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2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois
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The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the 17 U.S. representatives from the State of Illinois, one from each of the state's congressional districts. The elections will coincide with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections.

District 1

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See also: Illinois's 1st congressional district

The 1st district is based in the South Side of Chicago, including portions of Bronzeville, Hyde Park, Grand Crossing, Morgan Park, and Roseland, but also reaches down to the southwest and takes in a collection of exurban and rural areas in Cook County, Will County, and Kankakee County, including New Lenox and Homer Glen. The incumbent is Democrat Jonathan Jackson, who was elected with 65.8% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Jonathan Jackson (D) $83,113 $120,871 $15,930
Source: Federal Election Commission[2]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] Safe D July 15, 2025

District 2

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See also: Illinois's 2nd congressional district

The 2nd district includes the far southeast portion of Chicago and part of its southern suburbs, as well as portions of Will, Kankakee, Iroquois, and Vermillion counties along the Indiana border. The incumbent is Democrat Robin Kelly, who was re-elected with 67.6% of the vote in 2024.[1] Kelly is retiring to run for U.S. Senate in 2026.[6]

Democratic primary

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Declared

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Formed exploratory committee

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Filed paperwork

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Potential

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Yumeka Brown
State legislators
Local officials
Donna Miller
Local officals
Robert Peters
U.S. senators
State legislators
Local officials
Party officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Adal Regis
Executive branch officials
Individuals
Jesse Jackson Jr. (not declared)
U.S. representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
Local officals
Declined to endorse
Local officals

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Yumeka
Brown 		Eric
France 		Jesse
Jackson Jr. 		Donna
Miller 		Robert
Peters 		Adal
Regis 		Other Undecided
Lester & Associates[A][34] July 21–24, 2025 500 (RV/LV) – 11% 3% 21% 10% 4% 5% 3%[b] 43%

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Yumeka Brown (D) $500 $0 $500
Eric France (D) $13,091 $11,283 $1,808
Robert Peters (D) $415,200 $40,505 $374,695
Adal Regis (D) $21,646 $7,138 $14,508
Source: Federal Election Commission[35]

Independents and third-party candidates

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Filed paperwork

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  • Calvin Coleman (Independence)[36]

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Calvin Coleman (I) $1,969 $1,538 $431
Source: Federal Election Commission[35]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] Safe D July 15, 2025

District 3

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See also: Illinois's 3rd congressional district

The 3rd district is based in northwestern Chicago, including the neighborhoods of Albany Park, Belmont Cragin, Dunning, Humboldt Park, Irving Park, Logan Square, Montclare, Portage Park, and West Town. It also includes parts of the DuPage County suburbs, taking in all or parts of Addison, Bartlett, Bensenville, Elgin, Elk Grove Village, Elmwood Park, Franklin Park, Glendale Heights, Hanover Park, River Grove, Wayne, West Chicago, Wheaton, and Wood Dale. The incumbent is Democrat Delia Ramirez, who was elected with 67.3% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Delia Ramirez (D) $746,514 $237,609 $976,477
Source: Federal Election Commission[37]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] Safe D July 15, 2025

District 4

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See also: Illinois's 4th congressional district

The 4th district is based in southwest Chicago, including Ashburn, Brighton Park, Clearing, Gage Park, Garfield Ridge, South Lawndale, West Elsdon, and West Lawn, and in the western Chicago suburbs, including Cicero and Berwyn. The incumbent is Democrat Chuy García, who was re-elected with 67.5% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Declared

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Chuy García (D) $225,603 $118,793 $142,645
Source: Federal Election Commission[39]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] Safe D July 15, 2025

District 5

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See also: Illinois's 5th congressional district

The 5th district includes portions of northern Chicago, including Albany Park, Forest Glen, Lake View, Lincoln Park, Lincoln Square, Norwood Park, North Center, North Park, O'Hare, and West Ridge. It also takes in the northwest Chicago suburbs, including Arlington Heights and Palatine. The incumbent is Democrat Mike Quigley, who was re-elected with 69.0% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Mike Quigley (D) $271,779 $206,600 $1,246,363
Source: Federal Election Commission[40]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] Safe D July 15, 2025

District 6

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See also: Illinois's 6th congressional district

The 6th district is based in the southwest Chicago suburbs, including Oak Lawn and Downers Grove, as well as parts of the eastern DuPage County suburbs. The incumbent is Democrat Sean Casten, who was re-elected with 54.2% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Potential

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Endorsements

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Sean Casten (not declared)
Organizations

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Sean Casten (D) $744,597 $380,112 $1,058,627
Source: Federal Election Commission[42]

Republican primary

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Declared

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  • Niki Conforti, energy consultant and nominee for this district in 2024[43]

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Niki Conforti (R) $33,017 $23,951 $14,268
Source: Federal Election Commission[42]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] Safe D July 15, 2025

District 7

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See also: Illinois's 7th congressional district

The 7th district is based in the West Side and downtown of Chicago, including Austin, East Garfield Park, the Loop, the Near North Side, the Near South Side, the Near West Side, North Lawndale, West Garfield Park, and West Town. It also takes in the villages of Oak Park and Maywood. The incumbent is Democrat Danny Davis, who was re-elected with 83.3% of the vote in 2024.[1] Davis is not running for re-election.[44]

Democratic primary

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Declared

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Potential

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Richard Boykin
Individuals
La Shawn Ford
U.S. representatives
Danny Davis (declined)
State legislators

Fundraising

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Italics indicate a withdrawn candidate.

Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Danny Davis (D) $54,458 $45,881 $114,932
Jason Friedman (D) $1,084,783 $179,096 $905,687
John McCombs (D) $5,439 $3,345 $2,094
Source: Federal Election Commission[55]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] Safe D July 15, 2025

District 8

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See also: Illinois's 8th congressional district

The 8th district is based in the western outer suburbs of Chicago, including Elgin, Schaumburg, and Des Plaines. The incumbent is Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi, who was re-elected with 57.1% of the vote in 2024.[1] Krishnamoorthi is retiring to run for U.S. Senate in 2026.[56]

Democratic primary

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Declared

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Junaid Ahmed
U.S. representatives
Yasmeen Bankole
State legislators
Local officials
Sanjyot Dunung
U.S. representatives
Organizations
Kevin Morrison
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Organizations

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Junaid Ahmed (D) $338,204 $8,933 $329,271
Yasmeen Bankole (D) $109,115 $3,663 $105,452
Sanjyot Dunung (D) $108,641 $50,110 $58,531
Christ Kallas (D) $10,667 $3,652 $7,015
Neil Khot (D) $515,794 $35,501 $480,293
Kevin Morrison (D) $182,642 $29,748 $152,894
Dan Tully (D) $204,688 $5,534 $199,154
Source: Federal Election Commission[70]

Republican primary

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Filed paperwork

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Announcement pending

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Mark Rice (R) $109,109 $8,847 $201,876
Source: Federal Election Commission[70]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] Safe D July 15, 2025

District 9

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See also: Illinois's 9th congressional district

The 9th district is based in northern Chicago and the North Shore, taking in Evanston and Skokie. The longtime incumbent is Democrat Jan Schakowsky, who was initially elected to the seat in 1998, and re-elected with 68.4% of the vote in 2024.[1] Schakowsky is not running for re-election.[73]

Democratic primary

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Declared

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Potential

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  • Danny Goldberg, attorney[87]

Withdrawn

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  • David Abrevaya, mathematics teacher[75]

Declined

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Endorsements

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Kat Abughazaleh
U.S. representatives
Daniel Biss
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Local officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Laura Fine
State legislators
Local officials
Mike Simmons
State legislators
Local officials

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Kat Abughazaleh (D) $904,576 $237,808 $666,768
Bushira Amiwala (D) $198,933 $7,886 $191,047
Daniel Biss (D) $702,975 $57,501 $645,474
Laura Fine (D) $262,805 $25,579 $237,226
Justin Ford (D) $24,509 $23,524 $986
Miracle Jenkins (D) $29,446 $27,185 $2,261
Bethany Johnson (D) $789 $212 $577
Bruce Leon (D) $610,000 $0 $610,000
Howard Rosenblum (D) $49,946 $768 $49,178
Source: Federal Election Commission[100]

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Kat
Abughazaleh 		Daniel
Biss 		Laura
Fine 		Other Undecided
MDW Communications[B][101] June 12–15, 2025 899 (LV) – 10% 17% 8% 12%[c] 53%

Republican primary

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Declared

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  • Rocío Cleveland, educational paraprofessional and interpreter[102]
  • Seth Cohen, nonprofit executive and nominee for this district in 2024[103]

Filed paperwork

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Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Dongbo Su (R) $10,400 $3,039 $7,361
Source: Federal Election Commission[100]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] Safe D July 15, 2025

District 10

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See also: Illinois's 10th congressional district

The 10th district is based in the northern suburbs and exurbs of Chicago, including Mundelein, Northbrook, and Waukegan. The incumbent is Democrat Brad Schneider, who was re-elected with 60.0% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Declared

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  • Morgan Coghill, plywood importer[8]

Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Morgan Coghill (D) $10,366 $3,022 $7,344
Brad Schneider (D) $1,140,770 $646,797 $1,465,399
Source: Federal Election Commission[105]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] Safe D July 15, 2025

District 11

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See also: Illinois's 11th congressional district

The 11th district is based in the western suburbs and exurbs of Chicago, including Aurora, Naperville, and Belvidere. The incumbent is Democrat Bill Foster, who was re-elected with 55.6% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Bill Foster (D) $686,575 $371,384 $1,865,756
Source: Federal Election Commission[106]

Republican primary

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Declared

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Filed paperwork

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Charles Kim (R) $17,525 $10,467 $7,058
Michael Pierce (R) $6,880 $6,000 $880
Source: Federal Election Commission[107]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] Safe D July 15, 2025

District 12

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See also: Illinois's 12th congressional district

The 12th district is based in southern Illinois, taking in the southeastern St. Louis exurbs. It includes Carbondale, Centralia, Marion, and O'Fallon. The incumbent is Republican Mike Bost, who was re-elected with 74.2% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Republican primary

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Declared

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Endorsements

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Mike Bost

Executive Branch officials

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Mike Bost (R) $431,486 $285,562 $498,219
Source: Federal Election Commission[111]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid R February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid R March 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] Safe R July 15, 2025

District 13

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See also: Illinois's 13th congressional district

The 13th district is based in central Illinois, stretching from the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area to the eastern St. Louis suburbs and taking in Decatur as well as the state capital, Springfield. The incumbent is Democrat Nikki Budzinski, who was elected with 58.1% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Declared

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  • Dylan Blaha, medical research scientist[112]
  • Emily Lux, adjunct professor[113]

Potential

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Endorsements

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Dylan Blaha
Organizations

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Dylan Blaha (D) $5,276 $3,052 $2,224
Nikki Budzinski (D) $947,796 $477,503 $2,255,025
Source: Federal Election Commission[114]

Republican primary

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Declared

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  • Joshua Loyd, businessman and nominee for this district in 2024[115]

Filed paperwork

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Joshua Loyd (R) $8,138 $7,322 $1,185
Jeff Wilson (R) $69,840 $24,297 $45,543
Source: Federal Election Commission[114]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] Safe D July 15, 2025

District 14

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See also: Illinois's 14th congressional district

The 14th district is based in the western exurbs of Chicago, including all or parts of Aurora, DeKalb, Granville, Joliet, Montgomery, Naperville, Oswego, Ottawa, Peru, Plainfield, Shorewood, Spring Valley, Sugar Grove, and Sycamore. The incumbent is Democrat Lauren Underwood, who was re-elected with 55.1% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Declared

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Endorsements

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Lauren Underwood
U.S. representatives

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Lauren Underwood (D) $913,052 $796,088 $1,172,066
Source: Federal Election Commission[119]

Republican primary

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Declared

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  • James Marter, Oswego Public Library Board member and perennial candidate[118]

Declined

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
James Marter (R) $27,232 $11,599 $19,678
Source: Federal Election Commission[119]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] Safe D July 15, 2025

District 15

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See also: Illinois's 15th congressional district

The 15th district is based in the rural areas of central Illinois, stretching from the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area to the eastern St. Louis suburbs and taking in Quincy. The incumbent is Republican Mary Miller, who was re-elected unopposed in 2024.[1]

Republican primary

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Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Mary Miller (R) $363,227 $305,192 $704,292
Source: Federal Election Commission[121]

Democratic primary

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Declared

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  • Randy Raley, retired radio host[122]
  • Jennifer Todd, former nurse[123]
  • Paul Davis, veterinarian[124]

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Jennifer Todd (D) $17,168 $11,288 $5,749
Source: Federal Election Commission[121]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid R February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid R March 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] Safe R July 15, 2025

District 16

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See also: Illinois's 16th congressional district

The 16th district is based in the rural areas of northern Illinois. The incumbent is Republican Darin LaHood, who was re-elected unopposed in 2024.[1]

Republican primary

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Declared

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Darin LaHood (R) $1,512,653 $800,968 $6,232,968
Source: Federal Election Commission[126]

Democratic primary

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Declared

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  • Joe Albright, project management consultant[127]
  • Paul Nolley, nonprofit leader[128]

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Joe Albright (D) $15,834 $10,523 $5,311
Paul Nolley (D) $30,119 $17,973 $12,146
Source: Federal Election Commission[107]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid R February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid R March 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] Safe R July 15, 2025

District 17

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See also: Illinois's 17th congressional district

The 17th district is based in north-central Illinois, stretching from Rockford to the Quad Cities metropolitan area to Bloomington, also taking in Peoria. The incumbent is Democrat Eric Sorensen, who was elected with 54.4% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Potential

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Endorsements

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Eric Sorensen (not declared)
Organizations

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Eric Sorensen (D) $725,271 $293,323 $544,742
Source: Federal Election Commission[130]

Republican primary

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Declared

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  • Dillan Vancil, coffee shop owner[131]

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Dillan Vancil (R) $81,212 $67,310 $34,224
Source: Federal Election Commission[130]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Likely D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Likely D March 7, 2025
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] Likely D July 15, 2025

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Preston with 3%
  3. ^ Simmons with 4%; Huynh and Villivalam with 3%; Amiwala with 2%; Andrew, Ford, Jenkins, and Pyati with 0%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ Poll sponsored by Jackson's exploratory committee
  2. ^ This poll was sponsored by Abughazaleh's campaign

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