Metro Peoria’s monthly newspaper has compiled a bit of campaign information
for some key races affecting central Illinois.
Most media attention in campaigns for the Nov. 8 election has focused on the tops of party tickets. In Illinois, that means national figures such as U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (tammyduckworth.com), the state’s junior senator and Democrat running against Republican Kathy Salvi (kathysalvi.com).
There’s some coverage of the area’s two Congressional Districts. Incumbent Darin LaHood,
a Republican (lahoodforcongress.com), faces Democratic challenger Elizabeth “Lisa” Haderlein (haderleinforcongress.com) for the 16th District, which the Cook Political Report lists as “solid Republican.” The open 17th District, where incumbent Cheri Bustos did not run for re-election, has Republican Esther Joy King (estherforcongress.com) running again for the seat, opposed
by Democrat Eric Sorensen (ericforillinois.com) in a race that the Cook Political Report, plus
Larry J. Sabato’s “Crystal Ball” and “Inside Elections” with Nathan L. Gonzales all say is a “toss-up.”
Peoria area
In the metro Peoria area, three state legislative seats are contested.
The 91st House District has Democrat Sharon Chung (chungforillinois.com/) running against Republican Scott Preston (www.facebook.com/ScottPrestonIL/)
The 92nd House District has incumbent Democrat Jehan Gordon-Booth (repgordonbooth.com/) facing Republican challenger Benjamin Watt (benwattfor92.com/).
And the 46th Senate District has incumbent Dave Koehler (koehlerforsenate.com and www.facebook.com/DaveKoehlerIL) running against Republican challenger
Desi Anderson (desiforillinois.com/).
Statewide
Illinois has five prominent statewide races:
Gov. JB Pritzer, a Democrat (jbpritzker.com/) is running for re-election against Republican Darren Bailey (baileyforillinois.com/).
Attorney General (D) Kwame Raoul (kwameraoul.com) faces Republican challenger Tom DeVore (tomdevore.com)
Comptroller (D) Susana Mendoza (susanamendoza.com/meet-susana/comptroller/) faces Republican challenger Shannon Teresi (shannonteresi.com).
Second-term Treasurer (D) Mike Frerichs (mikeforillinois.com/) is opposed by Republican Tom Demmer (teamdemmer.com).
And for Secretary of State, a post open by the retirement of Jesse White, Democrat Alexi Giannoulias (alexiforus.com) faces Republican Dan Brady (votedanbrady.com).