Illinois voter guide
Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Every race, every candidate

282 candidates from the State Board of Elections’ candidate list, each with a profile page. Candidates come from the State Board of Elections’ candidate file for the November 3, 2026 general election (saved October 16, 2026). It covers the U.S. Senate seat, governor and lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, comptroller and treasurer, all 17 U.S. House districts, the 39 State Senate districts that are up this year and all 118 State House districts. Candidates whose names were removed or who withdrew are left out. Write-in candidates, judges (retention and vacancy races) and county offices are not in this list, and local questions are not shown. Your sample ballot is the final word. County and local races are on your sample ballot.

U.S. Senate and statewide offices

Statewide, voters choose a U.S. senator, a governor and lieutenant governor (one vote for both, as a team), an attorney general, a secretary of state, a comptroller and a treasurer. Write-in candidates are certified for some races but are not printed on the ballot, so they are not listed here.

U.S. House

Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.

State Senate

Your district's vote in the Illinois Senate. Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, approve many of the governor's appointments, and can override the governor's veto with three-fifths of the vote. A term is four years or two years, depending on the district and the year.

The State Board of Elections’ list has candidates in 39 of the 59 state Senate districts; the other 20 are not up this year. Races with one candidate are still on the ballot.

State House

Your district's vote in the Illinois House of Representatives. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget. A term is two years.

All 118 state House seats are on the ballot and all are listed from the State Board of Elections’ list. Races with one candidate are still on the ballot.