2026 Illinois federal ballot

Illinois votes on a U.S. Senate seat and all 17 U.S. House seats on November 3, 2026.

What else is on your ballot

Federal races only, not governor, state or local contests or ballot measures. Illinois publishes sample ballots through local election offices rather than one statewide tool, so start at Election Authority Contact Information, run by the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Illinois races to watch

The delegation, district by district

18 seats on the ballot

Tap or point at a district for the seat and who holds it.

14 Democratic3 Republican5 not on the ballot on record

House seats, filled by the party that holds each one today.

SenateRichard Durbin

Party of the member holding each seat now, never a margin and never a prediction. A hatched district means that member is not on the ballot for it. Boundaries as drawn for the 119th Congress.

How to vote in Illinois

General electionNovember 3, 2026

All dates and rules

Illinois by the numbers

12.7Mpeople across 17 districts

Median household income$59K to $114K

District 17District 5

Living below the poverty line7.0% to 18.0%

District 11District 7

Without health insurance4.4% to 12.8%

District 16District 4

The lowest and highest of Illinois's districts, on the national range for each measure. Census American Community Survey 2024 five year estimates.

What this ballot costs

$168M in play

Of every dollar in Illinois's federal races, 34 cents is outside groups spending on their own, not the campaigns. The Senate seat and the whole House map are on one scale.

Raised by candidatesOutside money

The Senate seat$70M

$46M raised by candidates$25M outside money

All 17 House races$97M

$65M raised by candidates$32M outside money$5.7M a seat on average

Gifts of $200 or less

$10M9%

Larger individual gifts

$51M46%

From PACs

$12M11%

Shares of what the campaigns raised themselves. The rest is party money, self funding and transfers.

Incumbents defending a seat

The 12 sitting members defending a seat on this ballot, what they have raised, and the stock trades they have disclosed.

1 to 5 of 12 members

Who is spending on Illinois

$56M outside money

The groups spending independently on Illinois's races, by what they have filed. Open a row to see how the money was spent, supporting or opposing each party, and the interest behind the committee.

1 to 5 of 25 groups

How far the money traveled

Most of the outside money on Illinois's races comes from groups whose only filings this cycle are here.

Groups spending in other states too: $27M47%
Groups spending only in Illinois: $30M53%

Groups filing here

The widest one reaches

29states

Independent spending filed on Illinois's races, by whether the committee is also spending in other states this cycle. A filing records where a group spends, not where its donors live, so this is a measure of reach, never of who paid for it.

Every race on the ballot

Each row names the November ballot on record; the filed count is every candidate on file with the FEC, not counting those who withdrew, retired or died. Each row opens the full field, the money, and the outside spending for that seat.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Census context from the American Community Survey, public domain. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.