Illinois Republican Primary
March 17, 2026
The full voter guide with evaluations is estimated to be released on Jan 27, 2026.
The list below shows the candidates who have officially filed for this election.
U.S. Senator
R. Cary Capparelli
Republican | Ill.
Casey Chlebek
Republican | Ill.
CaSandra Claiborne
Republican | Ill.
Jeannie Evans
Republican | Ill.
John Goodman
Republican | Ill.
Pamela Denise Long
Republican | Ill.
Jimmy Lee Tillman II
Republican | Ill.
Don Tracy
Republican | Ill.
U.S. Representative, District 1
Marcus Lewis
Republican | Ill.
Christian Maxwell
Republican | Ill.
U.S. Representative, District 2
Michael Scott Noack
Republican | Ill.
Ashley Ramos
Republican | Ill.
U.S. Representative, District 3
Angel Oakley
Republican | Ill.
Spomenka Vajic
Republican | Ill.
U.S. Representative, District 4
Lupe Castillo
Republican | Ill.
U.S. Representative, District 5
Tommy Hanson
Republican | Ill.
Kimball Ladien
Republican | Ill.
Barry Wicker
Republican | Ill.
U.S. Representative, District 6
Niki Conforti
Republican | Ill.
Skylar Duensing
Republican | Ill.
U.S. Representative, District 7
Patricia "P Rae" Easley
Republican | Ill.
Chad Koppie Sr
Republican | Ill.
U.S. Representative, District 8
Kevin Ake
Republican | Ill.
Jennifer Davis
Republican | Ill.
Herbert Hebein
Republican | Ill.
Mark Rice
Republican | Ill.
U.S. Representative, District 9
Rocio Cleveland
Republican | Ill.
John Elleson
Republican | Ill.
Paul Friedman
Republican | Ill.
Dongbo Mark Su
Republican | Ill.
U.S. Representative, District 10
Carl Lambrecht
Republican | Ill.
U.S. Representative, District 11
Tedora M. Brown
Republican | Ill.
Charlie Kim
Republican | Ill.
Michael Pierce
Republican | Ill.
Jeff Walter
Republican | Ill.
U.S. Representative, District 12
Mike Bost
Republican | Ill.
U.S. Representative, District 13
Joshua Loyd
Republican | Ill.
Jeff Wilson
Republican | Ill.
U.S. Representative, District 14
James T. "Jim" Marter
Republican | Ill.
Gary Vician
Republican | Ill.
U.S. Representative, District 15
Judy Bowlby
Republican | Ill.
Mary E. Miller
Republican | Ill.
Ryan D. Tebrugge
Republican | Ill.
U.S. Representative, District 16
John Kitover
Republican | Ill.
Darin LaHood
Republican | Ill.
U.S. Representative, District 17
Julie Bickelhaupt
Republican | Ill.
Dillan S. Vancil
Republican | Ill.
Governor
Darren Bailey
Republican | Ill.
Ted Dabrowski
Republican | Ill.
Rick Heidner
Republican | Ill.
James Mendrick
Republican | Ill.
Gregg Moore
Republican | Ill.
Joseph Severino
Republican | Ill.
Max Solomon
Republican | Ill.
Attorney General
Robert W. Fioretti
Republican | Ill.
Andy Williams Jr.
Republican | Ill.
Secretary of State
Walter Adamczyk
Republican | Ill.
Diane M. Harris
Republican | Ill.
State Comptroller
Bryan Drew
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 8
Vince Romano
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 9
Tom Lally
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 14
Brian Skala
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 15
Kenneth "Ken" Henderson
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 17
Frederick L. Walls
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 18
Christine McGovern
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 21
Julie Berkowicz
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 23
Linda Z. Polacek
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 24
Seth Lewis
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 26
Darby Hills
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 27
David Mathis
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 29
Kate McGrath
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 32
Craig Wilcox
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 33
Jessica Breugelmans
Republican | Ill.
Cody Holt
Republican | Ill.
Danielle Penman
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 35
Dave Syverson
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 36
Brad Beekman
Republican | Ill.
Patrick Harlan
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 38
Sue Rezin
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 41
John Curran
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 42
Edgardo "Eddie" Perez
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 44
Sally J. Turner
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 45
Joshua T. Atkinson
Republican | Ill.
Andrew S. Chesney
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 47
Neil Anderson
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 48
Frank Lesko
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 50
Jil Tracy
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 51
Chapin Rose
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 53
Chris Balkema
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 54
Steve McClure
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 56
Erica Harriss
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 57
Daniel Rhyne
Republican | Ill.
State Senate, District 59
Paul Jacobs
Republican | Ill.
Stephen Vercellino
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 2
Laura Hruska
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 3
Juvandy A. Rivera
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 12
Justin J. Kumar
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 13
Terry Nguyen Le
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 17
James "Jim" Geldermann
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 18
Pete Donaghue
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 19
John "JZ" Zimmers
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 20
Brad Stephens
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 21
Eric Su
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 22
Charles A. Spizzirri
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 25
Antoinette Jewel Simmons
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 26
Joan Philomena McGloin
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 35
David A. Dewar
Republican | Ill.
Charles (Chuck) Lay
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 36
David Sheppard
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 37
August O'Neill Deuser
Republican | Ill.
Patrick Sheehan
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 39
Cesar A. Guillen
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 41
Ajay Gupta
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 42
Stephanie W. Trussell
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 44
Ralph Black
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 45
Gina Parrilli
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 46
Pedro Jovany Mendoza
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 47
Robert A. Vrankovich
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 48
Jennifer Sanalitro
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 49
John Paul Augustynowicz
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 51
Lori Smith
Republican | Ill.
Tosi Ufodike
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 52
Martin McLaughlin
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 53
Elizabeth Bauer
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 54
Wayne Keen
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 55
Joseph Johnson
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 56
Peter R. Dombrowski
Republican | Ill.
Edward "Ed" Lapinski
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 57
Daniel T. Behr
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 61
Tina Marie Durrant
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 63
Steven Reick
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 64
Tom Weber
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 65
Dan Ugaste
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 66
Laurie Parman
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 68
Kathy Easton
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 69
Joe C. Sosnowski
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 70
Jeff Keicher
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 71
Dan Swanson
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 73
Ryan Spain
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 74
Bradley J. Fritts
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 75
Jed Davis
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 76
Liz Bishop
Republican | Ill.
Crystal Loughran
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 77
Anthony Airdo
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 78
Julian-Jahleel Randolph Jemison
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 79
Jackie Haas
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 80
Adam M. Beaty
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 81
Laura Hois
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 82
Nicole La Ha
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 83
Jesse Rodriguez
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 84
Brian Scopa
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 85
Chris Metcalfe
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 87
William E. Hauter
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 88
Regan Deering
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 89
Tony M. McCombie
Republican | Ill.
Victoria Onorato
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 90
John M. Cabello
Republican | Ill.
Nancy Edwardsen
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 93
Travis Weaver
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 94
Norine K. Hammond
Republican | Ill.
Joshua S. Higgins
Republican | Ill.
Bailey Templeton
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 95
Mike Coffey
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 97
Gabby Shanahan
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 98
Nona Parker
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 99
Kyle A. Moore
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 100
Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 101
Chris G. Miller
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 102
Adam M. Niemerg
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 104
Brandun Schweizer
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 105
Tim Ruestman
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 106
Jason R. Bunting
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 107
Brad Halbrook
Republican | Ill.
John Hauge
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 108
Wayne A. Rosenthal
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 109
Charlie Meier
Republican | Ill.
Zachary Meyer
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 110
Blaine Wilhour
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 111
Amy Elik
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 112
Jimmy Ford
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 114
Kevin Schmidt
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 115
David H. Friess
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 116
Angela Evans
Republican | Ill.
Dave Severin
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 117
Patrick Windhorst
Republican | Ill.
General Assembly, District 118
Joe DeBose
Republican | Ill.
Scott Doody
Republican | Ill.
Dayton Loyd
Republican | Ill.
Harold J. Visser
Republican | Ill.
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