2022 United States Senate election in Illinois


The 2022 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Illinois.
Incumbent Democratic senator Tammy Duckworth was re-elected for a second term against former 2006 [United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois|U.S. House of Representatives candidate] Kathy Salvi, the Republican nominee, winning by a margin of 15.3%, 0.2% more than her 2016 margin. Duckworth became the first woman ever to be re-elected for a second term in the state's history. This was the first Illinois U.S. Senate election where both major party candidates were female.
Salvi flipped seven counties—Calhoun, McDonough, Knox, Gallatin, Pulaski, Alexander, and Madison—that had voted for Duckworth in 2016. On the other hand, Duckworth won Kendall, McLean, Peoria, and Winnebago, which had all voted against her in 2016. With Duckworth's victory, this was the first time since 1986 that a Class 3 Illinois senator was re-elected to a successive six-year term, and the first time since 1992 [United States Senate election in Illinois|1992] that any party won the seat consecutively.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Polling

Graphical summary

Source of poll
aggregation		Dates
administered		Dates
updated		Casey
Chlebek		Matthew
Dubiel		Peggy
Hubbard		Bobby
Piton		Kathy
Salvi
Tillman		Anthony
Williams		Other
Margin
Real Clear PoliticsJune 6–13, 2022June 15, 20223.5%5.5%14.0%4.0%12.5%1.5%2.0%57.0%Hubbard +1.5

Results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Aggregate polls

Graphical summary

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Tammy
Duckworth 		Kathy
Salvi 		OtherUndecided
Research Co.November 4–6, 2022450 ± 4.6%55%38%2%5%
CiviqsOctober 22–25, 2022659 ± 4.3%56%40%2%2%
Emerson CollegeOctober 20–24, 20221,000 ± 3.0%49%39%3%8%
Public Policy Polling October 10–11, 2022770 ± 3.5%50%36%5%9%
Research AmericaOctober 5–11, 20221,000 ± 3.1%48%29%10%14%
Emerson CollegeSeptember 21–23, 20221,000 ± 3.0%50%31%4%16%
Victory Geek August 25–28, 2022512 ± 4.3%58%35%–7%
Victory Research July 17–19, 20221,208 ± 2.8%43%34%2%20%

Tammy Duckworth vs. generic opponent

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Tammy
Duckworth 		Generic
Opponent		Undecided
Victory Research July 17–19, 20221,208 ± 2.8%44%36%20%

Results

By county

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Duckworth won 14 of 17 congressional districts.
DistrictDuckworthSalviRepresentative
69%29%Bobby Rush
69%29%Jonathan Jackson
68%30%Robin Kelly
69%29%Marie Newman
69%29%Delia Ramirez
70%28%Chuy García
70%29%Mike Quigley
55%43%Sean Casten
86%13%Danny Davis
56%42%Raja Krishnamoorthi
72%27%Jan Schakowsky
61%37%Brad Schneider
56%42%Bill Foster
30%68%Mike Bost
56%42%Nikki Budzinski
54%44%Lauren Underwood
32%66%Mary Miller
39%60%Darin LaHood
52%45%Cheri Bustos
52%45%Eric Sorensen