Christine McGovern

Christine McGovern (Republican Party) is running for election to the Illinois State Senate to represent District 18. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. She advanced from the Republican primary on March 17, 2026.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Rise up! Get involved and change the course of Illinois. We can no longer be silent and allow these disastrous Progressive movements to continue. Life has a way of shifting and changing. I prefer to call it Divine Intervention. I am a mother, a business owner, and am committed to my community where I have lived for almost 25 years. These past two years have brought about many obstacles and opened my eyes to the lack of common sense used in making decisions affecting our state. The division that our Government is causing and the deafening silence from our local elected officials have contributed to the failures of Illinois. This purposeful division needs to end. We are stronger together. I am Christine Shanahan McGovern and I am running for Illinois State Senate in the 18th District. Stand with me in bringing Common Sense back to Illinois. I want to represent you and Illinois by passing legislation to provide better health care to our seniors, veterans and the mentally ill. I want to have programs for our youth to take them off the streets meanwhile addressing the drug crisis and my plan with working with law enforcement to finally put an end to the senseless crime that is affecting our communities. Albert Einstein says the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Together we can Rise up for change to protect our Faith, Family, & Freedom.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

We are living in a real life game of Monopoly where criminals pass go and get a free get out of jail card. Let's make Illinois Safe Again!Illinois needs strong legislatures who will have a plan to stop the massive exodus of residents and businesses. Illinois needs to stop this outrageous taxation on our residents in the areas of property, sales, gas, water, and Chicago's ridiculous bag tax.The future is greatly determined by our policies for our children. We need to prioritize a successful foundation. The Progressive path is disastrous. I have witnessed this in the classroom. Teaching our children what to think is wrong. Giving the opportunity to use their own critical thinking skills will pave the way to independent successful adults.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I always thought the Government was there to protect and have policies in place to promote the safety of its citizens. Who were the "geniuses" that came up with the concept of Police Reform and Defunding the Police? Since when are criminals not accountable for their actions? When was it offensive to have a Back the Blue patch on a uniform? Why are we making the most deadly drug possession of fentanyl a misdemeaner? Why are we allowing sexual predators to live closer to schools and parks? Why are we holding the police, who are hired and trained to serve and protect, at standards that prevent them from doing their job? Have the people of Illinois not seen the increase of crime? Have they not seen how our children are being sexualized at school? How did we get to a place where our children attend a public school and they are told that their skin color will define their success? Where they are taught that even though you are born a girl you can now identify as a boy or even a cat? Why have we taken away the voice of the most influential person in a child's life, the parent? Why do we have tampons in boys' bathrooms? Why do we not tell a parent that their child wants to identify as the opposite sex or have an abortion? We are here because of Democratic Liberal Idiotic Legislators! I want to change ALL of these. Let's bring back common sense and our Midwestern values. Protect our kids not the criminals!