State Rep. Janet Yang Rohr and state Sen. Laura Ellman won reelection to their Naperville-area seats in Springfield on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Both Democrats defeated their Republican challengers by roughly two-to-one margins, according to unofficial results reported by Shaw Local. The races will not be certified for two weeks.

The Associated Press called the House District 41 race for Yang Rohr at 9:44 p.m. with 94% of votes counted. She held 67.8% of the vote to Republican Ajay Gupta's 32.6%.

The AP called the Senate District 21 race for Ellman seven minutes earlier, at 9:37 p.m., also with 94% counted. Ellman had 66.5% compared to 33.5% for Republican Julie Berkowicz, also of Naperville.

House District 41

Yang Rohr has represented the 41st District, which covers portions of DuPage and Will counties including Naperville, Bolingbrook and Warrenville, since January 2021. She previously served on the Naperville School District 203 board and has worked in the investment industry for two decades.

She said her priorities were affordable health care for all, new funding for schools to ease the burden on property taxpayers, and state-level incentives for businesses and towns to go green.

Gupta, a Naperville tax lawyer and financial economist who has practiced law for more than two decades, ran unopposed in the March 17 Republican primary. His campaign website called for capping state spending growth at the rate of inflation and population growth and having the state take over teacher pensions to ease the burden on school districts.

Senate District 21

Ellman was first elected to the Illinois Senate in 2018 and chairs the Senate Environment and Conservation Committee, as Shaw Local reported. She has more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing and engineering and has worked as an assessor at Argonne National Laboratory.

According to her Senate website, Ellman created the state's Hydrogen Economy Task Force and worked to make overdose reversal drugs more accessible.

Berkowicz is a Will County Board member and Will County Forest Preserve commissioner. Her campaign listed affordability, energy, public safety and government accountability as priorities.

As we reported Nov. 4, Democrats swept Naperville-area races on election night. The DuPage County Election Division will post official results after canvassing is complete.