2022 Election Primary: 11th Congressional District

These are the unofficial election results for contested races across McHenry County as of about 12:45 a.m. Wednesday.

Democratic Party leaders wasted no time going after newly minted Republican congressional nominee Catalina Lauf of Woodstock on Wednesday.

The Republican race to face Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville for Illinois' 11th Congressional District seat could be close.

The Republican race to face Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat could be close.

Competitive races line both the Democratic and Republican ballots as early voting continues ahead of Tuesday’s primary election. Here's a round-up of who and what is on the ballot.

Most of the Republican candidates for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat entered the last three weeks of the primary race strapped for campaign cash, records show.

Republicans running for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat expressed varied stances on immigration policy reform and what to do about people already in the country illegally. One said making English the national language would be a key step; several favored funding a wall

Only about half the non-incumbent congressional candidates in the north, west or northwest suburbs have filed financial disclosure reports with the U.S. House that were due in May, records show.

Three Republican candidates in Illinois’ 11th Congressional District believe the global climate is changing and that humanity contributes to the problem -- but two others expressed doubts.

Republican candidates up and down the ticket will attend a forum hosted by the McHenry County Township Republicans this Saturday.

Although they found common ground on many issues, three Republican candidates for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat expressed different priorities during a public forum in Batavia.

US House of Representatives 11th Congressional District candidate Mark Joseph Carroll said in his questionnaire on abortion: "I would support a Constitutional Amendment defining Life as beginning at conception and ending at natural death."

Two of the Republicans running for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat believe abortion should be banned nationally if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the historic Roe v. Wade decision.

Before Politico’s report of a draft opinion that suggested the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn the 1973 case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide, we asked all candidates running for United States Congress in Kane County-area districts their thoughts on abortion.

Asked if the country is prepared for another round of the COVID-19 pandemic, or the next pandemic, 11th Congressional District candidate Susan Hathaway-Altman said "America is absolutely not prepared for another pandemic on any level." Read her full questionnaire here.

Asked how he would bring back manufacturing jobs, District 11 Rep. Bill Foster wrote "I believe America needs to focus on being a leader in high-tech manufacturing." Read Foster's full election questionnaire here.

Asked if he would have voted to ratify Joe Biden's presidency, 11th District Congressional candidate Jerry Evans said "I would not have voted to certify these electors until more extensive investigation was done to bring confidence in the outcomes" in certain states.

Foster collected $368,623 from individual donors and $227,576 from political action committees in the first three months of 2022 for a total haul of $621,562 – more than all of the GOP candidates combined, documents show.

Three months after one of U.S. Rep. Bill Foster’s Republican challengers reported raising more money from individual donors than the veteran Naperville Democrat, Foster has regained the fundraising crown in the 11th District.

Two congressional candidates whose filing paperwork had been formally challenged have dropped out of a pair of largely suburban races.

A national group supporting Republican congressional candidates has added Illinois’ 11th District – now held by Democrat Bill Foster of Naperville – to a list of seats it’s focusing on this year.

The race for the Republican nomination in the 11th Congressional District has a new candidate -- and the first with elected experience.

North Aurora Trustee Mark Carroll announced Sunday that he’s seeking the post now held by Democrat Bill Foster of Naperville.

Woodstock’s Catalina Lauf received more money from individual donors than Rep. Bill Foster did during Q4 of 2021