Prairie State Wire

Kathy Salvi won the GOP primary and will take on incumbent Democrat Tammy Duckworth in November. 

Salvi bested six other candidates in the June 28 Republican primary where she got 30.3% of the vote of the total 686,972 votes, according to Ballotpedia.

“It’s been far too long since the Land of Lincoln was represented by a Republican in the Senate, and this year, we’re fixing that," Salvi said. "Tammy Duckworth has got to go. She’s the exact opposite of what our great state deserves. She votes with Joe Biden 100% of the time; safe to say, it’s time for new leadership. Can you commit to becoming an inaugural General Election Fund donor for Kathy Salvi for U.S. Senate?”

Duckworth, up for re-election in 2022, asked the leaders of tech giants if they would censor “disinformation” about the efficacy of masks and the 2020 election during a hearing in that same year, Chicago City Wire reported. She also insinuated that she wanted regulation of social media and how it spreads information during the hearing.

In a June 16 Facebook post, Republican State Sen. Jason Plummer criticized Duckworth for saying she was “shocked” that companies such as Caterpillar are leaving Illinois. Plummer noted that businesses are going because of the destructive policies of Duckworth and the Democrats, and he said voters should “shock” her out of office, according to Metro East Sun.

In the midst of the violence of 2020, Duckworth did not support then-President Donald Trump sending federal troops to Chicago to quell the violence, Dupage Policy Journal reported. Naperville GOP Chairman Jim Ruhl took issue with her stance, saying that the people want to be protected by the police and military. Duckworth posted a video saying Trump was perverting the military by threatening to send it to Chicago. Ruhl responded by pointing out the precedent of 12 presidents using the military to quell violence when local leaders could not.