2020 Will County Executive election
November 3, 2020
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Results: Bertino-Tarrant: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% McPhillips: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 Will County Executive election was held on November 3, 2020. Incumbent Democratic County Executive Larry Walsh declined to run for re-election to a fifth term, citing health issues. Walsh died on June 3, 2020, and County Board Speaker Denise Winfrey was appointed to serve out the remainder of his term.
State Senator Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant ran to succeed Walsh, and faced Nick Palmer, Walsh's chief of staff, in the Democratic primary. Bertino-Tarrant defeated Palmer by a wide margin, winning 69 percent of the vote, and advanced to the general election, where she was opposed by Republican Nick Ficarello, the former Braidwood Police Chief. Bertino-Tarrant defeated Ficarello with 54 percent of the vote.