Election 2026

McLean County Sheriff's Lt. Jon Albee is running for sheriff.

Patrick Cortesi, chair of the McLean County Democratic Party, has announced his candidacy for Democratic state central committeeman in Illinois’ 16th Congressional District.

Chris Balkema won a special election last year in the 53rd Senate District, a large, mostly rural district north of Bloomington-Normal. It stretches from the Peoria area to the Indiana border.

Matt Lane, 50, was elected sheriff in 2022 after running uncontested on the Republican ticket. He has worked at the McLean County Sheriff's Office for 28 years. His term expires in December 2026.

Raja Krishnamoorthi told Capitol News Illinois in an interview that Democrats must make addressing affordability their top priority in the 2026 election. It’s particularly true, he said, as Democrats found themselves on the losing end of a battle in Congress with Republicans over a proposal to slash spending on social service programs like food stamps.

Kathy Michael officially is running for a fifth term as the McLean County Clerk in next year's election.

McLean County Board chair Elizabeth Johnston has confirmed Lyndsay Bloomfield, a Republican serving District 3, previously submitted her resignation, effective July 4.

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.