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State Senator District 24

November 3, 2026 general · the primary

The district

216,385people

$114,830median household incomeIllinois: $83,390

$390,700median home valueIllinois: $263,300

77%of homes lived in by their ownerIllinois: 67%

50%of adults with a bachelor's degree or moreIllinois: 38%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020–2024), on the district lines in use since 2022.

🔓 Contribution limits are off in this race (limits off for race): the State Board of Elections lifted them, so every candidate here can take contributions of any size.

Candidate	Raised	Their own	Spent	Cash on hand	Large since last report
Benjamin McAdams D	$215,783	$6,250	$23,394	$16,707	$180,337
Seth Lewis Rincumbent	$857,081	$100,001	$124,795	$222,773	$613,495

Raised: itemized contributions to the candidate's committees since January 1, 2025. Their own: contributions and loans in the candidate's name. Cash on hand: at the end of the committees' latest quarterly report (June 30, 2026). Large since last report: $1,000-plus contributions reported on A-1s since that report (included in Raised).

Last time: 2022 general

Seth Lewis R won	43,567	51.9%
Lauren "Laurie" Nowak D	40,329	48.1%

Margin: 3.9 points. Official results from the State Board of Elections. District lines are the 2021 maps, used since 2022.