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State Senator District 48

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

The district

213,426people

$63,134median household incomeIllinois: $83,390

$146,500median home valueIllinois: $263,300

65%of homes lived in by their ownerIllinois: 67%

32%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
Doris Turner Dincumbent✓ nominee	15,137 100%	$2,356,343	—	$120,765	$1,213,807	$1,404,457
Republican primary
Frank Lesko R✓ nominee	13,259 100%	$186,459	—	$168,664	$4,695	$149,394

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
Kuhn & Trello Consulting Engineers, LLC Business · Springfield	Doris Turner $500 · Frank Lesko $250	$750