Democratic primary · March 17, 2026
Illinois house Democratic primary
Brad Schneider won the Democratic primary on March 17, 2026, advancing to the general election on November 3, 2026.
Where this race stands
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All polls · 0 results
Democratic primary pollsNo polls have been published for this primary yet. When pollsters start covering the race, individual polls will be listed here with sample size, lean, and trust signals.
Endorsements · Democratic primary · 46 total
Source · Wikipedia · 0 candidates with no endorsements yetBrad Schneider · 46
DBrad Schneider46 endorsers
Most notable · Robyn Gabel · Majority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives (2023–present) from the 18th district (2010–present)
Elected officials28
Federal 8State 15Local 2
Elected officials · 28
- Robyn Gabel · Majority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives (2023–present) from the 18th district (2010–present)
- JB Pritzker · Governor of Illinois (2019–present)
- Adriane Johnson · state senator from the 30th district (2020–present)
- Julie Morrison · state senator from the 29th district (2013–present)
- Mark Walker · state senator from the 24th district (2024–present)
- Mary Edly-Allen · state senator from the 31st district (2023–present)
- Ram Villivalam · state senator from the 8th district (2019–present)
- Alexi Giannoulias · Illinois Secretary of State (2023–present)
- Eric Sorensen · IL-17 (2023–present)
- Mike Quigley · IL-05 (2009–present)
- Nikki Budzinski · IL-13 (2023–present)
- Sean Casten · IL-06 (2019–present)
- Bill Foster · IL-11 (2008–2011, 2013–present)
- Bob Morgan · state representative from the 58th district (2019–present)
- Daniel Didech · state representative from the 59th district (2019–present)
- Dick Durbin · Illinois (1997–present)
- Fritz Kaegi · Cook County Assessor (2018–present)
- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz · state representative from the 17th district (2019–present)
- Joyce Mason · state representative from the 61st district (2019–present)
- Lake County · nty Board members
- Lauren Beth Gash · former state representative from the 60th district (1993–2001) and Lake County Democratic chair
- Mike Frerichs · Illinois Treasurer (2015–present)
- Rita Mayfield · state representative from the 60th district (2010–present)
- Scott Britton · Cook County commissioner from the 14th district (2018–present)
- Susana Mendoza · Illinois Comptroller (2016–present)
- Tammy Duckworth · Illinois (2017–present)
- Toni Preckwinkle · President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners (2010–present)
- Tracy Katz Muhl · state representative from the 57th district (2024–present)
Organizations16
Organizations · 16
- 314 Action
- AFL-CIO · s AFL-CIO
- AIPAC
- Chicago Federation of Labor
- Democratic Majority for Israel
- Humane World Action Fund
- Illinois Federation of Teachers
- International Union of Operating Engineers · Locals 150 and 399
- Jewish Democratic Council of America
- Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs
- New Trier · Democrats
- Planned Parenthood Action Fund
- Plumbers · Local 130
- Population Connection
- SEIU · Healthcare
- Sierra Club
Newspapers2
Newspapers · 2
- Chicago Tribune
- Daily Herald
Money in this primary
FEC · per-candidate committees · last filing 2026-02-20In the news
3 shown · last 30d · Google NewsNews volume · 30d
3 articles · building history
News volume · last 30d
Articles3
Trendbuilding history
Article counts indexed by Google News; the sparkline traces weekly volume across the window.
Net favorability
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Coverage lean (D−R) · first week of data
Net favorability
Score+1.00
Week-over-weekfirst week of data
Tone of coverage, D minus R, scored from −1 (all R-favorable) to +1 (all D-favorable). 0 is balanced.
Coverage tilt
D 100%
100% of outlets rated · by editorial lean
Coverage tilt · by outlet lean
D-leaning outlets100%
Neutral0%
R-leaning outlets0%
100% of outlets classified by editorial lean
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested1 platformupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2026-02-20
Endorsements48 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage3 / 30dGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks