Illinois Farm Bureau Endorsements

The following are the candidates who have received the endorsement of the Illinois Farm Bureau running in the November 2002 General Election. Candidates listed are vying for U.S House of Representative and Illinois General Assembly Senate and House of Representative seats within the St. Louis MetroVoice readership area.

Listed before each candidate's name is their party affiliation -- REP for Republican or DEM for Democrat. The phrase "No opposition" following the candidate's name indicates that the candidate does not face an opponent in the November 5th election and therefore has won the seat by default. "No endorsement" under the office heading indicates that regardless of who the candidate is, none of the candidates were endorsed. The lower case, italicized and bolded "i" following the candidate's name indicates that they are the incumbent of the office for which they are seeking reelection.

U.S. Representative - District 12

DEM Jerry Costello i

U.S. Representative - District 17

No endorsement

U.S. Representative - District 19

REP John Shimkus

State Senate - District 49

DEM Vince Demuzio i - No opposition

State Senate - District 51

REP Frank Watson

State Senate - District 56

No endorsement

State Senate - District 57

DEM James Clayborne Jr. II i

State Senate - District 58

REP David Luechtefeld i

State Representative - District 97

REP Jim Watson

State Representative - District 98

DEM Gary Hanning i - No opposition

State Representative - District 102

REP Ron Stephens

State Representative - District 111

DEM Steve Davis i

State Representative - District 112

DEM Jay Hoffman i

State Representative - District 113

DEM Thomas Holbrook i - No opposition

State Representative - District 114

DEM Wyvetter H. Young

State Representative - District 116

DEM Dan Reitz - No opposition