Learn About the Candidates

Information on this page refers to the Primary Election on June 28, 2022.  In the primary, voters choose their Republican and Democratic nominees for various offices at the local, county, state, and federal level. 

Winners in the primary will compete as their party's nominee in the November 8, 2022 General Election.  After the primary, this information will be updated for November's General Election. 

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The Big Picture: What Offices and Candidates Are Involved in the June 28 Primary Election? 

For an overview by party of all the candidates and offices involved in the June 28 Primary, click here to download or view.  (More detail on Learn About the Primary Election.)

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Candidate Guide - Your one-stop source for candidate information

 Information on candidates in contested 2022 primary races within their own parties is now available. Candidate Questions and Answers have been added from all those who returned their responses. New this year: a link to sources that list all county, state, and federal candidates whether in contested races or not.  View the Candidate Guide here.

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LWVCC Video Voter Guide: Meet the Candidates 

It's not always possible to see all the candidates face-to-face,  but you can watch a video and hear them respond to questions. Normally, this League holds in-person Candidate Forums for just that reason.  However, this year for the June 28 Primary Election, we've provided meet-the-candidate videos instead. All candidates for the following offices received an invitation to submit a 5-minute video in response to several questions. 

• Illinois Senate
• llinois Assembly
• Champaign County officials
• 6th Circuit resident judicial candidates.

The candidates responded and the videos are now available here:                            

• Candidate Guide -  votechampaign.org/guide.php  (scroll down to the office  of interest) 
•  LWVCC YouTube site - See the eight Candidate Videos - Primary 2022 on the LWVCC YouTube site. 

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Candidate Debates for the 13th Congressional District

In late May-early June, Illinois Public Media, WAND News, and the League of Women Voters of Champaign County sponsored debates between Primary Election candidates in the 13th Congressional District contest.  Who will represent Champaign County in the federal House of Representatives? ​

​Debate between Democratic Candidates, originally held May 26,  is now available on video:  David Palmer and Nikki Budzinski debate.  More information about this debate is here.

Debate among Republican candidates (Regan Deering, Matt Hausman, Terry Martin, Jesse Reising),  originally held June 2, is now available on video.