2026 races for state office
Governor and the other statewide offices, the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House: the candidates the State Board of Elections lists for each, what their campaigns raised, and how close the seat was last time (the winner's margin in points; under 10 is highlighted). In the primary list, nominees are in bold.
Races where the Board lifted contribution limits: a candidate told the Board they put more than the law's threshold of their own money in (self-funding), or independent spending in the race passed it. Once limits are off, every candidate in that race can take contributions of any size.
Statewide
| Office | Candidates |
|---|---|
| Comptroller 🔓 | Holly Kim D, Karina Villa D, Margaret Croke D, Stephanie Kifowit D, Bryan Drew R |
| Governor 🔓 | JB Pritzker D (inc.), Darren Bailey R, Gregg Moore R, James Mendrick R, Joseph Severino R, Rick Heidner R, Ted Dabrowski R |
| Lieutenant Governor 🔓 | Christian Mitchell D, Aaron Del Mar R, Carrie Mendoza R, Christina Neitzke-Troike R, Geno Young R, Robert Renteria R |
| Secretary of State 🔓 | Alexi Giannoulias D (inc.), Diane M Harris R, Walter Adamczyk R |
State Senate
| Office | Candidates |
|---|---|
| State Senator District 6 🔓 | Sara Feigenholtz D (inc.), Nick Uniejewski D |
| State Senator District 14 🔓 | Emil Jones III D (inc.), Ahmed Karrar D, Kenny Williams D, Brian Skala R |
| State Senator District 26 🔓 | Nabeela Syed D, Darby Hills R (inc.) |
| State Senator District 39 🔓 | Don Harmon D (inc.) |
| State Senator District 41 🔓 | John Curran R (inc.) |
State House
| Office | Candidates |
|---|---|
| State Representative District 7 🔓 | Emanuel "Chris" Welch D (inc.) |
| State Representative District 8 🔓 | Jill Bush D, John F Harrell D, Latonya Mitts D, Shantel Franklin D |
| State Representative District 12 🔓 | Karim Lakhani D, Litcy Kurisinkal D, Mac LeBuhn D, Paul Kendrick D, Justin J Kumar R |
| State Representative District 13 🔓 | Adam Braun D, Demi Palecek D, James O'Brien D, Ridgley Knapp D, Sunjay Kumar D, Terry N Le R |
| State Representative District 26 🔓 | Kambium E Buckner D (inc.), Kenya Franklin D |
| State Representative District 34 🔓 | Aja Kearney D, Cleopatra Cowley D |
| State Representative District 40 🔓 | Jaime Andrade Jr D (inc.), Miguel Alvelo Rivera D |
| State Representative District 84 🔓 | Jared Ploger D, Saba Haider D, Brian Scopa R |
| State Representative District 89 🔓 | Tony M McCombie R (inc.), Victoria Onorato R |
Data current as of October 12, 2026 · latest report received October 14, 2026. From the State Board of Elections' data files; we refresh them by hand, so new reports can take a while to appear here.