Evelyn Sanguinetti

Evelyn Sanguinetti (Republican Party) was the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. She assumed office on January 12, 2015. She left office in 2019.

Sanguinetti (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 6th Congressional District. She did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on March 17, 2020.

Sanguinetti is a former Republican Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. Sanguinetti was defeated in the general election on November 6, 2018. Before becoming lieutenant governor, Sanguinetti served as a member of the Wheaton City Council.

Biography

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Sanguinetti was born and raised in Miami, Fla. The daughter of an Ecuadorian father and Cuban mother, Sanguinetti's first language was Spanish. English was her second language. She earned her B.A. in piano performance from Florida International University and her J.D. from John Marshall Law School.^[1]

Sanguinetti was an assistant attorney general under former Republican Illinois Attorney General James E. Ryan, and went on to practice at a private law firm in Chicago.^[2] She also worked as an adjunct professor at John Marshall Law School.^[1]

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B.A., piano performance - Florida International University
J.D. - John Marshall Law School

Political career

Illinois Lieutenant Governor (2015-2019)

Sanguinetti was the 47th lieutenant governor of Illinois. She was elected on November 4, 2014, and sworn into office on January 12, 2015.^[3]

Sanguinetti was the first Hispanic and first Latina lieutenant governor in Illinois history.^[2]

Elections

2020

Illinois' 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Republican primary)

Illinois' 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Incumbent Sean Casten defeated Jeanne M. Ives and Bill Redpath in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Sean Casten (D)	52.8	213,777
	Jeanne M. Ives (R)	45.4	183,891
	Bill Redpath (L)	1.7	7,079

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 404,747
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Incumbent Sean Casten advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on March 17, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Casten	100.0	82,909

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Robert Marshall (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Jeanne M. Ives defeated Gordon Kinzler and Richard Mayers in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on March 17, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jeanne M. Ives	70.8	29,144
	Gordon Kinzler	29.2	12,017
	Richard Mayers (Write-in)	0.0	1

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 41,162
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