A Friend of McHenry County Blog did the research on who will be running the Republican Party for the next four years. Winners are in boldface type.

Only four of the seventeen were incumbents:

  • Aaron Del Mar,
  • Debbie Kanarowski,
  • Joan LaSonde, and
  • Rhonda Belford

Larry Smith was an incumbent but, he lost to Beth Findley Smith who is currently in the process of divorcing him.

Congressional District 1:

  • Patrick Sheehan

Congressional District 2:

  • Jason Bunting
  • Wayland Johnson

Congressional District 3:

  • Mike Flynn

Congressional District 4:

  • Katie Justak
  • Robert “Bob” Kelsey

Congressional District 5:

  • Aaron Del Mar
  • Ken Jochum

Congressional District 6:

Victoria Finegan

  • Bob Grogan
  • Ken Yerkes

Congressional District 7:

Steve Bolton

Caroline Cronin

Congressional District 8:

  • Peter Dombrowski

Debbie Kanarowski

Congressional District 9:

Joan LaSonde

Congressional District 10:

  • Keith Brin, Brin has been Lake County GOP Chairman for two terms, but he lost his precinct 19-17.
  • Jennifer Neubauer
  • Cornelius Shanahan
  • Erik Sivertsen

Congressional District 11:

  • Dan Ugaste
  • Chris Yaeger

Congressional District 12:

Rhonda Belford

  • Douglas Levi Slater

Congressional District 13:

Cindy Lamar

Congressional District 14:

  • Beth Findley Smith
  • Larry Smith

Congressional District 15:

  • Tom DeVore
  • Zach Emberton

Congressional District 16:

  • John Ackerman
  • Jim Rule

Congressional District 17:

  • Bradley Hix
  • Lana Soldat

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