Lawrence Walsh, Jr.

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Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
Image of Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
Illinois House of Representatives District 86
Tenure

2012 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

12

Compensation

Base salary

$89,250/year

Per diem

$166/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Appointed

April 1, 2012

Personal
Religion
Christian: Catholic
Contact

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Lawrence Walsh, Jr. (Democratic Party) is a member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing District 86. He assumed office in 2012. His current term ends on January 8, 2025.

Walsh (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Illinois House of Representatives to represent District 86. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Lawrence Walsh, Jr. was born and raised in Elwood, Illinois. He is a former Jackson Township trustee and a member of the International Machinist and Aerospace Workers union. He was first elected in 2012 to represent the 86th District.[1]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Walsh was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Walsh was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Walsh was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Illinois committee assignments, 2017
Cost Benefit Analysis, Vice chair
Counties & Townships, Chair
Environment
Labor & Commerce
Mass Transit
Public Utilities

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Walsh served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Walsh served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 86

Incumbent Lawrence Walsh, Jr. defeated James Lanham in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
Lawrence Walsh, Jr. (D)
 
64.1
 
18,381
Image of James Lanham
James Lanham (R)
 
35.9
 
10,303

Total votes: 28,684
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86

Incumbent Lawrence Walsh, Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
 
100.0
 
4,553

Total votes: 4,553
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86

James Lanham advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of James Lanham
James Lanham
 
100.0
 
3,302

Total votes: 3,302
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 86

Incumbent Lawrence Walsh, Jr. defeated Scott Greene in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
Lawrence Walsh, Jr. (D)
 
57.3
 
16,777
Image of Scott Greene
Scott Greene (R)
 
42.7
 
12,487

Total votes: 29,264
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86

Incumbent Lawrence Walsh, Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
 
100.0
 
5,823

Total votes: 5,823
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86

Scott Greene defeated James Lanham and Dinora Ruiz in the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Scott Greene
Scott Greene
 
54.6
 
2,733
Image of James Lanham
James Lanham Candidate Connection
 
27.5
 
1,374
Image of Dinora Ruiz
Dinora Ruiz Candidate Connection
 
17.9
 
898

Total votes: 5,005
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2020

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 86

Incumbent Lawrence Walsh, Jr. won election in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
Lawrence Walsh, Jr. (D)
 
100.0
 
34,066

Total votes: 34,066
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86

Incumbent Lawrence Walsh, Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on March 17, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
 
100.0
 
10,392

Total votes: 10,392
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2018

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 86

Incumbent Lawrence Walsh, Jr. defeated Rick Laib in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
Lawrence Walsh, Jr. (D)
 
70.1
 
21,070
Image of Rick Laib
Rick Laib (R)
 
29.9
 
8,981

Total votes: 30,051
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86

Incumbent Lawrence Walsh, Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on March 20, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
Lawrence Walsh, Jr.
 
100.0
 
7,579

Total votes: 7,579
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86

Rick Laib advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on March 20, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rick Laib
Rick Laib
 
100.0
 
3,161

Total votes: 3,161
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2016

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Illinois House of Representatives were held in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was November 30, 2015.[2]

Incumbent Lawrence Walsh, Jr. ran unopposed in the Illinois House of Representatives District 86 general election.[3][4]

Illinois House of Representatives, District 86 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Lawrence Walsh, Jr. Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections

Incumbent Lawrence Walsh, Jr. ran unopposed in the Illinois House of Representatives District 86 Democratic primary.[5][6]

Illinois House of Representatives, District 86 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Lawrence Walsh, Jr. Incumbent (unopposed)


2014

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Illinois House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 18, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was December 2, 2013. Incumbent Lawrence Walsh, Jr. ran unopposed in the Democratic primary and defeated Diane Harris (R), who filed to run on June 2, in the general election.[7][8][9][10]

Illinois House of Representatives District 86, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngLawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. Incumbent 65.1% 16,408
     Republican Diane Harris 34.9% 8,810
Total Votes 25,218

2012

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2012

Walsh won election in the 2012 election for Illinois House of Representatives District 86. Walsh was placed on the ballot after the March 20 Democratic primary, when nominee and incumbent Jack McGuire (D) resigned, and defeated Ryan Martin Alm (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[11]

Illinois House of Representatives, District 86, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngLawrence Walsh Incumbent 71.5% 26,444
     Republican Ryan Martin Alm 28.5% 10,555
Total Votes 36,999

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Lawrence Walsh, Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Lawrence Walsh, Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Lawrence Walsh, Jr. campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Illinois House of Representatives District 86Won general$364,318 $369,548
2022Illinois House of Representatives District 86Won general$716,255 $450,662
2020Illinois House of Representatives District 86Won general$413,620 N/A**
2018Illinois House of Representatives District 86Won general$507,971 N/A**
2016Illinois House of Representatives, District 86Won $227,421 N/A**
2014Illinois House of Representatives, District 86Won $153,466 N/A**
2012Illinois State House, District 86Won $213,188 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Personal

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Walsh and his wife, Theresa, have three children.[14]

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Footnotes

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