And they’re off!

The campaigns for the next election are officially on as candidates for state and congressional seats have field their petitions to be on the primary ballot.

Republican and Democrat voters will have plenty of decisions to make when they head into the voting booths for the March primary.

Barring candidates being knocked off the ballot due to petition violations, contested primaries will be held for the following races:

State House

• 1^st District, Democratic: Alicia Martinez and Aaron Ortiz, both of Chicago
• 2^nd District, Democratic: Kenneth Kozlar, Theresa Mah and Bobby Martinez Olson, all of Chicago
• 3^rd District, Democratic: Nidia Carranza, Eva Delgado, David Feller and Joaquin Vaquez, all of Chicago
• 9^th District, Democratic: Sandra Schneller, Nicole “Nikki” Harvey, Tyjuan “Ty” Cratic, Lakesia Collins, Trina Mangrum, Aaron Turner and Maurice Edwards, all of Chicago
• 10^th District, Democratic: Gina Zuccaro, Jawaharial “Omar” Williams and Gerard Moore, all of Chicago
• 12^th District, Democratic: Jonathan “Yoni” Pizer , Marty Malone, Kimberly Walz, Margaret Croke, Sara Feigenholtz, Ryan Podges and James “Jimmy” Garfield, all of Chicago
• 16^th District, Democratic: Kevin Olickal and Denyse Wang Stoneback, both of Skokie, and Yehiel “Mark” Kalish of Chicago
• 19^th District, Democratic: Lindsey LaPointe, Patricia “Patti Vasquez” Bonnin and Joe Duplechin, all of Chicago
• 20^th District, Democratic: Michelle Darbro and R. Cary Capparelli, both of Chicago, and Brad Stephens of Rosemont
• 21^st District, Democratic: Edgar Gonzalez Jr. and Celina Villanueva, both of Chicago
• 26^th District, Democratic: Kam Buckner and Marc Loveless, both of Chicago
• 27^th District, Democratic: Tawana “T.J.” Robinson, Marlo Barnett and Justin Slaughter, all of Chicago
• 29^th District, Democratic: Harry Durden of Chicago, and Thaddeus Jones and DeAndre Tillman, both of Calumet City
• 31^st District, Democratic: Samantha Simpson and Mary Flowers, both of Chicago
• 32^nd District, Democratic: Andre Thapedi and Bernard Grimmage, both of Chicago, and Ricky Gandhi of Burbank
• 37^th District, Republican: Timothy Balderman of New Lenox and Tim Ozinga of Mokena
• 40^th District, Democratic: Syamala Krishnamsetty and Jaimie Andrade Jr., both of Chicago
• 41^st District, Democratic: Janet Rohr and Denika McMillen, both of Naperville
• 45^th District, Republican: Randy Ramey of Carol Stream, Alfredo “Al” Manzo of Addison and Michael Camerer of Bartlett
• 49^th District, Republican: Douglas Warlick of Geneva and Laura Curtis of North Aurora; and Democratic: Larry Hug of Joliet, Maura Hirshauer of Batavia and Michael Crowner of Bolingbrook
• 54^th District, Democratic: Maggie Trevor of Rolling Meadows and Ryan Huffman of Palatine
• 60^th District, Democratic: Diana Burdette and Rita Mayfield, both of Waukegan
• 63^rd District, Democratic: Peter Janko of Marengo and Brian Sager of Woodstock
• 65^th District, Democratic: Martha Paschke of Geneva and Mohammad “Mo” Iqbal of Elgin
• 66^th District, Democratic: Suzanne Ness of Crystal Lake and Jim Malone of Carpentersville; and Republican: Allen Skillicorn of East Dundee and Carolyn Schofield of Crystal Lake
• 83^rd District, Democratic: Juan Thomas and Barbara Hernadez, both of Aurora
• 91^st District, Republican: Corey Campbell, Mark Luft and Samuel Goddard, all of Pekin
• 95^th District, Republican: Lawrence Oliver of Dorsey and Avery Bourne of Morrisonville
• 105^th District, Republican: David Blumenshine of Normal and Dan Brady of Bloomington
• 116^th District, Republican: David Friess of Red Bud, David Holder of Baldwin and Kevin Schmidt of Millstadt

State Senate

• 1^st District, Democratic: Antonio “Tony” Munoz and Froylan “Froy” Jimenez, both of Chicago
• 10^th District, Democratic: Daniel “Danny” O’Toole and Robert Martwick, both of Chicago
• 13^th District, Democratic: Tamer Abouzeid, Ken Thomas and Robert Peters, all of Chicago
• 22^nd District, Democratic: Rae Yawer of Streamwood and Cristina Castro of Elgin
• 25^th District, Republican: Beth Goncher of Aurora and Jeanette Ward of West Chicago
• 37^th Senate, Republican: Chuck Weaver of Peoria and Win Stoller of East Peoria
• 40^th District, Democratic: Monica Gordon of Flossmoor, Lori Wilcox of Chicago Heights, Marta Perales of Momence, Patrick Joyce of Essex and David Morgan of Olympia Fields
• 49^th District, Democratic: Larry Hug of Joliet, Meg Loughran Cappel of Shorewood and Michael Crowner of Bolingbrook

U.S. House

• 1^st District, Democratic: Robert Emmons Jr., Robert Palmer, Bobby Rush, Sarah Gad and Ameena Nuur Matthews, all of Chicago; and Republican: Lynn Franco, Philanise White and Jimmy Lee Tillman II, all of Chicago, and John Wassenaar of Blue Island
• 2^nd District, Democratic: John Morrow of County Club Hills, and Marcus Lewis and Robin Kelly, both of Matteson
• 3^rd District, Republican: Catherine O’Shea of Oak Lawn, Mike Fricilone of Homer Glen and Arthur Jones of Lyons; and Democratic: Charles Hughes of Chicago, Daniel Lipinski of Western Springs, Rush Darwish of Palos Hills and Marie Newman of La Grange
• 5^th District, Republican: Kimball Ladien and Tommy Hanson, both of Chicago; and Democratic: Mike Quigley and Brian Burns, both of Chicago
• 6^th District, Republican: Jeanne Ives of Wheaton and Gordon “Jay” Kinzler of Glen Ellyn
• 7^th District, Democratic: Kristine Schanbacher, Danny Davis and Kina Collins, all of Chicago, and Anthony Clark of Oak Park
• 8^th District, Democratic: Mohammed Faheem of Plainfield, Inam Hussain of Libertyville, and William Olson and Raja Krishnamoorthi, both of Schaumburg
• 9^th District, Democratic: Andrew Tarnasieweicz-Heldut of Chicago and Jan Schakowsky of Evanston
• 10^th District, Democratic: Adam Broad of Buffalo Grove and Brad Schneider of Deerfield
• 11^th District, Republican: Krishna Bansal of Naperville and Rick Laib of Joliet; and Democratic: Rachel Ventura of Joliet and Bill Foster of Naperville
• 12^th District, Democratic: Raymond Lenzi of Makanda and Joel Funk of Mascoutah
• 13^th District, Democratic: Stefanie Smith of Urbana and Betsy Dirksen Londrigan of Springfield
• 14^th District, Republican: Anthony Catella of St. Charles, James Marter of Oswego, Jerry Evans of Warrenville, Ted Gradel of Naperville, Catalina Lauf of Woodstock and Sue Rezin of Morris
• 15^th District, Republican: Chuck Ellington of Camargo, Kent Gray of Leland Grove, Darren Duncan of Rossville, Mary Miller of Oakland, Kerry Wolff of Altamont and Kimberly Wade of Grafton; and Democratic: John Hursey Jr. of Collinsville, Kevin Gaither of Charleston, Craig Morton of Salem and Erika Weaver of Mattoon
• 16^th District, Democratic: Benjamin Baer of Coal City and Dan Brzozowski of LaSalle
• 17^th District, Democratic: Spanky Edwards of Peoria and Cheri Bustos of Moline; and Republican: William Fawell of Galena, Esther King of East Moline and Eugene Farrell of Roseville

U.S. Senate

• Illinois seat, Republican: Robert Marshall of Burr Ridge, Peggy Hubbard of Belleville, Mark Curran Jr. of Libertyville, Tom Tarter of Springfield and Casey Chlebek of Glenview

Barring a write-in effort, uncontested primaries are:

State House

• 4^th District, Democratic: Delia Ramirez of Chicago
• 5^th District, Democratic: Lamont Robinson of Chicago
• 6^th District, Democratic: Sonya Harper of Chicago
• 7^th District, Democratic: Emanuel “Chris” Welch of Hillside
• 8^th District, Democratic: LaShawn Ford of Chicago
• 11^th District, Democratic: Ann Williams of Chicago
• 13^th District, Democratic: Greg Harris of Chicago
• 14^th District, Democratic: Kelly Cassidy of Chicago
• 15^th District, Democratic: John D’Amico of Chicago
• 17^th District, Democratic: Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz of Glenview; and Republican: Yesoe Yoon of Skokie
• 18^th District, Democratic: Robyn Gabel of Evanston
• 19^th District, Republican: Jeff Muehlfelder of Chicago
• 22^nd District, Democratic: Michael Madigan of Chicago
• 23^rd District, Democratic: Michael Zalewski of Riverside
• 24^th District, Democratic: Zabeth “Lisa” Hernandez of Cicero
• 25^th District, Democratic: Curtis Tarver II of Chicago
• 28^th District, Democratic: Robert “Bob” Rita of Blue Island
• 30^th District, Democratic: William “Will” Davis of Homewood
• 33^rd District, Democratic: Marcus Evans Jr. of Chicago
• 34^th District, Democratic: Nicholas “Nick” Smith of Chicago
• 35^th District, Democratic: Frances Ann Hurley of Chicago; and Republican: Herbert Hebein of Chicago
• 36^th District, Democratic: Kelly Burke of Evergreen Park
• 37^th District, Democratic: Michelle Fadeley of Joliet
• 38^th District, Republican: Max Solomon of Hazel Crest; and Democratic: Debbie Meyers-Martin of Olympia Fields
• 39^th District, Democratic: Will Guzzardi of Chicago
• 41^st District, Republican: Grant Wehrli of Naperville
• 42^nd District, Democratic: Ken Mejia-Beal of Lisle; and Republican: Amy Grant of Wheaton
• 43^rd District, Democratic: Anna Moeller of Elgin
• 44^th District, Democratic: Fred Crespo of Hoffman Estates
• 45^th District, Democratic: Diane Pappas of Itasca
• 46^th District, Democratic: Deb Conroy of Elmhurst
• 47^th District, Democratic: Jennifer Zordani of Clarendon Hills; and Republican: Deanne Mazzochi of Elmhurst
• 48^th District, Republican: Peter Breen on Lombard; and Democratic: Terra Costa Howard of Glen Ellyn
• 50^th District, Republican: Keith Wheeler of Oswego
• 51^st District, Republican: Chris Bos of Lake Zurich; and Democratic: Mary Edly-Allen of Libertyville
• 52^nd District, Republican: Martin McLaughlin of Barrington Hills
• 53^rd District, Democratic: Mark Walker of Arlington Heights
• 54^th District, Republican: Thomas “Tom” Morrison of Palatine
• 55^th District, Democratic: Martin Moylan of Des Plaines
• 56^th District, Democratic: Michelle Mussman of Schaumburg
• 57^th District, Democratic: Jonathan Carroll of Northbrook
• 58^th District, Democratic: Bob Morgan of Deerfield
• 59^th District, Democratic: Daniel Didech of Buffalo Grove
• 60^th District, Republican: Mark Lund of Wadsworth
• 61^st District Republican: Dan Yost of Antioch; and Democratic: Joyce Mason of Gurnee
• 62^nd District, Republican: Jim Walsh of Round Lake Beach; and Democratic: Sam Yingling of Grayslake
• 63^rd District, Republican: Steven Reick of Woodstock
• 64^th District, Democratic: Leslie Armstrong-McLeod of Fox Lake; and Republican: Tom Weber of Lake Villa
• 65^th District, Republican: Dan Ugaste of Geneva
• 67^th District, Democratic: Maurice West II of Rockford
• 68^th District, Democratic: Dave Vella of Rockford; and Republican: John Cabello of Machesney Park
• 69^th District, Republican: Joe Sosnowski of Rockford
• 70^th District, Democratic: Paul Stoddard of DeKalb; and Republican: Jeff Keicher of Sycamore
• 73^rd District, Republican: Ryan Spain of Peoria
• 75^th District, Republican: David Welter of Morris
• 77^th District, Republican: Anthony Airdo of Melrose Park; and Democratic: Kathleen Willis of Addison
• 78^th District, Democratic: Camille Lilly of Chicago
• 80^th District, Democratic: Anthony DeLuca of Chicago Heights
• 81^st District, Democratic: Anne Stava-Murray of Naperville; and Republican: Laura Hois of Downers Grove
• 82^nd District, Democratic: Kassem Moukahal of Orland Park; and Republican: Jim Durkin of Western Springs
• 83^rd District, Republican: Donald Walter of Aurora
• 84^th District, Democratic: Stephanie Kifowit of Oswego
• 85^th District, Republican: Ron Doweidt of Bolingbrook; and Democratic: Dagmara “Dee” Avelar of Bolingbrook
• 86^th District, Democratic: Lawrence “Larry” Walsh Jr. of Elwood
• 87^th District, Republican: Tim Butler of Springfield
• 88^th District, Republican: Keith Sommer of Mackinaw; and Democratic: Karla Bailey-Smith of Bloomington
• 89^th District, Republican: Andrew Chesney of Freeport
• 90^th District, Democratic: Seth Wiggins, formerly Stephanie Wiggins, of Dixon; and Republican: Tom Demmer of Dixon
• 91^st District, Democratic: Josh Grys of Pekin
• 92^nd District, Democratic: Jehan Gordon-Booth of Peoria
• 95^th District, Democratic: Chase Wilhem of Coffeen
• 97^th District, Democratic: Harry Benton of Plainfield; and Republican: Mark Batinick of Plainfield
• 100^th District, Republican: Christopher “C.D.” Davidsmeyer of Jacksonville
• 101^st District, Republican: Dan Caulkins of Decatur
• 105^th District, Democratic: Chemberly Cummings of Normal
• 106^th District, Republican: Thomas Bennett of Gibson City
• 108^th District, Democratic: Kacie Weicherding of Hoyleton; and Republican: Charles Meier of Okawville
• 111^th District, Republican: Amy Elik of Alton; and Democratic: Monica Bristow of Alton
• 112^th District, Democratic: Katie Stuart of Edwardsville
• 113^th District, Democratic: Jay Hoffman of Swansea
• 114^th District, Democratic: LaToya Greenwood of East St. Louis; and Republican: Dave Barnes of Belleville
• 116^th District, Democratic: Nathan Reitz of Steeleville

State Senate

• 4^th District, Democratic: Kimberly Lightford of Maywood
• 7^th District, Democratic: Heather Steans of Chicago
• 10^th District, Republican: Anthony Beckman of Harwood Heights
• 16^th District, Democratic: Jacqueline “Jacqui” Collins of Chicago
• 19^th District: Republican: August “O’Neill” Deuser of Mokena; and Democratic: Michael Hastings of Frankfort
• 25^th District, Democratic: Karina Villa of West Chicago
• 28^th District, Democratic: Laura Murphy of Des Plaines
• 31^st District, Republican: Christopher Kasperski of Lindenhurst; and Democratic: Linda Bush of Grayslake
• 34^th District, Democratic: Steve Stadelman of Caledonia
• 40^th District, Republican: Eric Wallace of Flossmoor
• 43^rd District, Republican: Ben Bierly of Elwood; and Democratic: John Connor of Lockport
• 46^th District, Republican: Mary Burress of Pekin; and Democratic: Dave Koehler of Peoria
• 49^th District, Republican: Thomas McCullagh of Shorewood
• 58^th District, Republican: Terri Bryant of Murphysboro

U.S. House

• 2^nd District, Republican: Theresa Raborn of Midlothian
• 4^th District, Republican: Christopher Lasky of Berwyn; and Democratic: Jesus “Chuy” Garcia of Chicago
• 6^th District, Democratic: Sean Casten of Downers Grove
• 7^th District, Republican: Craig Cameron of Chicago
• 9^th District, Republican: Sargis Sangari of Skokie
• 10^th District, Republican: Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee of Winnetka
• 12^th District, Republican: Mike Bost of Murphysboro
• 13^th District, Republican: Rodney Davis of Taylorville
• 14^th District, Democratic: Lauren Underwood of Naperville
• 16th District, Republican: Adam Kinzinger of Channahon
• 18^th District, Democratic: Mark Haasis of Peoria; and Republican: Darin LaHood of Peoria

U.S. Senate

• Illinois seat, Democratic: Dick Durbin of Springfield