Attorney General of Illinois
Kwame Raoul
Attorney General of Illinois (since 2019)DINCUMBENT
- Race
- Attorney General of Illinois
- Election
- 2026-11-03
- Opponent
- Bob Fioretti (R)
- Research
- Basic
Party linenone
No recorded floor votes — not a current legislator in our records.
Said vs. did1 statement · 0 votes
President Trump is doubling down on his failed economic policies by imposing another round of price increases on Americans.
Broad tariffs on imported goods
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2026-11-03
| Kwame Raoul D | incumbent |
| Bob Fioretti R | challenger |
Advanced unopposed from the March 17 Democratic primary.
Said vs. did
Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.
President Trump is doubling down on his failed economic policies by imposing another round of price increases on Americans.
Sued in March 2026 as part of a 22-attorney-general coalition to block the Trump administration's latest tariffs, which he called another round of price increases on Americans.[4]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Biography
Kwame Raoul is the Democratic Attorney General of Illinois and is seeking a third term. A former Cook County prosecutor and state senator from 2004 to 2019, he has filed or joined numerous lawsuits against Trump administration actions on funding, tariffs and immigration enforcement.[1][2][3]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Raoul was born in Chicago to Haitian immigrants.[2][3][5] He earned a bachelor's degree from DePaul University in 1987 and a law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law.[2]
He began his career as a senior staff attorney for the City Colleges of Chicago and then worked as a prosecutor in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office.[2][3][5] He was a partner at Quarles & Brady LLP and at a second national corporate law firm.[2][5] Raoul served in the Illinois State Senate, representing the 13th District, from 2004 to 2019, a total of 14 years.[2][5] He was initially appointed to the seat that opened when Barack Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate.[3]
Raoul was first elected attorney general in 2018 and was sworn in as Illinois' 42nd Attorney General in 2019.[3][5] He began a second term on January 9, 2023.[5] In his current term the Sun-Times reports that he has joined lawsuits over the Trump administration's tariffs, cuts to public health grants and access to mail-in ballots, among other issues.[3]
On the record
Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.
- legal2026-01-12 · Sued DHS and Trump administration officials over CBP and ICE tactics in Illinois, with the City of Chicago as a co-plaintiff, alleging violations of the Tenth Amendment and the Administrative Procedure Act.[6]
- legal2026-01-08 · Sued with the attorneys general of California, Colorado, Minnesota and New York to challenge a federal freeze of $10 billion in child care and family funding.[7]
- legal2026-03-05 · Joined a 22-attorney-general coalition suit challenging the administration's second round of tariffs under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974.[4]
- legal2026-03-19 · Joined seven other attorneys general in suing to block Nexstar Media Group's acquisition of TEGNA.[8]
In their own words
Priorities
Statements, quoted without a stance
- Expand immigration enforcement and deportations
“Border Patrol agents and ICE officers have acted as occupiers rather than officers of the law.”[6]
On the lawsuit he filed over CBP and ICE tactics in Illinois.
Campaign moneyNo FEC filing summary matched — state candidates file with their state, not the FEC.
Profile: /people/kwame-raoul
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.Illinois Attorney General election, 2026 · Ballotpedia · 2026-10-19 Reference
- 2.Kwame Raoul · Ballotpedia Reference
- 3.What to know about the race for Illinois attorney general · Chicago Sun-Times / WBEZ · 2026-10-01 News report
- 4.Attorney General Raoul sues Trump administration to stop latest round of illegal tariffs · Illinois Attorney General · 2026-03-05 Official record
- 5.Biography - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul · Illinois Attorney General's Office · 2026-10-19 Official record
- 6.Attorney General Raoul files lawsuit against Trump administration over unlawful immigration enforcement tactics · Illinois Attorney General · 2026-01-12 Official record
- 7.Attorney General Raoul files lawsuit to stop Trump administration from withholding child care funding · Illinois Attorney General · 2026-01-08 Official record
- 8.Attorney General Raoul files lawsuit seeking to block $6.2 billion Nexstar-TEGNA broadcasting merger · Illinois Attorney General · 2026-03-19 Official record
- 9.What to know about the race for Illinois attorney general · Chicago Sun-Times / WBEZ · 2026-10-01 News report