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	Illinois Lieutenant Governor
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	General information
Office Type:	Partisan
Office website:	Official Link
Compensation:	$163,500
2025 FY Budget:	$3,112,000
Term limits:	None
	Structure
Length of term:	4 years
Authority:	Illinois Constitution, Article V, Section 1
Selection Method:	Elected
	Current Officeholder
	Lieutenant Governor of Illinois Juliana Stratton; Democratic Party; Assumed office: January 14, 2019
	Elections
Next election:	November 3, 2026
Last election:	November 8, 2022
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The Lieutenant Governor of Illinois is an elected constitutional officer, the second ranking officer of the executive branch and the first officer in line to succeed the Governor of Illinois. The lieutenant governor is popularly elected every four years by a plurality and has no term limits.

Current officeholder

See also: Current Lieutenant Governors

The 48th and current lieutenant governor is Juliana Stratton (D), who was elected on November 6, 2018. Stratton was sworn into office January 14, 2019.^[1]

Authority

The Illinois Constitution establishes the office of the lieutenant governor in Article V, the Executive Department.

Illinois Constitution, Article V, Section 1

The Executive Branch shall include a Governor, Lieutenant Governor...

Qualifications

Per Article V, Section 1 of the state constitution, the lieutenant governor is required to be:

at least 25 years old,
a United States citizen,
a resident of Illinois for three years prior to election.

Illinois Constitution, Article V, Section 3

To be eligible to hold the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller or Treasurer, a person must be a United States citizen, at least 25 years old, and a resident of this State for the three years preceding his election.

Elections

Illinois state government organizational chart

See also: Gubernatorial election cycles by state

See also: Election of lieutenant governors

Illinois elects lieutenant governors in federal midterm election years (e.g. 2018, 2022, 2026, 2030). Legally, the lieutenant gubernatorial inauguration is always set for the second Monday in the January following an election (Illinois Constitution, Article V, Section 2).

2022

See also: Illinois gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

Incumbent Juliana Stratton defeated Stephanie Trussell, John Phillips, and Michael Kinney in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Juliana Stratton (D)	54.9	2,253,748
		Stephanie Trussell (R)	42.4	1,739,095
		John Phillips (L)	2.7	111,712
	Submit photo	Michael Kinney (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	7

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,104,562
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

Incumbent Juliana Stratton defeated Karla Shaw in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Juliana Stratton	91.9	810,989
	Submit photo	Karla Shaw	8.1	71,704

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 882,693
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephanie Trussell	57.5	458,102
	Submit photo	Kathleen Murphy	15.7	125,094
		Avery Bourne	15.0	119,592
		Aaron Del Mar	6.5	52,194
		Carolyn Schofield	4.4	34,676
	Submit photo	Latasha Fields	0.9	7,371

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 797,029
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Brett Mahlen (R)