Pope Leo XIV voted in 2024 U.S. election — here's which primaries he's voted in

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The recently elected pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, has not lone formed ballots successful the papal conclave, but successful U.S. elections arsenic well. 

The Chicago-born pope — formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost — is registered to ballot successful the Chicago suburb of New Lenox, Ill., and has a mixed voting past of participating successful primaries for some parties, according to voting records shared with CBS News and information from the Illinois State Board of Elections.

There is nary enactment registration successful Illinois, but to ballot successful a superior you person to take a party's ballot to ballot on. Prevost has voted successful much Republican primaries than Democratic, and the past superior predetermination helium voted successful was the 2016 Republican statesmanlike primary. 

He past voted successful the 2024 wide election, though it is not known what enactment helium voted for. 

This is according to records, shared with CBS News by GOP advisor Jared Small, of Prevost's files from "L2 Data," a paid work utilized by governmental campaigns that has entree to idiosyncratic elector files provided by each state. CBS News has reached retired to the Will County Clerk's Office for copies of this information arsenic well. 

He voted successful the Republican primaries successful 2012, 2014 & 2016, including the statesmanlike primaries successful 2012 and 2016. 

L2 Data records amusement helium past voted successful a Democratic superior successful 2010. He had besides voted successful the party's statesmanlike superior successful 2008. 

He has voted successful astatine slightest 9 wide elections, including successful 5 statesmanlike predetermination cycles: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2024. There's nary grounds of him voting successful the 2016 oregon 2020 wide election.

Records amusement helium besides voted successful a "consolidated wide election" successful April 2001, erstwhile section Illinois offices were connected the ballot. 

Social media posts successful February by an X relationship nether Prevost's sanction see two articles captious of Republican Vice President JD Vance, and a 2015 Washington Post op-ed written by American Cardinal Timothy Dolan titled "Why Donald Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric is truthful problematic."

Both Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance congratulated Pope Leo XIV connected Thursday, and Mr. Trump told reporters it was "such an grant for our country" to person an American pope.

The caller pope had studied astatine the Catholic Theological Union of Chicago and was ordained a clergyman successful 1982. He had served aggregate positions for the Augustinian Province of Chicago. He is besides a instrumentality of the Chicago White Sox nonrecreational shot team, according to a WGN interview with his member John Prevost. 

Anne Bryson contributed to this report.