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Governor and Lieutenant Governor

What this job does

The head of Illinois' state government. The governor proposes the state budget, signs or vetoes bills passed by the General Assembly, can pardon people and shorten sentences, and leads the state's National Guard. In Illinois, you vote for the governor and lieutenant governor together as one team. A term is four years, with no term limit. source: en.wikipedia.org

Illinois votes for governor and lieutenant governor together as one team. J.B. Pritzker (Democrat) is running again; the current lieutenant governor, Juliana Stratton, is running for U.S. Senate instead.

Running mates: JB Pritzker with Christian Mitchell; Darren Bailey with Aaron B. Del Mar; Collin Corbett with Carolyn Schofield.

JB Pritzker DemocraticGovernor; investor and businessman
Darren Bailey RepublicanFarmer
Collin Corbett IndependentPolitical strategist and pollster

Candidates in the order the Illinois State Board of Elections lists them . Your ballot may show the candidates in a different order. Some write-in candidates are certified; their names are not printed on the ballot.