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2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois

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2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois

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All 17 Illinois seats to the United States House of Representatives
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 14 3

The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the 17 U.S. representatives from the State of Illinois, one from each of the state's congressional districts. The elections will coincide with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections.

District 1

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The 1st district is based in the South Side of Chicago, including portions of Bronzeville, Hyde Park, Grand Crossing, Morgan Park, and Roseland, but also reaches down to the southwest and takes in a collection of exurban and rural areas in Cook County, Will County, and Kankakee County, including New Lenox and Homer Glen. The incumbent is Democrat Jonathan Jackson, who was elected with 65.8% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Jonathan Jackson (D) $49,228 $71,936 $30,980
Source: Federal Election Commission[2]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025

District 2

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The 2nd district includes the far southeast portion of Chicago and part of its southern suburbs, as well as portions of Will, Kankakee, Iroquois, and Vermillion counties along the Indiana border. The incumbent is Democrat Robin Kelly, who was re-elected with 67.6% of the vote in 2024.[1] Kelly has expressed interest in running for U.S. Senate in 2026.[5]

Democratic primary

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Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Robin Kelly (D) $186,219 $194,937 $2,006,394
Source: Federal Election Commission[8]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025

District 3

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The 3rd district is based in northwestern Chicago, including the neighborhoods of Albany Park, Belmont Cragin, Dunning, Humboldt Park, Irving Park, Logan Square, Montclare, Portage Park, and West Town. It also includes parts of the DuPage County suburbs, taking in all or parts of Addison, Bartlett, Bensenville, Elgin, Elk Grove Village, Elmwood Park, Franklin Park, Glendale Heights, Hanover Park, River Grove, Wayne, West Chicago, Wheaton, and Wood Dale. The incumbent is Democrat Delia Ramirez, who was elected with 67.3% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Delia Ramirez (D) $248,253 $93,639 $622,185
Source: Federal Election Commission[9]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025

District 4

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The 4th district is based in southwest Chicago, including Ashburn, Brighton Park, Clearing, Gage Park, Garfield Ridge, South Lawndale, West Elsdon, and West Lawn, and in the western Chicago suburbs, including Cicero and Berwyn. The incumbent is Democrat Chuy García, who was re-elected with 67.5% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Chuy García (D) $58,494 $51,308 $43,022
Source: Federal Election Commission[10]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025

District 5

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The 5th district includes portions of northern Chicago, including Albany Park, Forest Glen, Lake View, Lincoln Park, Lincoln Square, Norwood Park, North Center, North Park, O'Hare, and West Ridge. It also takes in the northwest Chicago suburbs, including Arlington Heights and Palatine. The incumbent is Democrat Mike Quigley, who was re-elected with 69.0% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Mike Quigley (D) $84,742 $91,145 $1,174,780
Source: Federal Election Commission[11]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025

District 6

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The 6th district is based in the southwest Chicago suburbs, including Oak Lawn and Downers Grove, as well as parts of the eastern DuPage County suburbs. The incumbent is Democrat Sean Casten, who was re-elected with 54.2% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Potential

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Endorsements

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Sean Casten (not declared)
Organizations

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Sean Casten (D) $387,323 $134,245 $947,220
Source: Federal Election Commission[13]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025

District 7

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The 7th district is based in the West Side and downtown of Chicago, including Austin, East Garfield Park, the Loop, the Near North Side, the Near South Side, the Near West Side, North Lawndale, West Garfield Park, and West Town. It also takes in the villages of Oak Park and Maywood. The incumbent is Democrat Danny Davis, who was re-elected with 83.3% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Declared

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  • Jason Friedman, development executive[14]

Publicly expressed interest

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Potential

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Endorsements

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Danny Davis (not declared)

State legislators

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Danny Davis (D) $8,001 $59,968 $53,761
Source: Federal Election Commission[16]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025

District 8

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The 8th district is based in the western outer suburbs of Chicago, including Elgin, Schaumburg, and Des Plaines. The incumbent is Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi, who was re-elected with 57.1% of the vote in 2024.[1] Krishnamoorthi is reportedly considering running for U.S. Senate in 2026.[5]

Democratic primary

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Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Raja Krisnamoorthi (D) $3,076,776 $761,053 $19,427,217
Source: Federal Election Commission[17]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025

District 9

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The 9th district is based in northern Chicago and the North Shore, taking in Evanston and Skokie. The incumbent is Democrat Jan Schakowsky, who was re-elected with 68.4% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Primary challenger Kat Abughazaleh has garnered attention to her campaign for the seat, which launched in March 2025.[18] Politico reported in April 2025 that Schakowsky will announce that she will not run for re-election on May 5, 2025. Schakowsky denied that she had already decided not to run but confirmed she would announce her plans on that date.[19]

Democratic primary

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Declared

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  • Kat Abughazaleh, journalist and social media influencer[20]
  • Justin Ford, environmental health and safety professional[21]

Filed paperwork

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  • David Abrevaya, mathematics teacher[22]

Publicly expressed interest

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Potential

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Endorsements

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Jan Schakowsky (not declared)
U.S. representatives
Party officials

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Kat Abughazaleh (D) $378,596 $14,986 $363,610
Jan Schakowsky (D) $213,041 $183,612 $877,403
Source: Federal Election Commission[26]

Republican primary

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Declared

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  • Rocío Cleveland, educational paraprofessional and interpreter[27]
  • Seth Cohen, nonprofit executive and nominee for this district in 2024[28]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025

District 10

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The 10th district is based in the northern suburbs and exurbs of Chicago, including Mundelein, Northbrook, and Waukegan. The incumbent is Democrat Brad Schneider, who was re-elected with 60.0% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Brad Schneider (D) $627,785 $345,368 $1,253,843
Source: Federal Election Commission[29]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025

District 11

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The 11th district is based in the western suburbs and exurbs of Chicago, including Aurora, Naperville, and Belvidere. The incumbent is Democrat Bill Foster, who was re-elected with 55.6% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Bill Foster (D) $341,002 $199,288 $1,692,279
Source: Federal Election Commission[30]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025

District 12

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The 12th district is based in southern Illinois, taking in the southeastern St. Louis exurbs. It includes Carbondale, Centralia, Marion, and O'Fallon. The incumbent is Republican Mike Bost, who was re-elected with 74.2% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Republican primary

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Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Mike Bost (R) $147,887 $150,084 $350,100
Source: Federal Election Commission[31]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid R February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid R March 7, 2025

District 13

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The 13th district is based in central Illinois, stretching from the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area to the eastern St. Louis suburbs and taking in Decatur as well as the state capital, Springfield. The incumbent is Democrat Nikki Budzinski, who was elected with 58.1% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Nikki Budzinski (D) $561,315 $278,816 $2,067,231
Source: Federal Election Commission[32]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025

District 14

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The 14th district is based in the western exurbs of Chicago, including all or parts of Aurora, DeKalb, Granville, Joliet, Montgomery, Naperville, Oswego, Ottawa, Peru, Plainfield, Shorewood, Spring Valley, Sugar Grove, and Sycamore. The incumbent is Democrat Lauren Underwood, who was re-elected with 55.1% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Lauren Underwood (D) $392,828 $336,143 $1,111,787
Source: Federal Election Commission[33]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid D March 7, 2025

District 15

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The 15th district is based in the rural areas of central Illinois, stretching from the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area to the eastern St. Louis suburbs and taking in Quincy. The incumbent is Republican Mary Miller, who was re-elected unopposed in 2024.[1]

Republican primary

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Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Mary Miller (R) $188,131 $164,314 $670,073
Source: Federal Election Commission[34]

Democratic primary

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Declared

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  • Jennifer Todd, former nurse[35]

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Jennifer Todd (D) $4,737 $4,606 $917
Source: Federal Election Commission[34]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid R February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid R March 7, 2025

District 16

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The 16th district is based in the rural areas of northern Illinois. The incumbent is Republican Darin LaHood, who was re-elected unopposed in 2024.[1]

Republican primary

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Declared

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Darin LaHood (R) $824,439 $462,479 $5,883,244
Source: Federal Election Commission[37]

Democratic primary

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Declared

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  • Paul Nolley, nonprofit leader[36]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Solid R February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Solid R March 7, 2025

District 17

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The 17th district is based in north-central Illinois, stretching from Rockford to the Quad Cities metropolitan area to Bloomington, also taking in Peoria. The incumbent is Democrat Eric Sorensen, who was elected with 54.4% of the vote in 2024.[1]

Democratic primary

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Potential

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Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Eric Sorensen (D) $325,775 $116,539 $322,030
Source: Federal Election Commission[38]

Republican primary

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Declared

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  • Dillan Vancil, coffee shop owner[39]

Fundraising

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Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Dillan Vancil (R) $37,166 $21,833 $35,655
Source: Federal Election Commission[38]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[3] Likely D February 6, 2025
Inside Elections[4] Likely D March 7, 2025

References

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