A summary of the Daily Herald's endorsements in the June 28 Republican and Democratic primaries
This editorial represents the consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board
In-person voting begins Monday in the 2022 primaries to select candidates for each party for the November ballot. Here is a summary of Daily Herald endorsements in contested major-party races. The full text of individual endorsement editorials can be found online at www.dailyherald.com/topics/editorials/.
REPUBLICAN
Governor: Richard Irvin
Secretary of State: Dan Brady
Attorney General: Steve Kim
U.S. Senator: Kathy Salvi
Congress, District 5: Malgorzata McGonigal
Congress, District 6: Gary Grasso
Congress, District 8: Chris Dargis
Congress, District 11: Cassandra Tanner Miller
Congress, District 14: Scott Gryder
Cook County Board, District 9: Matthew Podgorski
Cook County Board, District 15: Chuck Cerniglia
Cook County Board, District 17: Elizabeth "Liz" Doody Gorman
Senate District 27 : Bill Robertson
Senate District 43: Diane Harris
Senate District 49: James Lawson
House District 66: Connie Cain
DuPage County Board Chairman: Greg Hart
DuPage County Board, District 1 (Pick 3): Bob Dunn, Donald Puchalski, Sam Tornatore
DuPage County Board, District 2 (Pick 3): Daniel Kordik, Sean Noonan, Jennifer Veremis
DuPage County Board, District 4 (Pick 3): Grant Eckhoff, Reid Foltyniewicz, Paula McGowen
DuPage County Forest Preserve, District 2: Don Krause
DuPage County Forest Preserve, District 6: Al Murphy
Kane County Clerk: John "Jack" Cunningham
Kane County Board, District 11: Brian Jones
Kane County Board, District 12: Ken Shepro
Kane County Board, District 13: Todd Wallace
Kane County Board, District 15: Barbara Wojnicki
Lake County Board Dist. 1: Linda Pederson
Lake County Board Dist. 2: Adam Schlick
Lake County Sheriff: Mark Vice
DEMOCRAT
Governor: J.B. Pritzker
Secretary of State: Alexi Giannoulias
Congress, District 3: Gilbert Villegas
Congress, District 6: Sean Casten
Congress, District 8: Raja Krishnamoorthi
Cook County Board President: Toni Preckwinkle
Cook County Sheriff: Tom Dart
Cook County Assessor: Fritz Kaegi
Cook County Board District 9: Maggie Trevor
Cook County Board, District 17: Dan Calandriello
Cook County Board of Review, District 1: Tammy Wendt
31st Senate District: Mary Edly-Allen
43rd Senate District: Rachel Ventura
51st House District: Chelsea Laliberte Barnes
62nd House District: Laura Faver Dias
77th House District: Kathleen Willis
83rd House District: Arad Boxenbaum
DuPage County Board, District 2 (Pick 3): Liz Chaplin, Paula Deacon Garcia, Yeena Yoo.
DuPage County Board, District 4 (Pick 3): Mary FitzGerald Ozog, Lynn LaPlante, Gary Fasules
Kane County Board, District 3: Anita Lewis
Kane County Board, District 11: Leslie Juby
Kane County Board, District 17: Deborah Allen
Kane County Board, District 22: Vern Tepe
Lake County Board Dist. 2: Shawn Killackey
Lake County Board District 3: Charles Nozicka
Lake County Board District 16: Yesenia Jaycee Ochoa
Lake County Board District 18: Sara Frederick Knizhnik
Lake County Sheriff: John Idleburg