North Shore voters will find Aaron Del Mar on the ballot for Illinois lieutenant governor. Del Mar is running on the Republican ticket with gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey.
Del Mar has held party and elected office in Cook County since 2009, according to BallotReady profile data. He chairs the Cook County Republican Party and serves as Palatine Township highway commissioner, a post he has held since 2016. He previously sat on the Palatine Village Board from 2009 to 2013.
Outside government, Del Mar is CEO of Chicago Casino & Poker Rentals, a company he has led since 2004, and CEO of Adrenaline Special Events since 2016, according to BallotReady. He also works as an insurance agent at Country Financial. North Shore Weekly profiled Bailey's gubernatorial campaign earlier in the race.
Candidate information
- Party: Republican
- Running mate: Darren Bailey (governor)
- Election date: Nov. 3, 2026
- Education: Bachelor's degree in public policy, Indiana University; MBA, University of Illinois
- Other candidates: Christian L. Mitchell (Democratic); Carolyn Schofield (Independent)
On the issues
No policy positions or issue responses from Del Mar were available for this profile. Del Mar said the Bailey-Del Mar campaign hopes to receive upward of 33% of the vote in the Chicago area, up from Bailey's 23% in Cook County in 2022, according to Capitol News Illinois. That is a campaign turnout goal, not a governing proposal.
This profile was prepared using publicly available candidate data, BallotReady election records and candidate responses on social media.
