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Who is on the ballot in 60421?

Will County, IL

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

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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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60421 sample ballot preview: statewide, congressional and Will County races

U.S. House

ZIP 60421 spans District 14 and District 1, 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 ▾
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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 ▾
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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
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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 Will County

ZIP 60421 sits in Will County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Will County races (37).

Will County Clerk
2 candidates
County ▾
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Annette Parker
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Is the sitting Will County Clerk, previously served on the Will County Board representing District 5 since 2014, and was formerly executive director of the Lockport Chamber of Commerce, per Will County Clerk's office. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Annette Parker.
Full profile
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Michelle Stiff
DEM
Biography
Is president of the Joliet Township High School District 204 Board of Education and previously ran against Annette Parker for County Clerk in 2024, per Shaw Local. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Michelle Stiff.
Full profile
About this race
Certified November 3, 2026 general election candidate list, per the Will County Clerk (updated 5/14/2026).
Will County Sheriff
2 candidates
County ▾
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James "Jim" Reilly
REP
Biography
James "Jim" Reilly is a Will County Sheriff's Police Deputy with more than 22 years of law enforcement experience, including eight years with the Joliet Police Department in patrol, K-9 operations and narcotics work, per his campaign site. He holds a Ph.D. in criminal justice and teaches at the University of St. Francis.
Top Priorities
  • Expanding community policing efforts throughout Will County
  • Restoring trust in the Sheriff's Office through community policing expertise
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Patrick Jones
DEM
Biography
Jones is a sergeant with the Will County Sheriff's Office who joined as a correctional officer in 2001 and later served as a patrol deputy and crime scene investigator, per the campaign site. He is a certified SWAT tactical operator and Crisis Negotiation Team member and has received multiple department commendations, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Strengthening partnerships between the Sheriff's Office and residents, per the campaign site
  • Expanding rehabilitation and job-training programs at the Will County Adult Detention Facility, per the campaign site
  • Enhanced mental health support for deputies, per Shaw Local
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Certified November 3, 2026 general election candidate list, per the Will County Clerk. Sitting Sheriff Mike Kelley is not a candidate on the certified list, per the Will County Sheriff's Office.
Will County Treasurer
2 candidates
County ▾
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Carmen Maurella III
REP
Biography
Carmen Maurella III is the Homer Township Assessor and a Certified Illinois Assessing Officer who also owns an accounting and tax business, per his campaign site. He has taught accounting and economics at Lewis University and the College of DuPage.
Top Priorities
  • Promoting economic growth and fiscal responsibility
  • Financial literacy education for the community
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Tim Brophy
DEM
Biography
Tim Brophy is seeking reelection as Will County Treasurer. He spent his career in banking and real estate lending, owning a mortgage company and holding an Illinois Managing Broker Real Estate license, per his campaign site. He earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 1992 and served four terms as an elected Joliet City Councilman from 1995 to 2011, per his campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Certified November 3, 2026 general election candidate list, per the Will County Clerk. Carmen Maurella III led the March 17 Republican primary over Raj Pillai, 64 percent to 36 percent, per Shaw Local.
Will County Regional Superintendent of Schools
2 candidates
County ▾
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Elizabeth Caparelli-Ruff
REP
Biography
Elizabeth Caparelli-Ruff is the incumbent Will County Regional Superintendent of Schools, first elected to the office in 2022, per Shaw Local. No campaign website was found for her as of September 8, 2026.
Full profile
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Theresa Rouse
DEM
Biography
Rouse has 16 years of experience as a school superintendent, 10 of them in Illinois, along with prior classroom teaching, school administration, and county office service, per the campaign site. Rouse is running for Will County Regional Superintendent on a vision of the office as a steady bridge between state rules and local districts, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Serving as a bridge between state regulations and local school districts
  • Strengthening support for smaller districts through shared-service models
  • Promoting whole-child learning combining academics with social-emotional wellness
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Certified November 3, 2026 general election candidate list, per the Will County Clerk. Both candidates were unopposed in their March 17 party primaries, per Shaw Local.
East Joliet Sanitary District Trustee
1 candidate
County ▾
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Samantha Mitchell
Biography
Samantha Mitchell appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for East Joliet Sanitary District Trustee, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Samantha Mitchell.
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
Certified November 3, 2026 general election candidate list, per the Will County Clerk. Samantha Mitchell is unopposed.
Judge of the Appellate Court, Third Judicial District
2 candidates
County ▾
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Margaret "Peggy" O'Connell
DEM
Biography
Margaret "Peggy" O'Connell is a DuPage County Circuit Judge serving as presiding judge of the felony division. She was previously an Assistant State's Attorney and Assistant Attorney General in DuPage County, per the Illinois State Bar Association's judicial evaluations. She received the ISBA's Recommended rating.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Jason A. Helland
REP
Biography
Jason A. Helland was elected Grundy County State's Attorney in 2012 and has worked as a professor at the University of St. Francis and as an assistant state's attorney in Kankakee County, per the Illinois State Bar Association's judicial evaluations. He received the ISBA's Recommended rating. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Jason A. Helland.
Full profile
About this race
To fill the vacancy of the Hon. Mary W. McDade, per the Illinois State Board of Elections' certified general election list for Will County.
Circuit Court, 12th Judicial Circuit, 1st Subcircuit, Vacancy of Hon. Carlson
2 candidates
County ▾
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Amy Christiansen
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Amy Christiansen was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2024 to fill this Twelfth Circuit First Subcircuit vacancy, created by Judge David Carlson's retirement, per the Office of the Illinois Courts. She previously served as an Assistant Public Defender in the Will County Public Defender's Office since 2005. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Amy Christiansen.
Full profile
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JohnPaul Ivec
REP
Biography
Ivec has more than 30 years of courtroom experience, including service as a prosecutor with the Will County State's Attorney's Office and as a clerk with the Illinois State Appellate Public Defender, per the campaign site. Ivec holds a law degree from the University of Michigan and studied comparative criminal procedure at Oxford University, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • A fair, impartial and accessible judiciary
  • Keeping the community safe by holding criminals accountable
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Amy Christiansen and JohnPaul Ivec are on the November 3, 2026 ballot to fill a vacancy in the 1st Subcircuit of the 12th Judicial Circuit (the seat vacated by the Hon. Carlson). The 12th Judicial Circuit covers Will County, but this subcircuit seat is elected only by voters inside its own subcircuit boundaries (this county list cannot narrow which part; check your sample ballot or county clerk). Listed from the Illinois State Board of Elections' certified 2026 general election candidate list.
Circuit Court, 12th Judicial Circuit, 3rd Subcircuit, Vacancy of Hon. Anderson
1 candidate
County ▾
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Sonni Choi Williams
DEM
Biography
Sonni Choi Williams was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court in February 2025 to this Twelfth Circuit Third Subcircuit vacancy left by Judge John C. Anderson, becoming the first Asian-American to serve on the Will County Circuit Court, per the Illinois State Bar Association. She previously served as Lockport city attorney for nearly eight years and as a past president of the ISBA.
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
Sonni Choi Williams is on the November 3, 2026 ballot to fill a vacancy in the 3rd Subcircuit of the 12th Judicial Circuit (the seat vacated by the Hon. Anderson). The 12th Judicial Circuit covers Will County, but this subcircuit seat is elected only by voters inside its own subcircuit boundaries (this county list cannot narrow which part; check your sample ballot or county clerk). Listed from the Illinois State Board of Elections' certified 2026 general election candidate list.
Circuit Court, 12th Judicial Circuit, 5th Subcircuit, Vacancy of Hon. Petrungaro
1 candidate
County ▾
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Erin O'Brien
REP
Biography
O'Brien is an attorney and small business owner who opened a Joliet family law practice in 2008, handling divorce, child support, and custody cases and conducting more than 700 court-appointed and voluntary mediations, per the campaign site. O'Brien previously handled personal injury and criminal defense cases in Will County and has served as past president of the Will County Bar Association, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Keeping politics out of the courtroom and following the law impartially
  • Making the judicial system more efficient
  • Holding offenders accountable
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
Erin O'Brien is on the November 3, 2026 ballot to fill a vacancy in the 5th Subcircuit of the 12th Judicial Circuit (the seat vacated by the Hon. Petrungaro). The 12th Judicial Circuit covers Will County, but this subcircuit seat is elected only by voters inside its own subcircuit boundaries (this county list cannot narrow which part; check your sample ballot or county clerk). Listed from the Illinois State Board of Elections' certified 2026 general election candidate list.
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