Democratic primary · March 17, 2026
Illinois house Democratic primary
Melissa Bean won the Democratic primary on March 17, 2026, advancing to the general election on November 3, 2026.
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Editorial raters moved while polling has gone quiet
The last rating change here was 22d ago, but only 0 polls have landed in the last 60 days. When raters move and pollsters don't, the rating shift may be running ahead of the data. Watch for a late-cycle correction in either direction.
Where this race stands
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Primary result · Democratic primary
Official outcome · March 17, 2026 · forecast shown for reference1Melissa BeanMelissa Bean is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district from 2005 to 2011. Be…
2Junaid Ahmed
3Neil Khot
4Kevin Morrison
All polls · 2 results
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| Date | Pollster · trust signals | n · pop | Bean | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 26 | Global Eye Magazine | 677 · unknown | 28 | — |
| Aug 20, 25 | Normington Petts | 400 · RV | 10 | — |
Endorsements · Democratic primary · 20 total
Source · Wikipedia · 0 candidates with no endorsements yetMelissa Bean · 20
DMelissa Bean20 endorsers
Most notable · Nancy Pelosi · former Speaker of the House (2007–2011, 2019–2023) from CA-11 (1987–present)
Elected officials10
Federal 10State 0Local 0
Elected officials · 10
- Nancy Pelosi · former Speaker of the House (2007–2011, 2019–2023) from CA-11 (1987–present)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz · FL-25 (2005–present)
- Greg Landsman · OH-01 (2023–present)
- Greg Stanton · AZ-04 (2019–present)
- Lois Frankel · FL-22 (2013–present)
- Scott Peters · CA-50 (2013–present)
- Steny Hoyer · MD-05 (1981–present)
- Bill Foster · IL-11 (2008–2011, 2013–present)
- Brad Schneider · IL-10 (2013–2015, 2017–present)
- Tammy Duckworth · Illinois (2017–present)
Organizations8
Organizations · 8
- Chicago Fire Fighters Union · Local 2
- Democratic Majority for Israel
- Elect Democratic Women
- Giffords
- Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs
- Laborers' · aborers' District Council
- National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare · PAC
- NewDem Action Fund
Newspapers2
Newspapers · 2
- Chicago Tribune
- Daily Herald
Money in this primary
FEC · per-candidate committees · last filing 2026-06-09In the news
6 shown · last 30d · Google NewsNews volume · 30d
6 articles · building history
News volume · last 30d
Articles6
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Net favorability
+0.67
Coverage lean (D−R) · first week of data
Net favorability
Score+0.67
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 67%
Neutral 33%
67% of outlets rated · by editorial lean
Coverage tilt · by outlet lean
D-leaning outlets67%
Neutral33%
R-leaning outlets0%
67% of outlets classified by editorial lean
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Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 2deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested1 platformupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2026-06-09
Endorsements69 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage6 / 30dGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks