Gov. JB Pritzker, top left, former House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago), top right, Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia), bottom right, and debate over the SAFE-T Act, bottom left, highlighted 2022.   

With a hotly contested governor’s race, conservative billionaires attempting to leave their mark on Illinois politics and key pieces of legislation including a rehashing of 2021’s SAFE-T Act debate along with the indictment of former House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago), Illinois politics grab headlines throughout 2022.  

Here are the top 10 stories of 2022 in no order: