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Republican primary · March 17, 2026

Illinois house Republican primary

Niki Conforti won the Republican primary on March 17, 2026, advancing to the general election on November 3, 2026.

Primary passed· 0 polls
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Where this race stands
Verified

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All polls · 0 results

Republican primary polls

No 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 · Republican primary · 3 total

Source · Wikipedia · 0 candidates with no endorsements yet
3
Niki Conforti · 3
RNiki Conforti3 endorsers
Most notable · Chicago Tribune · (Republican primary only)
Newspapers2
Organizations1

Money in this primary

FEC · per-candidate committees · last filing 2026-02-20

No FEC committee filings yet for the Republican primary candidates. Most primary candidates file quarterly; if the primary is recent the data may take a few weeks to appear.

In the news

17 shown · last 30d · Google News
News volume · 30d
17 articles · building history
Net favorability
+0.29
Coverage lean (D−R) · shift −0.29 wk
Coverage tilt
D 29%
Neutral 71%
29% of outlets rated · by editorial lean
W
wspynews.com · 2d ago
Benton steps down from Illinois House seat
Neutral
S
shawlocal.com · 4d ago
Plainfield Democrat Benton resigns Illinois House seat after ethics investigation
Neutral
S
shawlocal.com · 8d ago
Rich Miller: Illinois AFL-CIO unlikely to withhold endorsements
Neutral
A
abc7chicago.com · 8d ago
Supreme Court mail - in ballots ruling : Illinoisans praise decision affirming election administration largely under state control
Neutral
C
chicago.suntimes.com · 11d ago
Illinois AFL - CIO unlikely to withhold endorsements
Neutral
W
wpsdlocal6.com · 12d ago
Natalie Phelps Finnie to fill Illinois House seat vacated by Brandon Phelps
Neutral
B
bloomberg.com · 13d ago
Watch Rep. Casten: Encouraged by Johnson Move on Housing Bill
Neutral
N
nytimes.com · 13d ago
Illinois Second Congressional District 2026: Latest Polls
D-favorable
A
apnews.com · 15d ago
Illinois Primary Results 2026: Senate, House and Governor
Neutral
A
apnews.com · 15d ago
Illinois U.S. House Primary Election Live Results 2026
Neutral
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Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flaggednone
Markets ingested1 platformupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2026-02-20
Endorsements26 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage17 / 30dGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks