Filing for the 2022 Illinois primary
People lined up for hours — and in some cases days — to be first in line when the State Board of Elections began accepting petitions for office at 8 a.m. Monday, March 7, 2022. Candidates in line when the doors open have a chance to be listed first on the ballot. Brian Mackey/Illinois Public Media
Monday, March 7, 2022, is the first day of filing for people who want to run in this year’s Democratic and Republican primaries in Illinois. Candidates lined up outside the State Board of Elections office in Springfield for hours before it opened. We visited the line to hear some of their stories.
Plus, we were joined by two veteran statehouse reporters to talk about the state of some of the races.
GUESTS:
Hannah Meisel
Statehouse editor, NPR Illinois
Brenden Moore
Illinois state government reporter, Decatur Herald and Review, Bloomington-Normal Pantagraph, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
@JBPritzker and @JulianaforLG briefly chat with GOP challengers @DarrenBaileyIL and @ReaganMom. pic.twitter.com/cCQ2jqbAAJ
— Hannah Meisel (@hannahmeisel) March 7, 2022
It’s a beautiful day to kick off candidate filing in Springfield! pic.twitter.com/aaag5bEAc8
— Illinois SBE (@illinoissbe) March 7, 2022
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton file petitions and other candidate paperwork at the Illinois State Board of Elections in Springfield. - photos by Brian Mackey/IPM
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