Illinois · What we grade
The issues we grade
We The Vetted scores the Republican in each Illinois race on the rights that matter most — the Second Amendment first, plus the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Tenth Amendments and their oath of office. Here's what each covers in Illinois, and what earns a strong score.
Second Amendment
3× weightRight to Keep & Bear Arms
The Second Amendment is our primary standard — weighted heaviest in every score. Nowhere is it under heavier assault than Illinois: PICA's ban on common semi-automatic rifles an…
10 issuesFirst Amendment
Speech, Religion & Assembly
Free speech, religious liberty, and the right to assemble — plus the newer front where the First Amendment meets the Second: pressuring banks to debank gun businesses, deplatfor…
5 issuesFourth Amendment
Privacy & Unreasonable Search
Protection from unreasonable search and surveillance. For gun owners that means no warrantless tracking of law-abiding citizens and no backdoor firearm registry built through da…
5 issuesFifth Amendment
Due Process & Property
Due process and property rights. No confiscation without a fair hearing, no civil asset forfeiture, and no law that suddenly turns lawfully owned firearms or magazines into cont…
4 issuesTenth Amendment
Federalism & State Sovereignty
Federalism and state sovereignty — Tenth Amendment limits on federal agencies like the ATF writing gun rules Congress never passed, Second Amendment sanctuary protections, and s…
3 issuesConstitutional Fidelity
Every officeholder swears an oath to the Constitution. This measures whether a candidate treats that oath as a binding limit on government power — and votes against measures tha…
1 issueSee where your candidate stands
Every Illinois Republican nominee gets a 1–10 score on these issues — and we show the contrast with their Democrat opponent.