2022 Illinois State Treasurer election

Illinois Treasurer election, 2022

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Nominee Mike Frerichs Tom Demmer Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,206,434 1,767,242 Percentage 54.3% 43.5%

County results Congressional district results Frerichs:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Demmer:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Treasurer before election Mike Frerichs Democratic Elected Treasurer Mike Frerichs Democratic

The 2022 Illinois State Treasurer election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the treasurer of Illinois. Incumbent Mike Frerichs won re-election to a third term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Mike Frerichs, incumbent treasurer

Endorsements

Mike Frerichs

Organizations

• Equality Illinois ^[1]
• Illinois AFL–CIO ^[2]
• International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 ^[3]

Results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Frerichs (incumbent)	811,732	100.0%
Total votes			811,732	100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Tom Demmer, state representative from the 90th district (2013–present) ^[4]

Disqualified

• Patrice McDermand

Results

Republican primary results ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Demmer	670,758	100.0%
Total votes			670,758	100.0%

Third parties and independents

Candidates

Declared

• Preston Nelson (Libertarian)

General election

Post-primary endorsements

Mike Frerichs (D)

Labor unions

• United Mine Workers ^[6]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Mike Frerichs (D)	Tom Demmer (R)	Other	Undecided
Emerson College [7]	October 20–24, 2022	1,000 (LV)	± 3.0%	46%	36%	6% [b]	14%
Victory Geek (D) [8]	August 25–28, 2022	512 (LV)	± 4.3%	54%	33%	–	13%

Results

2022 Illinois State Treasurer election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mike Frerichs (incumbent)	2,206,434	54.29%	−3.35%
	Republican	Tom Demmer	1,767,242	43.48%	+4.57%
	Libertarian	Preston Nelson	90,647	2.23%	−1.22%
	Write-in		38	0.0%	±0.0%
Total votes			4,064,361	100.0%
	Democratic hold

By congressional district

Frerichs won 14 of 17 congressional districts. ^[9]

District	Frerichs	Demmer	Representative
1st	67%	31%	Bobby Rush (117th Congress)
			Jonathan Jackson (118th Congress)
2nd	67%	31%	Robin Kelly
3rd	67%	31%	Marie Newman (117th Congress)
			Delia Ramirez (118th Congress)
4th	68%	30%	Chuy García
5th	67%	31%	Mike Quigley
6th	52%	46%	Sean Casten
7th	84%	14%	Danny Davis
8th	53%	44%	Raja Krishnamoorthi
9th	70%	29%	Jan Schakowsky
10th	59%	39%	Brad Schneider
11th	53%	45%	Bill Foster
12th	26%	72%	Mike Bost
13th	55%	43%	Nikki Budzinski
14th	51%	47%	Lauren Underwood
15th	31%	67%	Mary Miller
16th	35%	62%	Darin LaHood
17th	49%	48%	Cheri Bustos (117th Congress)
			Eric Sorensen (118th Congress)

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. Nelson (L) with 4%; "Someone else" with 2%

References

1. "Endorsed Candidates << Equality Illinois". www.equalityillinois.us. Equality Illinois . Retrieved 6 November 2025.
2. "Political". www.ialf-cio.org. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
3. "International Union of Operating Engineers Endorsed Candidates". Politico . Retrieved 21 May 2022.
4. "Politics1 - Online Guide to Illinois Politics".
6. "Illinois - COMPAC Endorsements". UMWA. Archived from the original on 2022-10-30. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
7. Emerson College
8. Victory Geek (D)
9. "DRA 2020". Dave's Redistricting . Retrieved 2025-11-12.