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State Representative District 65

March 17, 2026 primary: each party's primary · the general

The district

108,755people

$138,519median household incomeIllinois: $83,390

$416,300median home valueIllinois: $263,300

86%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.

Candidate	Votes	Raised	Their own	Spent	Cash on hand	Large since last report
Democratic primary
Richard Rivard D✓ nominee	10,453 100%	$83,590	—	$7,676	$2,121	$74,871
Republican primary
Dan Ugaste Rincumbent✓ nominee	7,227 100%	$252,035	—	$114,494	$40,563	$115,218

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).

Votes: official totals from the State Board of Elections; the share is of the votes cast in that party's primary.

Donors to more than one candidate here

1 donor gave to two or more of this race's candidates (all their contributions to each since January 1, 2025).

Donor	Gave to	In this race
Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC Labor union · Countryside	Dan Ugaste $4,000 · Richard Rivard $1,000	$5,000