Who will take on Gov. J.B. Pritzker this fall? Republican voters get final say in Tuesday’s primary

Left: Darren Bailey, Illinois State Senator, 55th District and Gubernatorial candidate listens as a speaker discusses an abortion ban during a press conference, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Right: Republican gubernatorial candidate Richard Irvin speaks at a press conference at the campaign’s headquarters at 104 S Michigan Ave, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

One candidate bore a flamethrower. Another wielded garden shears.

And tens of millions of dollars later, the state of Illinois has reached the end of a massive television and digital advertising season where competing campaigns sought to turn each other into political sawdust.