Ra Joy

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Ra Joy

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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

March 20, 2018

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Ra Joy (Democratic Party) ran for election for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 20, 2018.

Biography

Ra Joy lives in Chicago, Illinois. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and government from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale and studied in the executive development program at the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management. Joy's career experience includes serving as a senior aide to U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky and executive director of CHANGE Illinois (Coalition for Honest and New Government Ethics), which describes itself as "a coalition leading systemic political and government reform."

Elections

2018

See also: Illinois gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

Juliana Stratton defeated incumbent Evelyn Sanguinetti, Aaron Merreighn, and Sanj Mohip in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Juliana Stratton (D)	54.5	2,479,746
		Evelyn Sanguinetti (R)	38.8	1,765,751
		Aaron Merreighn (Conservative Party)	4.2	192,527
		Sanj Mohip (L)	2.4	109,518

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois on March 20, 2018.

		Candidate
		Patricia Avery
		Dennis Cole
		Ra Joy
✔		Juliana Stratton
		Jonathan Todd
		Litesa Wallace

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

Incumbent Evelyn Sanguinetti defeated Richard Morthland in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois on March 20, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Evelyn Sanguinetti
		Richard Morthland

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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

Sanj Mohip advanced from the Libertarian primary for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois on March 20, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Sanj Mohip

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Earl Williams III (L)

See also

• Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
• Illinois gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018

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