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November 17, 2022 Last Edit: June 5, 2025
Illinois 2022 Election Recap
- Former NFIB Leadership Chair Keith Wheeler (R-Oswego) lost election to Democrat Matt Hanson in a nearly completely new district in Kane and Kendall Counties by approximately 3,000 votes.
- Republican Chris Bos (R-Lake Zurich) got outworked by 23-year-old Democrat Nabeela Syed by a 52%-48% margin.
- Republican Michele Hunter lost big to Democrat Mary Beth Canty by 58%-42% in northern Cook County, immediately West of O’Hare.
- In Central Illinois, Democrat Sharon Chung took advantage of a gerrymandered district stretching from Peoria to Bloomington/Normal and outworked Republican Scott Preston.
- In addition, in Naperville, Democrat Harry Benton defeated NFIB member Michelle Smith by 2 percentage points.
- Finally, in the surprise of the night, Democrat LaToya Greenwood appears to have lost her East St. Louis and St. Clair County seat to Republican Kevin Schmidt
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