2022 United States Senate election in Illinois

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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 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. With her victory, Duckworth became the first woman ever to be re-elected for a second term in the state's history. This was also the first U.S. Senate election in the state where both major party candidates were female, the first time since 1986 where a Class 3 Illinois senator was re-elected to a consecutive six-year term, and the first time since 1992 where any party won the seat consecutively. Despite Duckworth's victory, Salvi flipped seven counties—Calhoun, McDonough, Knox, Gallatin, Pulaski, Alexander, and Madison—that had voted for Duckworth in 2016. Duckworth won Kendall, McLean, Peoria, and...

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