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
[edit]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
[edit]Potential
[edit]- Jonathan Jackson, incumbent U.S. representative
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[2] | Solid D | February 6, 2025 |
District 2
[edit]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]
Democratic primary
[edit]Potential
[edit]- Robin Kelly, incumbent U.S. representative
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[2] | Solid D | February 6, 2025 |
District 3
[edit]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
[edit]Potential
[edit]- Delia Ramirez, incumbent U.S. representative
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[2] | Solid D | February 6, 2025 |
District 4
[edit]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
[edit]Potential
[edit]- Chuy García, incumbent U.S. representative
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[2] | Solid D | February 6, 2025 |
District 5
[edit]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
[edit]Potential
[edit]- Mike Quigley, incumbent U.S. representative
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[2] | Solid D | February 6, 2025 |
District 6
[edit]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
[edit]Potential
[edit]- Sean Casten, incumbent U.S. representative
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[2] | Solid D | February 6, 2025 |
District 7
[edit]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]
Democratic primary
[edit]Potential
[edit]- Danny Davis, incumbent U.S. Representative
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[2] | Solid D | February 6, 2025 |
District 8
[edit]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]
Democratic primary
[edit]Potential
[edit]- Raja Krishnamoorthi, incumbent U.S. Representative
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[2] | Solid D | February 6, 2025 |
District 9
[edit]The 9th district is based in northern Chicago and the North Shore, taking in Evanston and Skokie. The incumbent is Democrat Janice Schakowsky, who was re-elected with 68.4% of the vote in 2024.[1]
Democratic primary
[edit]Potential
[edit]- Janice Schakowsky, incumbent U.S. representative
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[2] | Solid D | February 6, 2025 |
District 10
[edit]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
[edit]Potential
[edit]- Brad Schneider, incumbent U.S. representative
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[2] | Solid D | February 6, 2025 |
District 11
[edit]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
[edit]Potential
[edit]- Bill Foster, incumbent U.S. representative
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[2] | Solid D | February 6, 2025 |
District 12
[edit]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
[edit]Potential
[edit]- Mike Bost, incumbent U.S. representative
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[2] | Solid R | February 6, 2025 |
District 13
[edit]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
[edit]Potential
[edit]- Nikki Budzinski, incumbent U.S. representative
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[2] | Solid D | February 6, 2025 |
District 14
[edit]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
[edit]Potential
[edit]- Lauren Underwood, incumbent U.S. representative
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[2] | Solid D | February 6, 2025 |
District 15
[edit]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
[edit]Potential
[edit]- Mary Miller, incumbent U.S. representative
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[2] | Solid R | February 6, 2025 |
District 16
[edit]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
[edit]Potential
[edit]- Darin LaHood, incumbent U.S. representative
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[2] | Solid R | February 6, 2025 |
District 17
[edit]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
[edit]Potential
[edit]- Eric Sorensen, incumbent U.S. representative
Republican primary
[edit]Declared
[edit]- Dillan Vancil, business owner[3]
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[2] | Likely D | February 6, 2025 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "2024 House Vote Tracker". Cook Political Report. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "2026 CPR House Race Ratings". Cook Political Report. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
- ^ Redferm, Jay (January 30, 2025). "Monmouth coffee shop owner announces campaign for Illinois' 17th Congressional District". WGIL. Retrieved February 4, 2025.