The 2024 Illinois primary election took place on Tuesday, March 19. Candidates for President, Congress, the Illinois General Assembly, Illinois Supreme Court, and various local races appeared on the primary ballot to decide the Democratic and Republican Party nominees for the November 5 general election. Statewide turnout rates are expected to be the lowest in a presidential election year since at least 2012. The City of Chicago reported 20% turnout, down from 38% in 2020 and 54% in 2016.
The 2024 Illinois primary election featured one competitive Supreme Court race, nine competitive Congressional races, six competitive State Senate races, and 22 competitive State House races. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump easily secured their respective Democrat and Republican nominations for President. Congressional incumbents performed very well with Reps. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, Sean Casten, Danny Davis, Bill Foster, and Mike Bost all defeating their primary challengers.
In the General Assembly, two Democrat incumbents failed to secure their party’s nomination. Progressive Graciela Guzman defeated incumbent Sen. Natalie Toro in the 20th Senate District Democrat primary. Toro was only appointed to the Senate on July 10, 2023, to replace former Sen. Cristina Pacione-Zayas. Illinois’ longest serving state representative, Mary Flowers, lost the 31st House District Democrat nomination to Michael Crawford, who received funding from House Speaker Chris Welch’s political operation.
Chicago voters rejected the Bring Chicago Home ballot measure by over four points. The measure, backed by Mayor Brandon Johnson, seeks to increase the real estate transfer tax rate on all property sales in the city over $1M to raise an estimated $100M in new annual tax revenue that would be used to provide services for Chicago’s homeless population.
*Results updated on March 25, 2024, at 10:39AM.
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