The latest WGLT reporting about what's on the ballot in the general election on Nov. 8, 2022. Early voting is underway.
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DEBATES
WGLT is planning several debates and candidate forums ahead of the election.
- Sept. 27: 91st Illinois House District | Recap | Video
- Oct. 3: 17th Congressional District | Recap | Video
- Oct. 6: Governor's race | Written recap | Audio recap
The Bloomington-Normal branch of the NAACP hosted a candidates forum for several countywide, state, and federal races on Tuesday, Oct. 4. WGLT was one of several co-sponsors of that event.
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Illinois recently went through a post-census redistricting, meaning you may live in a new legislative or congressional district.
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Unit 5 Funding
- District 87 and Unit 5 boards approve putting sales tax referendum question on April ballot
- Unit 5 board OKs annual budget; asks community to join strategic planning sessions
- Unit 5 school board reverses cuts after tax hike referendum passes
- Pro-referendum candidates win 4 seats on Unit 5 school board
- Voters approve Unit 5 tax referendum on the second attempt
17th Congressional District
- Connect Transit awarded $5 million grant for planned Bloomington transfer center
- U.S. Rep. Sorensen pushes for extension of Obamacare subsidies during visit to Normal
- Partisan blame game continues as government reopens
- Reps. LaHood, Sorensen split on government shutdown vote
- NPR political expert Ron Elving visits Central Illinois for event focused on bipartisanship in government
Governor
- 'Years of effort': Public Illinois universities achieve highest enrollment in a decade
- Pritzker ramps up accountability panel focused on alleged ICE abuses
- Newly released cache of Epstein emails reveal deeper ties with Thomas Pritzker, governor’s cousin
- Pritzker and Pope Leo XIV talk 'Operation Midway Blitz' and a Chicago beer honoring the pontiff
- Pritzker discusses immigration crackdown with Pope Leo XIV in Rome
91st House District
- Sharon Chung looks to retain 91st House seat in race against challenger Desi Anderson
- During stop in Normal, Speaker Chris Welch talks about changes to the SAFE-T Act and competing in the 91st House District
- Why Chung vs. Preston became one of the most expensive campaigns Bloomington-Normal has ever seen
- Chung and Preston outline differences in criminal justice and taxes in 91st House debate
- B-N's 91st House District contest will be expensive in November
Other Statehouse Races
- Nonpartisan think tank identifies Illinois’ most effective state legislators
- Auto seat maker Adient to locate $8 million facility in Normal
- State Sen. Dave Koehler reflects on spring session and helping pass Illinois' $55 billion budget
- McLean County school leaders disappointed new state budget doesn’t help more with busing and other mandated costs
- With the rising costs of health care, Illinois pushes bill to lower prescription costs and protect patients
Other Statewide Races
- Brady says water improvements underway as Bloomington charts long-term strategy
- Trump administration OKs partial SNAP funding for November after judges’ orders
- Demolition begins on Front N Center building in Downtown Bloomington
- Split Bloomington council OKs directing grocery tax revenue to infrastructure spending
- Sen. Dick Durbin says Trump's ramped-up immigration enforcement defies the Constitution and human dignity
McLean County Government
- McLean County Board approves 2026 budget; hears concerns over aquifer protections
- 17 file for McLean County Board; many state legislative incumbents are unopposed
- McLean County Board approves long-delayed 2024 audit at special meeting
- Officials: Late audit reports cost McLean County government
- Stalled Route 66 Bike Trail project back on track with nearly $2 million state grant
- Normal looks to create new Uptown TIF to spur development
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Central Illinois congressman Rodney Davis says former president Donald Trump's endorsement of his opponent likely made the difference in his re-election bid. -
The McLean and Tazewell county Republican Party chairs have chosen Morton doctor Bill Hauter to finish state Rep. Keith Sommer's term in office. -
Dennis Grundler says he wants to encourage early voting to improve his party's chances of winning future elections. -
Bloomington-Normal residents will have their first Democrat representing them in Springfield in decades when the 103rd General Assembly is sworn in in January. But much of rural McLean County is still beet-red Republican. Three Illinois House Republicans will represent McLean County, including Bill Hauter of Morton. -
Republican leaders in McLean and Tazewell counties are taking applications for a short-term appointment to the state legislature. Longtime lawmaker Keith Sommer of Morton has submitted his resignation, effective Dec. 31. -
Central Illinois Republican party leaders say they expect a lot of interest in the appointment to the soon-to-be vacant 53rd Senate District seat that Jason Barickman is giving up at the end of the year. -
Less than a month after winning an uncontested new term in office, State Sen. Jason Barickman of Bloomington said Monday he'll resign instead of taking office again next year. -
It's not unusual for members of a minority party to serve on transition teams for newly-elected statewide officeholders in Illinois. It's far less common to have a defeated opponent in a particular race on the team. But that's what has happened. -
State Sen. Jason Barickman said Illinois voters punished Republicans in the midterm election, in part, because of the GOP stance on abortion. He said his party needs to acknowledge there are instances in which abortion should be legal and be willing to say what those legal conditions are. -
Ballot measure carrying 53% of total ballots cast thus far -
Those who campaigned for Workers’ Rights Amendment are cheering its apparent passage, including support from McLean County voters. -
Illinois Wesleyan University political scientist Tari Renner says Democrats drew the central and western 17th Congressional District to help their party, but the absence of a nationwide "red wave" in Tuesday's midterm election helped Eric Sorensen defeat Republican Esther Joy King in their race for Congress.
