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He won the Democratic primary election on March 20, 2018 winning 30% of the vote in an eight way primary contest that included, among others, former governor Pat Quinn. In the general election, he faced Republican nominee Erika Harold, a former Miss America and Champaign/Urbana, Illinois attorney who won her two way contest with 59% of the vote.

On November 6, 2018, Raoul defeated Harold with 54% of the vote.

In September 2017, Raoul launched his campaign for Attorney General of Illinois, originally he was expected to run for Mayor of Chicago in 2019 but declined. Among a crowded field of eight Democratic candidates, Raoul has received several significant endorsements: Congressman Danny K. Davis of Illinois's 7th congressional district, President of the Illinois Senate John Cullerton, the Chicago Teachers Union, the Cook County Democratic Party, and the Madison County Democratic Party.

Raoul was among the candidates Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich considered to fill Obama's Senate seat upon Obama's victory in the 2008 presidential election. Raoul withdrew his name from consideration, wary of entering into a quid pro quo with the governor, who later became embroiled in a corruption scandal over his attempt to sell the appointment.

Raoul represented the 13th district in the Illinois Senate from 2004 to 2019. Initially appointed to fill the seat vacated by Barack Obama when Obama was elected to the U.S. Senate, Raoul won subsequent election and reelection. He served as Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Vice Chair of the Senate Criminal Law Committee, and as a member of the Executive, Gaming, Insurance and Public Health Committees.

Raoul was appointed on November 6, 2004 to fill the state Senate vacancy caused by the resignation of his predecessor, Barack Obama, who had just been elected to the United States Senate.

Raoul unsuccessfully challenged incumbent 4th Ward Chicago alderman Toni Preckwinkle in both the 1995 and 1999 aldermanic elections.

Kwame Raoul (/ˈ k w ɑː m eɪ r ɑː ˈ uː l / , born September 30, 1964) is an American lawyer and politician who has been the 42nd Attorney General of Illinois since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party.