2020 Will County Executive election

2020 Will County Executive election

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Nominee Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant Laurie McPhillips Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 153,735 134,059 Percentage 53.42% 46.58%

Results: Bertino-Tarrant:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% McPhillips:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

County Executive before election Denise Winfrey (acting) Democratic Elected County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant Democratic

The 2020 Will County Executive election was held on November 3, 2020. Incumbent Democratic County Executive Larry Walsh declined to run for re-election to a fifth term, citing health issues.^[1] Walsh died on June 3, 2020,^[2] and County Board Speaker Denise Winfrey was appointed to serve out the remainder of his term.^[3]

State Senator Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant ran to succeed Walsh, and faced Nick Palmer, Walsh's chief of staff, in the Democratic primary. Bertino-Tarrant defeated Palmer by a wide margin, winning 69 percent of the vote, and advanced to the general election, where she was opposed by Republican Nick Ficarello, the former Braidwood Police Chief. Bertino-Tarrant defeated Ficarello with 54 percent of the vote.^[4]