The 2022 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Illinois. Incumbent Democratic Senator Tammy Duckworth was first elected in 2016, defeating Republican incumbent Mark Kirk. In 2022, Duckworth was re-elected for a second term against former U.S. House of Representatives candidate Kathy Salvi, the Republican nominee. Wining by a margin of 15.3%, 0.2% than her 2016 margin. Duckworth became the first woman ever to be re-elected for a second term in the state's history. This was the first time since 1986 where a Class 3 Illinois senator was re-elected to a successive six-year term, and the first time since 1992 the Democratic Party won the seat twice or more in a row. This was also the first