
Clifford Russell Jr. (D)
Jordan Sims (D) - Community
Activist
Fred Smith (D)
- Youth Care Program Director, Army Veteran & '10 Candidate
Frederick Collins
(R) - Police Officer & '10 Cook County Sheriff Nominee
Don Peloquin (R) - Blue Island Mayor, Ex-Blue Island City Alderman
& Funeral Home Director
Jimmie
Lee Tillman II (R) - Businessman & Cook County Water Reclamation
District Commissioner
District
2:
Jesse
L. Jackson Jr. (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Debbie Halvorson
(D) - Ex-Congresswoman, Ex-State Senate Majority Leader &
Ex-Crete Township Clerk
James Taylor Sr. (R)
Brian Woodworth
(R) - Attorney & College Professor

District
3:
Dan Lipinski (D)*
- (Campaign
Site)
Farah Baqai (D)
- Police Officer
Jim Falvey
(R) - Attorney
Rich Grabowski (R)
- Materials Supervisor
Art Jones (R)
- Neo-Nazi Activist, Insurance Salesman, Vietnam Veteran &
Frequent Candidate
District
4:
Luis
Gutierrez (D)*
District
5:
Mike Quigley (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
Dan Schmitt (R)
- Self-Employed
Nancy Wade (Green) -
Progressive Activist

District
6:
Peter
Roskam (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
Leslie Coolidge
(D) - Accountant
Geoffrey Petzel (D)
- Realtor & Community Activist
Maureen Yates (D)
- Retired Businesswoman & Community Activist
Khizar Jafri (Independent)
- Account Manager
District
7:
Danny K. Davis (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
Jacques Conway
(D) - Methodist Pastor & Ex-Police Officer
District
8:
Joe Walsh (R)* -
(Campaign Site)
Tammy Duckworth (D)
- Disabled Iraq War Veteran, Ex-US Asst. Veterans Affairs Secy.,
Ex-State Veterans Affairs Dir. & '06 Nominee
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D)
- Ex-Deputy State Treasurer, Attorney & '10 State Comptroller
Candidate

District
9:
Jan
Schakowsky (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Simon Ribeiro (D)
- Teacher & '06/'10 Candidate
Tim Wolfe (R)
- Accountant
District
10:
Bob Dold (R)* -
(Campaign Site)
Vivek Bavda (D) - Attorney
Brad Schneider
(D) - Tax Consultant
Ilya Sheyman (D) - Progressive
Activist & Political Organizer
John Tree (D) - Businessman
& USAF Reserve Officer
District
11:
Judy
Biggert (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
Bill Foster
(D) - Ex-Congressman & Physicist
Jim Hickey (D)
- Orland Fire Protection District President & Businessman
Juan Thomas (D) - Ex-Aurora
Township Clerk, Ex-West Aurora School Board Member & Attorney

District
12:
[ Jerry
Costello (D)* - Retiring in 2012. ]
Brad Harriman (D) -
Ex-St. Clair County Regional Schools Superintendent
Chris Miller (D)
- Iraq War Veteran & Security Consultant
Kenneth "Bud" Wiezer (D) - Retired Carpenter & Frequent Candidate
Rodger Cook (R)
- Ex-Belleville Mayor, Business Development Consultant & Ex-Police
Officer
Theresa Kormos (R) - Nurse,
Non-Profit Group Founder & '10 Candidate
Jason Plummer (R) - Lumber
Company Executive & '10 Lt. Governor Nominee
District
13:
Tim Johnson (R)*
- (Campaign
Site)
Mike Firsching
(R) - Ex-Madison County School Board Member, Veterinarian
& '10 Candidate
Frank Metzger (R) - Arborist
David Gill (D) - Physician,
Democratic Activist & Frequent Candidate
Matt Goetten (D) - Greene
County State’s Attorney
District
14:
Randy
Hultgren (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
Dennis Anderson
(D) - Retired Medical Researcher & Community Activist
Jonathan Farnick (D) - Computer
Consultant & '06/'10 Write-In Candidate
District
15:
John Shimkus (R)*
- Current CD-19 Congressman -
(Campaign Site)
Angela Michael
(D) - Retired Nurse & Pro-Life Activist

District
16:
Adam
Kinzinger (R)* - Current CD-11 Congressman
- (Campaign Site)
Don Manzullo (R)* - Current
CD-16 Congressman - (Campaign
Site)
Bronco Bojovic (Independent)
- Ex-Alderman & Businessman
District
17:
Bobby
Schilling (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
Greg Aguilar (D)
- College Professor & Latino Community Activist
Cheri Bustos (D) - East
Moline Alderwoman, Public Relations Executive & Ex-Journalist
George Gaulrapp (D)
- Freeport Mayor, Marketing Executive & '10 Candidate
District
18:
Aaron
Schock (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
Steve Waterworth
(D) - Landscaper, National Guard Veteran & '04/'06 Nominee
Matt
Woodmancy (D) - Restaurant Assistant Manager

STATE
POLITICAL PARTIES:
America
First Party of Illinois
Constitution Party
of Illinois
Democratic Party
of Illinois
Illinois Green Party
Libertarian Party of Illinois
Reform Party of Illinois
Practical Party
Republican Party of Illinois
Illinois Socialist
Party
US Marijuana Party of Illinois

STATE
ELECTION OFFICE:
State
Board of Elections

STATE
NEWS SOURCES:
Alton
Telegraph
Arlington Heights Daily
Herald
Aurora Beacon
News
Belleville News-Democrat
Belvidere Daily Republican
Benton Evening News
Bloomington Pantagraph
Cambridge
Chronicle
Canton Daily Ledger
CapitolFax.com (Politics)
Carbondale Southern
Illinoisan
Carmi Times
Centralia Morning Sentinel
Champaign News-Gazette
Chicago Communicator
(African-American)
Chicago
Daily Southtown
Chicago Free Press
(Gay)
Chicago Inside
Chicago Journal
Modern Vertebrate (Chicago
- Politics)
Chicago Pioneer Press (49
Local Newspapers)
Chicago
Star News (20 Local Newspapers)
Chicago
Student Voices
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Windy City Times
(Gay)

Clay County Advocate-Press
Collective Interest
Radio (Liberal)
Danville Commercial-News
Decatur Herald & Review
Du Quoin Evening Call
Edwardsville Intelligencer
Elgin
Courier News
Galesburg Register-Mail
Harrisburg Daily Register
Illinois Campaign for Political
Reform - (Blog)
Illinois DemNet (Liberal)
Illinois Leader (Conservative)
Joliet
Herald News
Kankakee Daily Journal
Kewanee Star Courier
Lincoln Courier
Lombard
Lombardian
Macomb Journal
Mattoon Journal Gazette & Times-Courier
Modern Vertebrate (Politics)
Monmouth Daily Review-Atlas
Naperville
Sun
Pekin Daily Times
Peoria Journal Star
Polish News (Chicago - Polish-American)
Pontiac Daily Leader
Pure-News USA (African-American)
Quincy Herald-Whig
Rockford Register Star
Sauk Valley Newspapers (Dixon)
The Southern Illinoisan
Sparta News-Plaindealer
Springfield State Journal-Register
Streator Times-Press
SuburbanChicagoNews.com
Waukegan News Sun
West Frankfort Daily
American

WBBM TV-2 (CBS - Chicago)
WBEZ 91.5 FM - Chicago Public Radio
WEEK TV-25 (NBC - Peoria) -
(Election News)
WLS TV-7 (ABC - Chicago)
WMAQ TV-5 (NBC - Chicago)
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