The following are the candidates who have received the endorsement of the Illinois Federation for Right to Life running in the November 2002 General Election. Candidates listed are vying for State wide, U.S. Senate, 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.

REP Jim Ryan

REP Carl Hawkinson

No Endorsements

REP Joe Birkett

No Endorsements

REP Thomas J. Ramsdell

REP James Durkin

DEM Jerry Costello i

REP Peter Calderone

REP John Shimkus

DEM Vince Demuzio i - No opposition

REP Frank Watson

No endorsement

No endorsements

REP David Luechtefeld i

REP Jim Watson

DEM Gary Hanning i - No Opposition

REP Ron Stephens

REP Larry Rudder

DEM Jay Hoffman i

DEM Thomas Holbrook i - No Opposition

REP Marcy L. Burrelsman