What to know about the 2026 Primary races: US Congress

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By Jonah Marshall, Staff Writer

The series we started earlier this month continues with our third installmennt. This week we focus on the Illinois primary elections happening in March for the US Senate and House of Representatives. One-third of the Senate is elected every two years, the term is six years, and there are no term limits. Current Democratic Senator Dick Durbin is not seeking re-election this year, so there are several candidates from both major parties vying for the ballot in the General Election in November for his seat. All 435 House seats are up for election in 2026, and the term for the office is two years. There are no term limits. Illinois has 17 Congressional districts after the results of the 2020 Census forced a dicennial redistricting based on new population data. You can view a list of current Representatives and their districts here. Candidates are listed randomly below. The Glacier is not making any endorsements at this time. You can research a sample ballot at ballotpedia.org for your precinct by plugging in your address and zip code.

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• Juliana Stratton.

Current Lieutenant Governor of IL since 2019.
Have a federal minimum wage of $25 an hour. Supports expanding ACA subsidies and legalizing abortion. Supports term limits for the Supreme Court and does not support a mandatory retirement age for Congress. Supports Medicare for all. Support a tax break for the middle class paid for by people making at least a million dollars a year. Supports abolishing ICE and impeaching DHS sec Kristi Noem.

• Steve Botsford Jr.

Occupation: Business owner.
Platform: Supports investments into renewable energy. Legalize apartmnets near transit. No cuts to Medicare or social security.
Supports repealing tariffs on farm products and fertilizer. Have Congress approve any tariffs above 2 percent. Raise minimum wage to $17 an hour. Support abortion nationwide. Support a paid 12-week paid wage for new parents.
For more information go to Botsford’s campaign page.

• Seam Brown.

Occupation: former prosecutor and current attorney.
Platform: Brown supports making a bill to provide universal healthcare. Supports a bill to require a national firearm registry as well as to create more after school programs to prevent violence. Brown supports a bill to provide free community college, public college and universities.
For more information go to Brown’s campaign page.

• Awisi Quartey

Occupation: Former CEO of the boys and girls club of IL.
Platform: Raise teachers pay. Launch a national Workforce Innovation Fund to train workers in AI. Expanding K-12 STEM and coding practices in schools. Cut prescription drug costs. Supports universal childcare and paid family leave.
For more information go to Quartey’s campaign page.

• Jonathan Dean

Occupation: Dean is an activist and solar energy entrepreneur.
Platform: Supports reforming the filibuster. Support a $20 minimum wage. Medicare for all. Support solar and wind energy investments. Pledged on his campaign page to only serve two terms. Protect public land from Presidential interference. Supports 18 year term limits for the Supreme Court.
For more information go to Dean’s campaign page.

• Bryan Maxwell

Occupation: University of IL professor.
Platform: End military aid to Israel. Cut military spending. Medicare for all. Cap the number of data centers being built in IL.
For more information go to Maxwells’s campaign page.

• Kevin Ryan

Occupation: Public school teacher.
Platform: Supports amending the constitution to change campaign finance laws. Supports medicare for all. Supports abolishing ICE and limiting border patrol at least 10 miles from the border. Abolish the death penalty.
For more information go to Ryan’s campaign page.

• Christopher Swann

Occupation: Deacon and nonprofit leader.
Platform:End military aid to Israel. Support a $17 minimum wage. End right-to-work laws. Medicare for all. End property taxes going to public schools and shift that to the federal level giving funding. Abolish ICE.
For more information go to Swann’s campaign page.

Republican Senate Primary

• R. Carey Campbell

Occupation: former university professor
Platform:Campbell was a professor at the University of South Dakota State University. He ran for Metropolitan Water Reclamation district of Greater Chicago in 2018, 2022, and 2024. Ran in the 2020 Democratic primary for IL House of Representatives district 20. Campbell wants to acknowledge mental health as a crisis and has pledged to support veterans as well as to monitor countries such as China, Iran, and North Korea.
For more information go to Campbell’scampaign website.

• Casey Chlebek

Previously ran for IL Senate as a Republican in the primary in 2020 and 2022.
Platform: According to his campaign page he is a staunch Trump and MAGA supporter. Abolish property taxes. Abolish IRS taxes on retirement income. Free prescription drugs on seniors, veterans, and disabled citizens. No federal taxes for individuals under 23, or under 26 for full-time students or married couples.
For more information go to Chlebek’s campaign page.

• Jeannie Evans

Occupation: Attorney.
Platform: Fight against China’s surveillance. Provide leadership on AI. Expand US agriculture exports.
For more information go to Evan’s campaign page.

• Pamela Long

Occupation: Occupational therapist.
Platform: Eliminate the inheritance tax and make it easier to wipe out student loan debt after declaring bankruptcy. Would vote against legislation that allows teachers to “change a minor child’s gender identity.” Call for investigations into “gender dysphoria” and “transgenderism.” Support apprenticeships and connections to Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) fields. Support and strengthen law enforcement. End wrongly conferred birthright citizenship. According to Long’s campaign page she wants to carry out the Trump immigration polices.
For more information go to Long’s campaign page.

• Jimmy Lee Tillman.

Occupation: Author and conservative activist.
Platform: Ran for US House district one in 2012,2014,2016, and 2018. Tillman also ran for Senate in 2022. Committed to carrying out the MAGA agenda accoriding to Tillman’s campaign page. Tillman said on his campaign page that he is commited to fighting for religious freedom, securing the border, removing transgender people from sports, and cutting billions in Government spending.
For more information go to Tillman’s campaign page.

• Don Tracy

Occupation: Attorney and city counsel at Brown, Hay & Stephens and former IL Republican chair from 2021-2024.
Platform: Fund police, stop transgender people in sports. Eliminate tax-payer free healthcare for noncitizens. Fund law enforcement. Lower energy costs.
For more information go to Tracy’s campaign website.

US House of Representatives

Illinois 1st congressional district Democratic primary

Incumbent Democrat Jonathan Jackson is running unopposed for a second term.

• Jonathan Jackson

Platform: Jackson has championed voting rights and the attempts to codify the John Lewis Voting Rights Act into law. Jackson also supports abortion. He supports Medicare for All as well as increasing funding for disadvantaged schools. For more information go to Jackson’s campaign website.

Illinois 1st congressional district Republican primary

• Marcus Lewis

Lewis previously ran against Jackson in 2024 House primary and lost.

Platform: According to Lewis’s campaign page he has accused Jackson of treason due to supporting groups like the World Health Organization.
He referred to COVID as nonsense. Lewis has also pledged giving no more aid to Ukraine. Lewis is a supporter of an anti-black hate crime bill. Lewis is also a supporter of reperations for black people who are descendants of enslaved Africans. Lewis is also a very strong supporter of Trump and his second term. For more information go to Lewis’s campaign page.

• Christian Maxwell

Occupation: Business consultant.
Platform: Maxwell supports dismantling organized crime networks. Maxwell has a goal to reduce crime by 20 percent in pilot neighborhoods. A goal of 5,000 new jobs by 2028. As well as advocating for tax breaks for businesses in high-unemployment areas. Maxwell according to her campaign website will support legislation for citizenship if people will adopt American culture and language. For more information go to Maxwell’s campaign page.

Illinois 2nd congressional district Democratic primary

Current House member Robin Kelly has chosen not to run for reelection and is currently running for retiring Senator Dick Durbin’s seat.

• Toni Brown

No campaign page or information could be found for Toni Brown. According to ballotpedia, they will be on the March ballot.

• Yumeka Brown

Occupation: current member of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
Platform: Promote environmental justice and clean water. Fight for an affordable healthcare system. For more information go to Brown’s campaign website.

• Eric France

Occupation: Business man and Leads “The France Group” a consultant firm
Platform: France’s campaign page says he will fight for affordable healthcare and education. As well as fight for airport expansion. Supporting federal down payment assistance programs, focusing on redlined communities especially. For more information go to France’s campaign page.

• Jesse L. Jackson Jr.

Jackson formally held this same seat from 1995-2012 but ended up resigning after being found guilty of mishandling $750,000 in campaign funds and serving 30 months in jail. Jackson supports building a third service airport in the Chicago Southland area. Jackson said he will fight for [aid medical leave as well as affordable healthcare and higher wages. As well as advocate for high-speed internet especially in rural communities. Jackson also said a priority of his will be expanding the number of mental health professionals. For more information go to Jackson’s campaign page.

• Patrick Keating

Occupation: Attorney and law professor.
Platform: A limited campaign page was found for Keating.

• Donna Miller

Occupation: Cook County Board member and medical consultant.
Platform: Miller supports medicare for all and said she will fight to lower the cost of insulin and prescription drugs. Fight to expand medicare and medicaid. Miller said she will advocate for veterans and fight to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Miller said she is also ready to fight for common sense gun laws. For more information go to Miller’s campaign page.

• Sidney Moore

Occupation: Businessman and former candidate for IL Sec of State.
Platform: Moore is commited to fighting to expand healthcare. Moore said he will also fight the housing affordability crisis. For more information go to Moore’s campaign page.

• Robert Peterson.

Current Position: Illinois State Senator serving district 13 since 2019.

Platform: Peterson he will fight back against Trump’s medicaid cuts. Ban out-of-state cooperations from increasing rent. Expand social security benefits. Fight for abortion rights and organizations who fought to defund planned parenthood. For more information go to Peterson’s campaign page.

• Willie Preston

Current Position: Illinois State Senator representing district 16 since 2023.
Platform:Preston champions his record in the State Senate of fighting to ban toxic food additives, expanding union apprenticeships, and rehabilitation for freed prisoners. For more information go to Preston’s campaign page.

• Adal Regis.

Occupation: A director of strategy for a Chicago based nonprofit.
Platform: Regis champions his initiatives to clean energy and advocating for public safety and affordable housing. Regis also championed his work with Governor Prtizker to help immigrants. For more information go to Regis’s campaign page.

Illinois 2nd congressional district Republican primary

Mike Noack is running unopposed for the Republican nomination.

• Mike Noack

Platform: Noack is a strong support of Elon Musk and the work he did with DOGE. Noack is a supporter of ICE and says if you are here illegally for at least five years but have a job you should have citizenship. Noack is an advocate for hydroelectric energy and is against wind and solar farms. For more information go to Noack’s campaign page.

Illinois 3rd congressional district Democratic primary.

Incumbent Democrat Delia Ramirez is running unopposed for a second term.

• Delia Ramirez

Platform: Ramirez has championed her support of the LGBTQ community. She has advocated for Congress people from becoming lobbyists and has supported campaign finance reform. Ramirez also supports speeding up the process of veterans receiving benefits. She supports bringing in migrants who face war conflicts in their country. Ramirez has also championed passing anti-discrimination housing laws and making housing more affordable. For more information go to Ramirez’s campaign page.

Illinois 3rd congressional district Republican primary.

Angel Oakley is running unopposed for the Republican nomination.

• Angel Oakley

Occupation: Founder chief consultant, cannabis educator and CBD broker.
Platform: A supporter of “Make America Healthy Again.” Advocates to end wars and have our military back to defending our homeland. Supports regenerative agriculture and permaculture. Clean up toxic pollution as well as water and air. Supports free market capitalism. Reduce the debt deficit. For more information go to Oakley’s campaign website.

Illinois 4th congressional district Democratic primary

Chuy Garcia has decided to not seek re-election. Patty Garcia is running unopposed for the Democratic Nomination. Garcia is Chuy Garcia’s chief of staff. Controversy: Chuy Garcia had filed to run for re-election for IL-4 but then dropped out after the filing deadline leaving the only person to have filed with signatures to run was his chief of staff. Chuy Garcia was censored in the House for this, 23 Democrats supported the censoring. The censor claimed that Chuy Garcia under minded a fair and free election.

• Patty Garcia

Platform: Patty Garcia supports a pathway to citizenship for immigrants and said she will hold the people who weaponized the immigration process accountable. Supports paid family leave. As well as invest in infrastructure. For more information go to Garcia’s campaign page.

Illinois 4th congressional district Republican primary

• Lupe Castillo

Castillo previously competed against Chuy Garcia in the 2024 general election for his House seat but lost.

Platform: A staunch support of “drill, baby drill” which means supporting more initiatives such as fracking and offshore oil drilling. Strong supporter of the police. No official campaign page could be found for Castillo. Castillo did answer a questionare though.

Illinois 5th congressional district Democratic primary

• Mike Quigley

Incumbent Quigley first took the seat in 2009. He is also simultaneously running for Chicago Mayor for the 2027 election.
Platform: Quigley has championed his commitment for ethics reform. As well as his commitment for LGBTQ rights. He said he supports cutting the Department of Defense’s budget. He is pro-choice and said he will also fight to speed up the process of FDA drug approval processes. For more information go to Quigley’s campaign page.

• Matthew Conroy

Platform: Supports Medicare for all. Expand healthcare investments such as mobile clinics to rural areas. Increase funding for medical schools and residency programs. Cap insulin at $25 a month. Use abandoned office buildings and malls and turn them into residential housing. Up to $25,000 down payment assistance for first-time home buyers. Join the international criminal court for acts of violence and genocide against Hamas and the Israeli Government. Abolish ice. For more information go to Conroy’s campaign page.

• Ellen Corley

Occupation: Former high school teacher.
Platform: Increase the number of inspector general offices. Reform judges powers. Reduce US military funding. End the war and Genocide in Gaza according to her campaign page. Protect reproductive rights. For more information go to Corley’s campaign page.

• Anthony Tamez

Occupation: Member of the Chicago Police District Council representing district 17 since 2023. No campaign page could be found.

Illinois 5th congressional district Republican primary

• Tom Hanson

Occupation: Businessman.
Platform: Previously ran against Quigley in the 2024 House election and lost. Does not support aid to Ukraine or Israel. Previously said the US is not a Democracy. Pro-life. Secure the southern border. For more information go to Hanson’s campaign page.

• Kimball Ladien

Occupation: Physician.
A limited campaign page was found here.

• Barry Wicker

Occupation: Engineer.

Platform: Fight for social security. Make healthcare premiums affordable. Vision to build a “world museum” a building to connect culture, science, and history from all corners of the globe. For more information go to Wicker’s campaign page.

Illinois 6th congressional district Democratic primary

• Sean Casten

Incumbent Sean Casten is running for re-election. He was first elected in 2018.
Platform: Fight against Trump’s attempt to dismantle the Department of Education. Support investments into clean and renewable energy. Supports an assault weapons ban. Pro-choice. Fought to expand SNAP benefits to veterans. Helped pass the chips and science act to bring manufacturing jobs to the US. For more information go to Casten’s campaign page.

• Joseph Ruzevich

Occupation: Small business owner and software engineer.
Platform: Support Gaza according to his campaign page. End pentagon spending. Legalize canabis. Expand the child tax credit. Supporting a $20 minimum wage. For more information go to Ruzevich’s campaign page.

Illinois 6th congressional district Republican primary

• Niki Conforti

Occupation: Energy consultant. Competed against Casten in the 2024 House election.
Platform: Pro 2nd amendment. Pro-life with exceptions to rape, incest, and the life of the mother. Against the SAFE-T Act. Supports expanding ICE. Supports the need for 3 forms of photo ID to register to vote. For more information go to Conforti’s campaign page.

• Skylar Duensing

Occupation: Entrepreneur
Platform: Champions his work with the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Against transgender people playing sports. Expand tax relief on social security.

Stop providing financial incentives to “illegal aliens” according to his campaign page. Expand training for school safety officers to prevent gun violence. Pro-life with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother. For more information go to Duensing’s campaign page.

Illinois 7th congressional district Democratic primary

• Richard Boykin

Occupation: Attorney and former chief of staff to Danny Davis.

Platform: Expand federal prosecution related to gun crimes. File civil lawsuits against ghost gun manufactures. Support funding for violence interruption efforts. Lower credit card interest rates. Eliminate unfair bank fees. For more information go to Boykin’s campaign page.

• Kina Collins

Occupation: Political organizer. Previously challenged Danny Davis twice in primaries.
Platform: Supports funding for maternal and early childhood education. Expand access to Headstart. Invest in job training programs. For more information go to Collin’s campaign page.

• Melissa Conyears-Ervin

Current Position: Chicago city trustee, serving since 2019.
Platform: Supports capping insulin costs as well as supporting the affordable care act. Support a federal tax on the wealthy. Support gun reform and safety. For more information go to Ervin’s campaign page.

• Anthony Driver Jr.

Occupation: Former President of Chicago’s Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability. He is currently a commissioner.
Platform: Pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Expand early voting and vote-by mail. Codify Roe vs Wade. Abolish ICE. For more information go to Driver’s campaign page.

• Davis Ehrlich

Occupation: Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Chicago and University of Indiana teaching public affairs.
Platform: Lower housing and healthcare costs. Support longer waiting periods to purchase a gun. Support legislation to track guns that are stolen or missing with adding a second serial number. Support funding Chicago police. For more information go to Ehrlich’s campaign page.

• Thomas Fisher.

Occupation: Emergency Room doctor at the University of Chicago medicine.
Platform: Medicare for all as well as codify Roe vs Wade. Support federal assault weapons ban. Support money for education and depending less on paying for education through property taxes. Transition to 100 percent renewable energy. For more information go to Fisher’s campaign page.

• LaShawn Ford

Current position: IL House of Representatives for district eight since 2007.

Platform: He is focused on social justice, addressing disparities in employment, education and healthcare. Ford is also commited to helping ex-offenders return to society. Ford is endorsed by Danny Davis. For more information go to Ford’s campaign page.

• Jason Friedman

Occupation: Former adjunct professor at UIC Law School and former Chicago real estate investor.
Platform: Will reverse Trump’s cuts to medicaid, medicare, and SNAP. Friedman will restore the funding for the Department of Education. Restore EPA to its capacity as well as invest in green energy. Investigate ICE and put funding into education and healthcare. For more information go to Friedman’s campaign page.

• Rory Hoskin

Current Position: Mayor of Forrest Park since 2019.
Platform: Increase funding for the Chicago Transit as well as oversight. Support infrastructure for transit. Support federal grants for urban green infrastructure as well as support clean energy tax credits. Support funding for community health centers and expand the Affordable Care Act. For more information go to Hoskin’s campaign page.

• Anabel Mendoza

Occupation: Immigrant rights organizer.
Platform: Support the Protecting Rights to Organize Act. Support reparations for black households who are descendants of enslaved Africans and total about $200,000 for families. Ban the sale and ownership of assault weapons. Block tax payer money from going to ICE. For more information go to Mendoza’s campaign page.

• Jazmine Robinson

Occuaption: Worked in human resources.
Platform: Free universal healthcare. Free education including childcare, college, and trade school. For more information go to Robinson’s campaign page.

• Reed Showalter

Occupation: Worked at Chicago Mercantile exchange as well as worked at the Federal Trade Commission as an attorney.
Platform: Medicare for all. Codify Roe vs Wade. Supreme Court reform: Each case has a rotating bench of nine non-partisan judges. First $50,000 of income tax free paid by taxing the top earners. For more information go to Showalter’s campaign page.

• Felix Tello

Occupation: Executive engineer and mathematician.
Platform: Restore legislative power to Congress. Support fair wages and unions. For more information go to Tello’s campaign page.

Illinois 7th congressional district Republican primary

• Patricia Easley

Occupation: Host of “Black Excellence Hour.”
A member of black voices for Trump. Limited campaign page found here.

• Chad Koppie.

Occupation: Farmer and served as a member of the Kane County Regional Board of Schools
Platform: Pro-life. Cut 3 percent from each cabinet department. Supports a cease fire in Ukraine. Supports border wall. Support for 2nd amendment rights. For more information go to Koppie’s campaign page.

Illinois 8th congressional district Democratic primary

Incumbent Rep Raja Krishnamoorthi is not seeking re-election. He is running for US Senate.

• Junaid Ahmed

Occupation: Owns his own tech companies.
Platform: Ahmed previously challenged Krishnamoorthi for the seat in 2022. Expand early childhood education. Supporting a tax break for the middle class. End tariffs. Support a ceasefire in Ukraine and humanitarian aid. Support clean energy and electric vehicles. For more information go to Ahmed’s campaign page.

• Yasmeen Bankole

Occupation: Hanover Park Trustee.

Platform: Reverse Trump tariffs. Assault weapons ban. Hold the Israel Government accountable for human rights violations. Medicare for all. For more information go to Bankole’s campaign page.

• Melissa Bean

Occupation: Former House member of the 8th district from 2005-2011.
Platform: Hold ICE accountable as well as oppose Trump’s mass deportations. Reverse Republican medicaid cuts. Fight to restore the Department of Education. For more information go to Bean’s campaign page.

• Sanjyot Dunung.

Occupation: Small business owner.
Platform: Support universal background checks for gun purchases. Invest in judges and caseworkers to handle immigration cases and provide visas. Ensure America, not China leads in AI, clean energy, and manufacturing. For more information go to Dunung’s campaign page.

• Neil Knot

Occupation: Local business owner.
Platform: Support legal abortions and a women’s right to choose. Hold ICE accountable. Hold the Trump administration accountable for violating the rule of law. Restore USAID funding. For more information go to Knot’s campaign page.

• Kevin Morrison

Current member of Cook County Board of commissioners representing district 15 since 2018.
Platform: Eliminate Trump’s tariffs on imported construction materials. Reverse the Trump administration cuts to medicaid. Hold ICE accountable. For more information go to Morrison’s campaign page.

• Dan Tully

Occupation: Former civil servant.
Platform: Move away from fossil fuel energy. Support background checks and red flag laws to tackle guns. Oppose the dismantle of the Department of Education. For more information go to Tully’s campaign page.

• Ryan Vetticad

Occupation: Teacher and counterterrorism analyst.
Platform: Set a limit on how much candidates can spend on Congressional races ($2 million.) Ban Congressional stock trading. Mandatory firearm training. For more information go to Vetticad’s campaign page.

Illinois 8th Congressional district Republican primary

• Kevin Ake

In 2022 Ake ran for Cook County Board of Commisioners for district 15 losing the primary. No official campaign page could be found.

• Jennifer Davis

Occupation: Entrepreneur and Founder of Davisware, a software company.
Platform: Expand oil, gas, and renewable energy. Work with lae enforcement to expand training. Support a parent’s choice in their child’s education including home schooling. For more information go to Davis’s campaign page.

• Herbert Hebein.

Previously ran for IL House district 35 and lost the General in 2018. 2020, and 2022. No campaign page could be found.

• Mark Rice

Occupation: Founder and CEO of an energy business in IL.
Platform: Support term-limits in Congress. Crackdown on Government waste, Support the US being energy independent. For more information go to Rice’s campaign page.

Illinois 9th congressional district Democratic primary

• Kat Abughazaleh

Occupation: Journalist. Abughazaleh was indicted on two counts of protesting outside an ICE building.
Platform: Support a $25 minimum wage an hour. Support a 2% wealth tax on on net worths of $50,000,000. Support as many immigrants coming to the US as well as financial assistance for their communities. For more information go to Abughazaleh’s campaign page.

• Bushra Amiwala

Current Position: An at-large member of the Skokie school district 73.5 school board.
Platform: Stop Trump tariffs. Abolish ICE. Medicare for all. For more information go to Amiwala’s campaign page.

• Phil Andrew

Occupation: Former FBI hostage negotiator
Platform: Increase federal investments for affordable housing. Support a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. Supports an assaults weapons ban. For more information go to Andrew’s campaign page.

• Natalie Angelo

No campaign page found.

• Daniel K. Biss

Current Position: Member of the IL state Senate representing district nine from 2013-2019. Democratic nominee for Governor of IL since 2018
Platform: Cap credit card interest rates. Expand social security benefits and have people making at least $250,000 pay for it. Abolish the electoral college. For more information go to Biss’s campaign page.

• Patricia Brown

No campaign page was found.

• Jeff Cohen

Occupation: Economist.
Platform: Bring back the 1994 assault weapon’s ban. Pro-choice. Support and invest in clean technology for the environment. For more information go to Cohen’s campaign page.

• Laura Fine

Current Position: Member of the IL state Senate for district 9 since 2013.
Platform: Support medicare for all and require mental health to be covered and treated just like physical health. Expand rental assistance and tenant protections. Raise wages and the PRO Act. For more information go to Fine’s website.

• Justin Ford

Occupation: Public Health Professional.
Platform: Supports a 4-day work week. Supports ethics reform for Congress and the Supreme Court. Supports a build up to universal free transit. For more information go to Ford’s campaign page.

• Mark Fredrickson

No campaign page was found.

• Hoan Huynh

Current Position: Member of the IL House of Representatives since 2023 for district 13.
Platform: Expand pathways to citizenships and DREAMERS. Strengthen voting rights. Raise wages for teachers. For more information go to Huynh’s campaign page.

• Bethany Johnson

Occupation: Former roller derby skater.
Platform: Support LGBTQ policies as a member herself as a transgender women. Reduce the military budget. Pro-choice. For more information go to Johnson’s campaign page.

• Sam Polan

Occupation: Worked in the Department of Defense as a intelligence analyst.
Platform: Expand workforce training and apprenticeships. Support term limits. Support and invest in clean energy. For more information go to Polan’s campaign page.

• Nick Pyati

Occupation: Public school teacher and worked in the Obama administration in the Justice Department.
Platform: Reverse the Trump administration Department of Education iniatives. Reverse Trump’s medicaid cuts. For more information go to Pyati’s campaign page.

• Howard Rosenblum

Occupation: Was the CEO for National Association for the Deaf for 133 years.
Platform: Support removing the Government from healthcare choices such as gender affirming care and abortion. Expand student loan debt forgiveness. Support clean energy and environmental justice and hold pollutors accountable. For more information go to Rosenblum’s campaign page.

• Mike Simmons

Current Position: Serves in the IL Senate representing district seven since 2021.
Platform: Stop military support for Israel. Reverse Trump’s tariffs and raise the minimum wage to $25 an hour. Abolish ICE. For more information go to Simmon’s campaign page.

Illinois 9th congressional district Republican primary

• Rocio Cleveland

Platform: Limit Government waste and interference. Stop Government corruption. For more information go to Cleveland’s campaign page.

• John Elleson

Platform: Ban assault weapons with few exceptions. Support law enforcement and de-escelation training. Elleson has a limited campaign page here.

• Paul Friedman

Occupation: Software writer and folk singer. A limited campaign page found here.

• Mark Su

Occupation: IT consultant and media writer.
Platform: Spoke out against the capture of Venezuela leader Nicolas Maduro. Stop abortion. Eliminate party driven teachings in our schools. Reduce foreign aid as well as well as federal aid programs. For more information go to Su’s campaign page.

Illinois 10th congressional district Democratic primary

• Brad Schneider

Current Position: incumbent, serving since 2017.
Platform: Support medicare amd social security. Equality for LGBTQ people. Protect a women’s right to choose. For more information go to Schneider’s campaign page.

• Morgan Coghill

Occupation: Small business owner.
Platform: Against arming Israel. Dismantle for-profit insurance. Expand social security by having billionares pay. For more information go to Coghill’s campaign page.

Illinois 10th congressional district Republican primary.

• Carl Lambrecht

Lambrecht is running unopposed. No campaign page could be found.

Illinois 11th congressional district Democratic primary

• Bill Foster

Current Poistion: Foster is the incumbent and is running unopposed. Foster has held this seat since 2013.
Platform: Continue to support legislation that brings down the cost of prescription drugs. Support expanding eligibility requirements for Medicaid. Support DREAMERS. (Children arriving in the US through immigration.) For more information go to Foster’s campaign page.

Illinois 11th congressional district Republican primary

• Charlie Kim

Occupation: Worked for Dupage IL legal aid service.
Platform: Supports a better healthcare system than Obamacare where taxpayers will not have to pay. Supports legal pathways to citizenship such as the Deffered Acton for Childhood Arrivals. Support law enforcement. For more information go to Kim’s campaign page.

• Mike Pierce

Occupation: Served as an adjunct professor for the University of Maryland Europe and University of Phoenix teaching MBA and other graduate classes.
Platform: Support the Trump administration in immigration reform. Supports the Laken Riley Act. Introduce automatic housing allowances for veterans over 65 or are at the poverty line. Help support programs to help first time home buyers. For more information go to Pierce’s campaign page.

• Jeffrey Walter

Current Position: Current mayor of Elburn, IL.
Platform: A strong support of President Trump’s tariffs and economic policies. Support making the Trump Tax cuts permanent. Supports funding law enforcement. Supports Trump’s deals to end the war in Ukraine. For more information go to Walter’s campaign page.

Illinois 12th congressional district Democratic primary

• Julie Fortier

Occupation: Scientist and cancer researcher.Fortier is running unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
Platform: Dedicate research to how other countries implement universal healthcare and apply that to the US. Promote internet access to rural communities. For more information go to Fortier’s campaign page.

Illinois 12th congressional district Republicam primary

• Mike Bost

Current Position: Incumbent Mike Bost is running unopposed for the nomination. Bost has held this seat since 2015.
Platform: Supports coal and natural gas for lower energy prices. Supports the appeal of Obamacare due to how it increased taxes for people. For more information go to Bost’s campaign page.

Illinois 13th congressional district Democratic primary

• Nikki Budzinski

Incumbent Nikki Budzinski is running for re-election. She has held this seat since 2023.
Platform: Focused on passing the PRO ACT. Support legislation that capped insulin at $35 a month. Supports clean energy and creating jobs in clean energy. Support expanding jobs for veterans in STEM research. For more information go to Budzinski’s campaign page.

• Dylan Blaha

Occupation: Worked as a biochemist for the University of IL.
Platform: Support a ban on any AI that harms US labor and health standards. Supports having employers alert people who are being replaced by AI as well as provide funding for income support. Stop fossil fuel infrastructure and subsidies. Support reparations and housing assistance for black families. For more information go to Blaha’s campaign page.

Illinois 13th congressional district Republican primary

• Joshua Loyd

Occupation: Loyd previously served as President for SkillsUSA. Previously challenged Budzinski for her House seat in the 2024 general election.
Platform: Supports free market enterprise. A supporter of the 2nd amendment who said the problem is not guns, but mental health. For more information go to Lloyd’s campaign page.

• Jeff Wilson

Occupation: Former crew member on nuclear submarines and civil servant. Current member of the Champaign County Board.
Platform: Against trans people in sports and DEI in schools. Expand oil, natural, and nuclear energy. For more information go to Wilson’s campaign page.

Illinois 14th congressional district Democratic primary

Incumbent Lauren Underwood is running unopposed for re-election. Underwood has held the seat since 2019.
Platform: Supported legislation to cap insulin at $35 a month. Supports clean energy by 2050 as well as sponsored legislation to ban the USAID from censoring public information about climate change. For more information go to Underwood’s campaign page.

Illinois 14th congressional district Republican primary

• James Marter

Previous positions: From 2016-2024 he served as chairman of the Kendall County Republican Board. Previously challenged Underwood in 2024 for the seat, and was a 2024 delegate for President Trump.
Platform: Stop schools from promoting gender narration, political activism and junk science. Cut spending in the federal government. Supports free market principals. Repeal the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare). For more information go to Marter’s campaign page.

Illinois 15th congressional district Democratic primary

• Paul Davis

Occupation: Veterinarian.
Platform: Supports federal investments in science and clinical research that help rural communities. Expand mental health help as well as help preserve reproductive rights. Support crop insurance. For more information go to Davis’s campaign page.

• Kyle Nudo

Occupation: Small business owner.
Platform: Support and expand telehealth. Raise the minimum wage. Supports clean energy grids. For more information go to Nudo’s campaign page.

• Randy Raley

Occupation: Radio host.
Platform: Supports universal singer-payer healthcare. Upgrade water systems and replace lead pipes. Opposes the one “Big Beautiful Bill.” For more information go to Raley’s campaign page.

• Jennifer Todd

Occupation: Nurse and small business owner.
Platform: Increase mental health opurtunities. Increase teacher pay. Protect rural hospitals. For more information go to Todd’s campaign page.

Illinois 15th congressional district Republican primary

• Mary Miller

Incumbent Mary Miller is running for re-election she was first elected in 2020. Endorsed by Donald Trump.
Platform: Pro-life. Supports the 2nd amendment. Sponsored bringing whole milk back to schools. Opposed the January 6th “witch hunt” investigtion by the Select Committee. Voted against supporting red flag laws For more information go to Miller’s campaign page.

• Judy Bowlby

Occupation: Mental health counselor
Platform: Expand drug assistance programs. Fund rural hospitals and clinics. For more information go to Bowlby’s campaign page.

• Ryan Tebrugge

Occupation: Public servant and business owner.
Platform: Support the 2nd amendment. Advocate for animal rights. Prison reform advocation. Advance environmental sustainability. For more information go to Tebrugge’s campaign page.

Illinois 16th congressional district Democratic primary

Paul Nolley is running unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

• Paul Nolley

Occupation: Executive director of “Project First” which supports blue collar apprenticeships programs.
Platform: Raise wages. Invest in manufacturing jobs. Increase the child tax credit. Support paid family leave. For more information go to Nolley’s campaign pasge.

Illinois 16th congressional district Republican primary

Incumbent Darlin LaHood is running unopposed for the Republican nomination and was first elected in 2022.
Platform: Expand trade opurtunities. Pro-life. Supports the 2nd amendment. For more information go to LaHood’s campaigns page.

Illinois 17th congressional district Democratic primary

• Eric Sorsenson

Incumbent Eric Sorenson is running for re-election for the Democratic nomination, he was first elected in 2022.
Platform: Supported the re-opening of Idled Belvidere auto plant. Support funding for law enforcement. Supports codifying Roe vs Wade. Increased funding for fentanyl screening detections at the southern border. Support and improve the ACA. For more information go to Sorenson’s campaign page.

Illinois 17th congressional district Republican primary

• Julie Bickelhaupt

Occupation: Farmer
Platform: Lower the cost of living. Defend agriculture. Strengthen education and empower parents. For more information go to Bickelhaupt’s campaign page.

• Dillan Vancil

Occupation: Small business owner and school board VP.
Platform: Support limited government. Support parental involvement in education. For more information go to Vancil’s campaign page.