Illinois U.S. Senate S-IL-2026 · Class 2 · Regular cycle

Open in research → Editorial as of Apr 22 · FEC through Mar 31
General 2026-11-03
R Primary 2026-03-17 (held)
Filing Deadline 2025-11-03 (held)
Cook Political Report
Solid D
As of date pending
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe D
As of date pending
Polymarket
R 6¢
D 94¢
Refreshed today
D+6
Cook PVI
Incumbent
Dick Durbin
Democrat · Retiring
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Durbin announced retirement April 23, 2025. Stratton (Lt. Gov.) won Democratic primary March 17, 2026, defeating Krishnamoorthi, Robin Kelly, and others. Tracy won Republican primary. D+6 PVI.

Top contenders

Don Tracy
Republican
● Candidate

Republican candidate for the Illinois U.S. Senate seat.

FEC Receipts — Cycle Total
$2,327,334
Through Mar 31, 2026
Source: FEC bulk data · api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/S6IL00615/
12-wk spend
Jeannie Evans
Republican
● Filed with FEC

Federally registered candidate for the Illinois U.S. Senate seat. No editorial profile available.

FEC Receipts — Cycle Total
$1,280,369
Through Mar 31, 2026
Source: FEC bulk data · api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/S6IL00672/
Juliana Stratton
Democrat
● Candidate

Democrat candidate for the Illinois U.S. Senate seat.

FEC Receipts — Cycle Total
$4,791,273
Through Mar 31, 2026
Source: FEC bulk data · api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/S6IL00458/
12-wk spend

Republicans

Don Tracy
Republican
● Candidate

Republican candidate for the Illinois U.S. Senate seat.

FEC Receipts — Cycle Total
$2,327,334
Through Mar 31, 2026
Source: FEC bulk data · api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/S6IL00615/
12-wk spend
Jeannie Evans
Republican
● Filed with FEC

Federally registered candidate for the Illinois U.S. Senate seat. No editorial profile available.

FEC Receipts — Cycle Total
$1,280,369
Through Mar 31, 2026
Source: FEC bulk data · api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/S6IL00672/

Democrats

Richard J. Durbin
Democrat
● Filed with FEC

Federally registered candidate for the Illinois U.S. Senate seat. No editorial profile available.

FEC Receipts — Cycle Total
$79,858
Through Mar 31, 2026
Source: FEC bulk data · api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/S6IL00151/
Juliana Stratton
Democrat
● Candidate

Democrat candidate for the Illinois U.S. Senate seat.

FEC Receipts — Cycle Total
$4,791,273
Through Mar 31, 2026
Source: FEC bulk data · api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/S6IL00458/
12-wk spend
S Krishnamoorthi
Democrat
● Filed with FEC

Federally registered candidate for the Illinois U.S. Senate seat. No editorial profile available.

FEC Receipts — Cycle Total
$31,390,859
Through Mar 31, 2026
Source: FEC bulk data · api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/S6IL00482/
12-wk spend
Robin Kelly
Democrat
● Filed with FEC

Federally registered candidate for the Illinois U.S. Senate seat. No editorial profile available.

FEC Receipts — Cycle Total
$3,466,396
Through Mar 31, 2026
Source: FEC bulk data · api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/S6IL00474/

26 additional FEC filers excluded as long-tail (no editorial listing, not the seat incumbent, and under $1M raised). They remain in the database and can be surfaced via the FEC API directly.