Election 2026

Christian Mitchell is a former Hyde Park state representative who also served as JB Pritzker’s deputy governor.

During her first term in the state legislature, state Rep. Regan Deering proposed 11 bills and one passed. Within days of taking office, Deering proposed a ban on transgender girls participating in girls sports. Lawmakers never took up the idea.

Pritzker was scheduled to crisscross the state for a series of reelection rallies starting Thursday morning at the Grand Crossing Park Field House on the South Side of Chicago.

State Rep. Bill Hauter, a Republican from Morton, has announced plans to run for a third term in the heavily Republican district that covers a heavily rural area that includes Bloomington-Normal, Peoria, Decatur and Springfield.

Joseph Albright, an adjunct economics professor at Bradley University in Peoria, is joining the race for U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood's seat because he says the financial policy just doesn’t “math up.”

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth endorsed Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on Monday in the 2026 Democratic primary for Illinois’ open seat to replace longtime Sen. Dick Durbin.

Rep. Darin LaHood is considering and is open to a primary run for the U.S. Senate seat, according to a source with direct knowledge of the congressman’s thinking. The congressman has about $5.8 million cash on hand to help a potential bid.

Stratton’s announcement in an early morning video comes just a day after Sen. Dick Durbin announced he’s stepping down from the Senate seat he’s held since 1996.