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State Representative District 52

November 5, 2024 general · the primary

The district

108,833people

$136,551median household incomeIllinois: $83,390

$396,600median home valueIllinois: $263,300

88%of homes lived in by their ownerIllinois: 67%

53%of adults with a bachelor's degree or moreIllinois: 38%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020–2024), on the district lines in use since 2022.

Candidate	Votes	Raised	Their own	Spent	Cash on hand	Large since last report
Maria Peterson D	29,473 100%	$2,261,608	$2,000	$1,560,492	$12,072	—
Martin McLaughlin Rincumbent	29,520 100%	$333,917	—	$219,471	$78,981	—

Raised: itemized contributions to the candidate's committees since January 1, 2023. Their own: contributions and loans in the candidate's name. Cash on hand: at the end of the committees' latest quarterly report (December 31, 2024). Large since last report: $1,000-plus contributions reported on A-1s since that report (included in Raised).

Votes: official totals from the State Board of Elections; the share is of the votes cast in that party's primary.

Last time: 2022 general

Martin McLaughlin R won	23,088	52.3%
Mary Morgan D	21,059	47.7%

Margin: 4.6 points. Official results from the State Board of Elections. District lines are the 2021 maps, used since 2022.

Donors to more than one candidate here

1 donor gave to two or more of this race's candidates (all their contributions to each since January 1, 2023).

Donor	Gave to	In this race
Mary Beaubien Barrington	Martin McLaughlin $500 · Maria Peterson $250	$750