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County and municipal contests depend on your exact address — use the address lookup below for the full slate. Every race links to official sources on the Illinois voter hub.
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U.S. House

ZIP 60062 spans District 10 and District 9, so your U.S. House race depends on your street address. Enter a full address to pin down your district, or browse both fields on the Illinois hub.

U.S. Senate
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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Juliana Stratton
DEM
Biography
Stratton is Illinois's Lieutenant Governor and a former state representative who was first elected after defeating a long-serving incumbent, per the campaign site. She says she was motivated to enter public service while caring for her mother through a battle with Alzheimer's and encountering gaps in the healthcare system, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Lower costs and support middle-class families
  • Protect reproductive rights and health care access
  • Invest in violence prevention, jobs, and economic mobility
Key voting record
Served as lieutenant governor during Democratic administrations focused on budgets, equity initiatives, reproductive rights, and state services. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
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Don Tracy
REP
Biography
Don Tracy is Illinois's Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in 2026, a lawyer, business executive, and former chair of the Illinois Republican Party. His campaign emphasizes taxes, public safety, economic competitiveness, government accountability, and offering a Republican alternative in an open Senate race.
Top Priorities
  • Lower taxes and improve Illinois economic competitiveness
  • Strengthen public safety and accountability
  • Offer a Republican alternative for the open Senate seat
Campaign siteFull profile
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Whitfield Harrington Jr
Biography
Whitfield Harrington Jr of Schaumburg is on the State Board of Elections' certified candidate list for U.S. Senate on the American Center Party line.
Top Priorities
  • Lowering the cost of living
  • Expanding Direct Primary Care health care
  • Refortifying national infrastructure
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Governor
3 candidates
Statewide ▾
JB Pritzker portrait
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JB Pritzker
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Pritzker is Illinois's governor and was previously an entrepreneur and business leader who oversaw operations with 10,000 employees and helped launch a non-profit business incubator that supported the creation of more than 14,500 jobs, per the campaign site. He lost both parents at a young age, an experience he says motivated him toward public service, per the campaign site. He is running with Christian Mitchell as his candidate for lieutenant governor, per the Illinois State Board of Elections' certified 2026 general election candidate list.
Top Priorities
  • Make Illinois more affordable and grow jobs
  • Protect reproductive rights and civil rights
  • Invest in infrastructure, health care, and education
Campaign siteFull profile
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Darren Bailey
REP
Biography
Darren Bailey is the Republican nominee for Illinois governor, a former state senator, farmer, and the GOP's 2022 nominee for governor. His campaign emphasizes lower taxes, public safety, parental rights, agriculture, and a rematch against JB Pritzker. He is running with Aaron B. Del Mar as his candidate for lieutenant governor, per the Illinois State Board of Elections' certified 2026 general election candidate list.
Top Priorities
  • Lower taxes and reduce regulation
  • Strengthen public safety
  • Support parental rights, schools, and rural Illinois
Campaign siteFull profile
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Collin Corbett
Biography
Collin Corbett of Palatine is a certified independent candidate for governor with running mate Carolyn Schofield, a former McHenry County Board member; Corbett is a former Republican campaign consultant and founder of Cor Strategies, per Capitol News Illinois and NPR Illinois. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Favoring pragmatic, mainstream solutions over what he calls the politics of no
  • Building a long-term independent political movement working with collaborators across party lines
Per The Illinoize.
Full profile
Attorney General
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
Kwame Raoul portrait
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Kwame Raoul
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Kwame Raoul is Illinois's incumbent attorney general and the Democratic nominee for re-election. His office has emphasized consumer protection, civil rights, gun safety litigation, reproductive rights, workers' rights, and multistate legal actions.
Top Priorities
  • Protect consumers, workers, and civil rights
  • Pursue public-safety and gun-safety litigation
  • Defend reproductive rights and state legal interests
Campaign siteFull profile
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Bob Fioretti
REP
Biography
Bob Fioretti is the Republican nominee for Illinois attorney general and a former Chicago alderman. His campaign emphasizes public safety, government accountability, litigation priorities, and a Republican alternative to Democratic control of statewide legal offices.
Top Priorities
  • Strengthen public safety and prosecution priorities
  • Increase government accountability
  • Offer Republican legal leadership statewide
Campaign siteFull profile
Secretary of State
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Alexi Giannoulias
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Alexi Giannoulias is Illinois's incumbent secretary of state and the Democratic nominee for re-election. His office manages driver services, libraries, business filings, state records, organ-donor registration, and technology modernization.
Top Priorities
  • Modernize driver and business services
  • Improve libraries and public records access
  • Strengthen customer service and technology systems
Campaign siteFull profile
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Diane Harris
REP
Biography
Diane Harris is the Republican nominee for Illinois secretary of state and a Joliet Junior College trustee. Her campaign emphasizes customer service, election-adjacent administrative services, business filings, and a Republican alternative for a large statewide office.
Top Priorities
  • Improve customer service
  • Modernize administrative services
  • Offer Republican oversight of the office
Campaign siteFull profile
Treasurer
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Mike Frerichs
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Frerichs is the incumbent Illinois State Treasurer, first sworn in in 2015, and previously served as an Illinois state senator, Champaign County Auditor and Champaign County Board member, per the campaign site. A Yale University graduate, he grew up in Gifford, Illinois, the son of a truck driver and a university secretary, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Manage state investments and cash responsibly
  • Return unclaimed property to residents
  • Support college savings and financial education
Campaign siteFull profile
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Max Solomon
REP
Biography
Max Solomon is the Republican nominee listed for Illinois state treasurer. His candidacy gives Republican voters a statewide alternative in the office responsible for state investments, public cash management, and treasury services. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Offer Republican oversight of state treasury work
  • Emphasize fiscal accountability
  • Challenge Democratic control of statewide finance offices
Full profile
Comptroller
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Margaret Croke
DEM
Biography
Margaret Croke is running for Illinois Comptroller. She has served five years in the Illinois House of Representatives, where she chairs the Financial Institutions committee, per her campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Improve bill-payment transparency
  • Strengthen state financial reporting
  • Use legislative experience in fiscal oversight
Key voting record
Used her legislative role to participate in budget, economic-development, and state-service debates. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
Bryan Drew portrait
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Bryan Drew
REP
Biography
Bryan Drew is the Republican nominee for Illinois comptroller and an attorney. His candidacy offers a Republican alternative for the office that manages state payments, fiscal reporting, and public financial transparency.
Top Priorities
  • Increase fiscal transparency
  • Improve state payment accountability
  • Offer Republican oversight of state finances
Campaign siteFull profile
Illinois Judicial Retention
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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James A. Knecht
INCUMBENT
Biography
Judge Knecht was first elected to the Fourth District Appellate Court in 1986, and was most recently retained in 2016 for a term running through December 6, 2026; before the Appellate Court he was a circuit judge from 1978 and an associate circuit judge from 1975, and began his legal career as a law clerk to an Illinois Supreme Court justice. He holds a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law, per the Office of the Illinois Courts' official biography.
Full profile
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John B. Barberis Jr.
INCUMBENT
Biography
Judge Barberis was elected to the Fifth District Appellate Court on November 8, 2016, to a 10-year term, filling the vacancy created by Judge Bruce Stewart's retirement; before that he was elected a Madison County circuit judge in 2014, after 18 years in private practice. He holds a J.D. from St. Louis University School of Law and a B.S. from Illinois State University, per the Office of the Illinois Courts' official biography.
Full profile
About this race
Retention vote: each judge appears alone with a yes-or-no question on keeping the seat. 129 more district or county retention judges depend on your address: see /judges/illinois.

Countywide races in Cook County

ZIP 60062 sits in Cook County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Cook County races (135).

Cook County Board President
2 candidates
County ▾
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Toni Preckwinkle
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Preckwinkle has served as Cook County Board President since 2010, the first African American woman elected to lead the county, per the campaign site. Preckwinkle's role has included oversight of the county's public health and hospital systems, criminal justice system, and forest preserve district, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Expanding access to healthcare for county residents
  • Bringing increased fairness to the criminal justice system
  • Championing a regional economic development strategy and youth employment opportunities
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Michael Murphy
Biography
Michael Murphy is an IT professional and Chicago resident running for Cook County Board President, per the campaign site. He describes himself as a grassroots candidate rather than a career politician, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Cap the effective property tax rate at 1% of a home's purchase price, per the campaign site
  • Focus on transit reform, housing accessibility and food security, per FOX 32 Chicago
  • Support safer communities and accountable government, per the campaign site
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
On Cook County's November 3, 2026 general election ballot, per the Cook County Clerk's official candidate filing list.
Cook County Assessor
2 candidates
County ▾
Pat Hynes portrait
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Pat Hynes
DEM
Biography
Pat Hynes is the Lyons Township Assessor with more than 30 years of property tax experience; he won the Democratic nomination by defeating the sitting assessor in the March 17, 2026 primary, per WTTW's voter guide and Chicago election coverage.
Top Priorities
  • Fix outdated and error-filled assessment data
  • Expand field inspectors and staff training
  • A county Department of Economic Development
Campaign siteFull profile
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Nico Tsatsoulis
Biography
Tsatsoulis has worked in finance, retail, wholesale, and real estate, and holds an MBA in finance from the University of Chicago, per the campaign site. Tsatsoulis currently manages a residential building in Chicago, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Cap property taxes at 1% of a property's purchase value
  • Replace subjective computer-based valuations with actual sales values for assessments
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
On Cook County's November 3, 2026 general election ballot, per the Cook County Clerk's official candidate filing list. Open seat: the Democratic nomination was decided in the March 17 primary, where the sitting assessor was defeated.
Cook County Clerk
1 candidate
County ▾
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Monica Gordon
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Monica Gordon is the sitting Cook County Clerk, per the county's official rosters. She is the Democratic nominee for reelection on the November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
On Cook County's November 3, 2026 general election ballot, per the Cook County Clerk's official candidate filing list. One candidate appears on the Clerk's list for this office; in Illinois, candidates appear on the ballot even when unopposed.
Cook County Sheriff
2 candidates
County ▾
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Thomas J. Dart
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Thomas J. Dart is the sitting Cook County Sheriff, per the county's official rosters. He is the Democratic nominee for reelection on the November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
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Brad Sandefur
Biography
Sandefur has served in the Cook County Sheriff's Office since 1990, more than 30 years, in roles including correctional officer, police officer, tactical officer, investigator, academy instructor, and shift commander, per the campaign site. Sandefur is a former U.S. Marine and holds a master's degree in criminal justice with a forensic psychology focus, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Modify the SAFE-T Act and pretrial policy to strengthen public-safety safeguards for repeat offenders
  • Expand mental health and addiction diversion programs as alternatives to incarceration
  • Strengthen deputy training and operational readiness
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
On Cook County's November 3, 2026 general election ballot, per the Cook County Clerk's official candidate filing list.
Cook County Treasurer
1 candidate
County ▾
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Maria Pappas
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Maria Pappas is the sitting Cook County Treasurer, having served since 1998 and been elected to a seventh term in 2022, per the county Treasurer's office and her campaign site. She previously served eight years as a Cook County Commissioner and holds a law degree from I.I.T. Chicago-Kent College of Law, per her campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
On Cook County's November 3, 2026 general election ballot, per the Cook County Clerk's official candidate filing list. One candidate appears on the Clerk's list for this office; in Illinois, candidates appear on the ballot even when unopposed.
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner (Six Year Term)
6 candidates
County ▾
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Precious Brady-Davis
DEM
Biography
Brady-Davis is a social justice advocate and communications professional who currently serves as a Commissioner at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and as Chief Strategy Officer at the Center on Halsted, per the campaign site. Brady-Davis previously spent nearly seven years with the Sierra Club and served as youth outreach coordinator managing HIV prevention and LGBT leadership programs at the Center on Halsted, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Stop leasing MWRD land to polluters and protect South and West Side neighborhoods from flooding
  • Expand green infrastructure and stormwater management, including completing the McCook Reservoir's Stage II
  • Cut greenhouse gas emissions through infrastructure upgrades and renewable energy
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Eira Lizeth Corral Sepulveda
DEM
Biography
Eira Lizeth Corral Sepulveda appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner (Six Year Term), per the county elections office's certified candidate list.
Top Priorities
  • Manage wastewater and stormwater treatment efficiently and equitably
  • Increase investment in green infrastructure to protect residents from climate-related flooding
  • Prioritize equitable community engagement in MWRD projects
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Beth McElroy Kirkwood
DEM
Biography
Kirkwood brings more than a decade of experience in municipal operations, education, and community leadership and was appointed to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District board by Governor JB Pritzker in December 2024, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Preserve green space and align local land-use decisions with long-term environmental stewardship
  • Bring equity, access and clear communication to MWRD governance
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
MP
Michelle Pennington
REP
Biography
Michelle Pennington appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner (Six Year Term), per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Review the MWRD budget for waste and work to lower property tax bills
  • Combine environmental protection with fiscal responsibility
Per the Patch (Glenview).
Full profile
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Timothy E. Rueckert
REP
Biography
Timothy E. Rueckert appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner (Six Year Term), per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
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Jill B. Shestokas
REP
Biography
Jill B. Shestokas appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner (Six Year Term), per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
On Cook County's November 3, 2026 general election ballot, per the Cook County Clerk's official candidate filing list. Voters choose up to three; the top three are elected districtwide.
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner (Two Year Term)
1 candidate
County ▾
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Cameron "Cam" Davis
DEM
Biography
Cameron "Cam" Davis appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner (Two Year Term), per the county elections office's certified candidate list.
Top Priorities
  • Shift the cost of pollution cleanup from taxpayers to polluters through 'polluter pays' mechanisms
  • Bring 'flood justice' to disadvantaged communities hit hardest by climate change
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
On Cook County's November 3, 2026 general election ballot, per the Cook County Clerk's official candidate filing list. One candidate appears on the Clerk's list for this office; in Illinois, candidates appear on the ballot even when unopposed.
Illinois Appellate Court, First District, Vacancy of Hon. Hoffman
1 candidate
County ▾
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Judith C. Rice
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Judith C. Rice is a Cook County Circuit Judge who has served since 2021 as presiding judge of the circuit court's domestic violence division, per Injustice Watch. She is running for the First District Illinois Appellate Court vacancy left by Hon. Hoffman, per Injustice Watch. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Judith C. Rice is on the November 3, 2026 ballot to fill a vacancy on the Illinois Appellate Court, First District (the seat vacated by the Hon. Hoffman). The First Appellate District is coextensive with Cook County. Illinois circuit and appellate judgeships are decided in contested partisan elections, unlike judicial retention questions. Listed from the Illinois State Board of Elections' certified 2026 general election candidate list.
Circuit Court, Cook County, Vacancy of Hon. Burke
1 candidate
County ▾
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Steven Q. McKenzie
DEM
Biography
Steven Q. McKenzie is a public-interest lawyer running for Cook County Circuit Court judge, per his campaign website. He is endorsed by the Cook County Democratic Party and has received multiple bar association ratings, per the same source.
Campaign siteFull profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Steven Q. McKenzie is on the November 3, 2026 ballot to fill a countywide vacancy on the Circuit Court of Cook County (the seat vacated by the Hon. Burke). This seat is elected countywide, outside Cook's judicial subcircuits. Illinois circuit judgeships are decided in contested partisan elections, unlike judicial retention questions. Listed from the Illinois State Board of Elections' certified 2026 general election candidate list.
Circuit Court, Cook County, Vacancy of Hon. Cobbs
1 candidate
County ▾
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Luz Maria Toledo
DEM
Biography
No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Luz Maria Toledo is on the November 3, 2026 ballot to fill a countywide vacancy on the Circuit Court of Cook County (the seat vacated by the Hon. Cobbs). This seat is elected countywide, outside Cook's judicial subcircuits. Illinois circuit judgeships are decided in contested partisan elections, unlike judicial retention questions. Listed from the Illinois State Board of Elections' certified 2026 general election candidate list.
Circuit Court, Cook County, Vacancy of Hon. Coghlan
1 candidate
County ▾
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Ashonta C. Rice
DEM
Biography
Ashonta C. Rice is a founding partner of a family law and estate planning practice, per her campaign website. She has practiced law for twenty years, representing clients in domestic relations, child protection and DCFS administrative hearings, per the same source.
Campaign siteFull profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Ashonta C. Rice is on the November 3, 2026 ballot to fill a countywide vacancy on the Circuit Court of Cook County (the seat vacated by the Hon. Coghlan). This seat is elected countywide, outside Cook's judicial subcircuits. Illinois circuit judgeships are decided in contested partisan elections, unlike judicial retention questions. Listed from the Illinois State Board of Elections' certified 2026 general election candidate list.
Circuit Court, Cook County, Vacancy of Hon. Hooks
1 candidate
County ▾
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Ava George Stewart
DEM
Biography
Ava George Stewart is a candidate for Cook County judge whose career has focused on advocacy, education and expanding access to justice in Illinois, per her campaign website. She has been rated Highly Recommended, Qualified or Recommended by every reviewing bar association, per the same source.
Campaign siteFull profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Ava George Stewart is on the November 3, 2026 ballot to fill a countywide vacancy on the Circuit Court of Cook County (the seat vacated by the Hon. Hooks). This seat is elected countywide, outside Cook's judicial subcircuits. Illinois circuit judgeships are decided in contested partisan elections, unlike judicial retention questions. Listed from the Illinois State Board of Elections' certified 2026 general election candidate list.
Circuit Court, Cook County, Vacancy of Hon. Karkula
1 candidate
County ▾
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D'Anthony "Tony" Thedford
DEM
Biography
D'Anthony "Tony" Thedford is a candidate for Cook County circuit judge; a testimonial on his campaign site describes him as having extensive legal experience in both criminal and civil litigation. No further bio was found as of September 25, 2026.
Campaign siteFull profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
D'Anthony "Tony" Thedford is on the November 3, 2026 ballot to fill a countywide vacancy on the Circuit Court of Cook County (the seat vacated by the Hon. Karkula). This seat is elected countywide, outside Cook's judicial subcircuits. Illinois circuit judgeships are decided in contested partisan elections, unlike judicial retention questions. Listed from the Illinois State Board of Elections' certified 2026 general election candidate list.
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