Resources – For Candidates

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Key 2022 Election Dates

  • Primary Election

    • January 13, 2022: Established Party Petitioning Starts
    • March 7 – 14, 2022: Established Party Petition Filing Period
    • June 28, 2022: Primary Election Day
  • General Election

    • April 13, 2022: Unestablished Party Petitioning Starts
    • July 5 – 11, 2022: Unestablished Party Petition Filing Period
    • November 8, 2022: General Election Day

Key 2023 Election Dates

  • Consolidated Primary Election

    • Aug. 30, 2022: Petitioning starts for nonpartisan municipal office candidates like Mayor, Alderperson, Village President, Village Trustee, etc. and for established party partisan township office candidates like Township Supervisor, Township Trustee, etc.
    • Nov. 21-28, 2022: Petition filing deadline
    • Feb. 28, 2023: Consolidated Primary Election Day
  • Consolidated General Election

    • Sep. 20, 2022: Petitioning starts for new party partisan township office candidates like Township Supervisor, Township Trustee, etc. and non-municipal nonpartisan office candidates like Park Board Commissioner, Library Board Trustee, School Board Member, Regional Board of School Trustees, College Board Trustee, etc.
    • Dec. 12-19, 2022: Petition filing deadline
    • Jan. 2023: Deadline for the county to make publicly available a list of all candidates on the ballot
    • Feb. 2023: Deadline to file as a write-in candidate
    • Apr. 4, 2023: Consolidated General Election Day

ILGP Resources

Green Party US Resources

GPUS Coordinated Campaign Committee Webinars

State of Illinois Resources

Digital Organizing Tools for Grassroots Campaigns Workshop