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