DemocratNot in office · last served 2026Last on a ballot: Nov 2022
Patricia Van Pelt
Last held office: Illinois State Senate, District 5 (2016–2026). Ran in 3 elections between 2016 and 2022, winning 3.
- Elections
- 3
- 2016–2022
- Won
- 3
- generals, primaries and specials
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Pelt was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Pelt has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Pelt won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Illinois State Senate, District 5 | General | Won | Unopposed | 98.6% | — | D+76.6 | |
| 2018 | Illinois State Senate, District 5 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — | |
| 2016 | Illinois State Senate, District 5 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Pelt has held
- Illinois State Senate, District 5 · 2016–2026
Source: 99chambers results archive