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Forecast · candidate-independent chamber model

Democrats are favored to hold control of the Illinois Senate.

Chance of D control>99 in 100Expected Democratic seats 41.4 of 5980% range 4045
D 4059 seatsR 19
PVID+6
Seats up in 202639
Chamber size59
District by district

59 seats, one per district. Hover a district for its seat; the table below opens with the closest races and carries the exact values.

Rating band
Striped = seat changes partyModeled seats use forecast paint; legal carries and terrain remain explicitly distinct
Forecast margin — pale at Even, deep at safe Not on the 2026 ballot (staggered term)

Census Bureau 2025 1:500,000 cartographic boundaries — simplified geometry for thematic mapping, not legal district lines.

DemocratRepublican
56Modeled D-vs-RRepublican — 58 in 100KEVIN HALL · MARSIA GELDERT-MURPHEYERICA HARRISSR+2.0
33Modeled D-vs-RMICHELE CLARK — 60 in 100MICHELE CLARKJESSICA BREUGELMANS · DANIELLE PENMAND+2.5
24Modeled D-vs-RBENJAMIN "BEN" McADAMS — 63 in 100BENJAMIN "BEN" McADAMSSETH LEWISD+3.4
48Modeled D-vs-RDORIS TURNER — 65 in 100DORIS TURNERFRANK LESKOD+3.8
36Modeled D-vs-RMICHAEL W. HALPIN — 69 in 100MICHAEL W. HALPINBRAD BEEKMAN · PATRICK HARLAND+4.9
32Modeled D-vs-RCRAIG WILCOX — 74 in 100KAREN BATTAGLIACRAIG WILCOXR+6.3
38Modeled D-vs-RSUE REZIN — 78 in 100ERNIE R. MARCELAINSUE REZINR+7.7
41Modeled D-vs-RDemocratic — 79 in 100JOHN CURRAND+7.8
18Modeled D-vs-RFRANCES ANN HURLEY — 81 in 100FRANCES ANN HURLEYCHRISTINE McGOVERND+8.5
26Modeled D-vs-RNABEELA SYED — 82 in 100NABEELA SYEDDARBY HILLSD+9.1
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