Mark Walker (Illinois)

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Mark Walker
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Democratic Party

Illinois State Senate District 27
Tenure

2024 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

0

Predecessor
Prior offices
Illinois House of Representatives District 66
Illinois House of Representatives District 53
Successor: Nicolle Grasse
Predecessor: David Harris

Compensation

Base salary

$89,250/year

Per diem

$166/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Appointed

May 11, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Brown University

Personal
Profession
Senior consultant
Contact

Official website

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Mark Walker (Democratic Party) is a member of the Illinois State Senate, representing District 27. He assumed office on May 11, 2024. His current term ends on January 13, 2027.

Walker (Democratic Party) ran in a special election to the Illinois State Senate to represent District 27. He won in the special general election on November 5, 2024.

Walker also ran for re-election to the Illinois House of Representatives to represent District 53. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 5, 2024.

In May 2024, the Democratic committeemen of the townships in the 27th District appointed Walker to the Illinois State Senate, representing District 27.[1]

Biography

Mark Walker earned a bachelor's degree from Brown University. His career experience includes working as a senior consultant.[2]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Walker was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Walker was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Walker was assigned to the following committees:

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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

State Senate

See also: Illinois state legislative special elections, 2024

General election
Special general election for Illinois State Senate District 27

Incumbent Mark Walker defeated Tom Schlenhardt in the special general election for Illinois State Senate District 27 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark Walker
Mark Walker (D)
 
57.6
 
53,917
Image of Tom Schlenhardt
Tom Schlenhardt (R) Candidate Connection
 
42.4
 
39,769

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 93,686
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Endorsements

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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Walker in this election.

State House

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 53

Incumbent Nicolle Grasse defeated Ronald Andermann in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 53 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Nicolle Grasse
Nicolle Grasse (D)
 
58.0
 
26,324
Image of Ronald Andermann
Ronald Andermann (R)
 
42.0
 
19,042

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 45,366
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 53

Incumbent Mark Walker advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 53 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark Walker
Mark Walker
 
100.0
 
6,357

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,357
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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 53

Incumbent Mark Walker defeated Jack Vrett in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 53 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark Walker
Mark Walker (D)
 
57.0
 
18,449
Image of Jack Vrett
Jack Vrett (R) Candidate Connection
 
43.0
 
13,920

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 32,369
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 53

Incumbent Mark Walker advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 53 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark Walker
Mark Walker
 
100.0
 
6,897

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,897
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 53

Jack Vrett advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 53 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jack Vrett
Jack Vrett Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
4,704

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,704
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2020

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 53

Incumbent Mark Walker won election in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 53 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark Walker
Mark Walker (D)
 
100.0
 
40,255

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 40,255
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 53

Incumbent Mark Walker advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 53 on March 17, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark Walker
Mark Walker
 
100.0
 
13,861

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 13,861
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2018

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 53

Mark Walker defeated Eddie Corrigan in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 53 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark Walker
Mark Walker (D)
 
52.4
 
23,792
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Eddie Corrigan (R)
 
47.6
 
21,580

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 45,372
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 53

Mark Walker advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 53 on March 20, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mark Walker
Mark Walker
 
100.0
 
11,975

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 11,975
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 53

Eddie Corrigan defeated Katie Miller in the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 53 on March 20, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Eddie Corrigan
 
61.5
 
5,832
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Katie Miller
 
38.5
 
3,647

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 9,479
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2010

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2010

Walker lost his bid for re-election to the 66th District seat to Republican David Harris.[3] He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on February 2nd. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.

2008

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Democrat Mark Walker won re-election to the Illinois House of Representatives District 66 receiving 21,758 votes, ahead of Republican Christine Prochno who received 19,710 votes.[4]

Illinois House of Representatives, District 66 (2008)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Mark Walker (D) 21,758
Christine Prochno (R) 19,710

Campaign themes

2024

State Senate

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Mark Walker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

State House

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Mark Walker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Mark Walker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Mark Walker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Mark Walker campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Illinois House of Representatives District 53Withdrew general$219,172 $84,199
2024* Illinois State Senate District 27Won general$0 $0
2022Illinois House of Representatives District 53Won general$2,058,016 $1,385,736
2020Illinois House of Representatives District 53Won general$111,741 N/A**
2018Illinois House of Representatives District 53Won general$1,645,409 N/A**
Grand total$4,034,337 $1,469,936
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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    1. ↑ Daily Herald, "State Rep. Walker appointed to vacant Illinois Senate seat," accessed May 17, 2024
    2. ↑ LinkedIn, "Mark Walker," accessed June 3, 2024
    3. ↑ Chicago Sun-Times, "2010 Election Results," November 2, 2010 (dead link)
    4. ↑ Illinois Elections Division, "Illinois House of Representatives official election results for 2008," November 4, 2008

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Ann Gillespie (D)     		Illinois State Senate District 27
    2024-Present    		 Succeeded by
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    Preceded by
    David Harris (R)     		Illinois House of Representatives District 53
    2019-2024    		 Succeeded by
    Nicolle Grasse (D)
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    -     		Illinois House of Representatives District 66
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