A map shows the new Illinois House districts across Chicago and much of northern Illinois. The 2022 Election is the first election using the new maps lawmakers passed in 2021. [Illinois House Democrats]  

Election Day is still more than seven months away, but the contest is already virtually over for nearly half the Illinois legislators up for reelection this year as 75 candidates — 74 of whom are incumbents — were the only person in either major political party to file to run for office.