Get to know the candidates running to represent Southern Illinois in the 2020 primary

Voters will decide which candidates should receive their party’s nomination Tuesday, March 17, ahead of the November 2020 election.

Among the offices voters are scheduled to nominate a party candidate for are state representatives, state senator, U.S. representative, judge and several county government positions in St. Clair, Madison and neighboring counties.

On this page, you can see what candidates in competitive primary elections had to say in various questionnaires as well in articles about some of the races. Some candidates have yet to return questionnaires and the page will be updated as their responses come in.

The primary is March 17.

St. Clair County Board Democratic candidates

• Ferris “Chilly” Williams
• Harry Hollingsworth
• Lonnie Mosley
  
  
• Felix F. Arnold

Madison County Board Republican candidates

• William S. Meyer
• Philip W. Chapman

Madison County Board Democratic candidates

• Gary Niebur
• Victor Valentine Jr.
• Tammy Davis
• Dina Burch

Madison County State’s Attorney Democratic candidates

• Crystal Uhe
• Susan Jensen

Clinton County State’s Attorney Republican candidates

• David Joseph Fields
• Doug Gruenke
• B. Marshall Hilmes

12th Congressional District Representative Democratic candidates

• Joel D. Funk
• Raymond C. Lenzi

13th Congressional District Representative Democratic candidates

• Betsey Dirksen Londrigan
• Stefanie Smith

15th Congressional District Representative Republican candidates

• Chuck Ellington
• Darren E. Duncan
• Mary Miller
• Kerry A. Wolff

15th Congressional District Representative Democratic candidates

• Kevin Gaither
• Craig Morton
• Erika C. Weaver
• John W. Hursey Jr.

115th District State Representative Republican candidates

• Paul Jacobs
• John Howard
• Clifford Lindemann
• Zachary Meyer
• Johnnie Ray Smith II

116th District State Representative Republican candidates

• David Friess
• David Holder
• Kevin Schmidt

U.S. Senate Republican candidates

• Tom Tarter
• Mark Curran
• Casey Chlebek
• Peggy Hubbard
• Robert Marshall

Appellate Court - 5th District Republican candidates

• Mark M. Boie
• Katherine Ruocco

State Supreme Court - 5th District Republican candidates

• David Overstreet
• John B. Barberis Jr.

Here are the referendums in Madison and St. Clair County:

• Referendums in Centreville and Alorton to merge the two cities into one municipality to be named Alcentra.
• An advisory question on whether Highland should permit a cannabis dispensary to operate in areas of the city.
• An advisory referendum in O’Fallon on whether the city should permit a cannabis dispensary to operate in areas of the city.
• A referendum to increase the fire tax within the village of Caseyville from .40% to .60%
• A referendum to issue $7.4 million in general obligation street improvement bonds to the Village of Glen Carbon.

*Only candidates with primary opponents are listed and surveyed. The responses have been posted unedited.

This story was originally published February 5, 2020 at 3:59 PM.