U.S. House — IL-02 · Illinois · 2026
General election · 3 on the November ballot · Open seat (no incumbent)
Model rating Leans Democratic (Anchored) on our experimental model — not a poll or a forecast.
No polls on file for this race. Model inputs: 3 of 7, updated today. Sources · What is validated
News attention — — how much coverage the race gets, not who is winning. First run pending. How it works
On the November ballot (1)
From reported primary results, checked 2026-09-30. Each state certifies its own ballot; see the source below.
Ran in the primary (7)
Lost a primary or runoff for this seat — not on the November ballot.
Other filers (1)
Registered with the FEC or listed in public records, but not on the November ballot as far as the results show.
Ballot source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Illinois&oldid=1377574535
Latest verified field polling
Only checksummed releases from verified (Tier V) pollsters appear here.
No verified poll has been published for this race. Vector, our experimental model rating, is below — it is not a poll.
Polling average
No polls on file for this race yet. See latest polls across every race.
Campaign money (FEC)
Candidate committee totals for the cycle from the Federal Election Commission (public domain), as of each committee's latest report.
| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adal Regis | $71,090 | $58,254 | $807 | 2025-12-31 |
| Calvin Coleman | $7,994 | $7,994 | $0 | 2025-09-23 |
| Donna Miller | $2,452,894 | $2,412,349 | $40,546 | 2026-06-30 |
| Eric France | $22,080 | $22,299 | $-219 | 2026-02-25 |
| Jesse L. Jackson Jr. | $366,890 | $364,265 | $2,625 | 2026-06-30 |
| Patrick John Keating | $14,731 | $14,731 | $0 | 2026-05-18 |
| Robert James Peters | $1,324,472 | $1,316,098 | $8,374 | 2026-06-30 |
| Willie Junior Preston | $146,131 | $144,724 | $1,407 | 2026-03-31 |
| Yumeka S Brown | $118,264 | $113,787 | $4,477 | 2026-06-30 |
Results
Vote counts as reported by the state; transcribed from the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites the state's official results.
Democratic primary
| Donna Miller won | 34,034 | 40.4% |
| Jesse Jackson Jr. | 24,321 | 28.9% |
| Robert Peters | 10,490 | 12.4% |
| Yumeka Brown | 8,534 | 10.1% |
| Willie Preston | 2,463 | 2.9% |
| Patrick Keating | 1,093 | 1.3% |
| Toni Brown | 979 | 1.2% |
| Sidney Moore | 860 | 1.0% |
| Eric France | 837 | 1.0% |
| Adal Regis | 685 | 0.8% |
Republican primary
| Michael Noack won | 20,598 | 100.0% |
Source: Wikipedia article revision (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-09-30 · parser wiki-race-1.0.0
Key dates
Official federal election dates for this state from the FEC. Registration deadlines and early voting: see the state election office.
- 2026-03-17 — Primary election: U.S. House
- 2026-11-03 — General election: U.S. House
Source: FEC election dates (public domain).
Primary and hypothetical polls (2)
Kept on file, never averaged into this race. Polls listed on the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), each linked to the pollster's own release.
- Democratic primary · Global Strategy Group (partisan) · 2025-12-01–2025-12-03 · n=400 · Jesse Jackson Jr. (D) 24%, Donna Miller (D) 9%, Yumeka Brown (D) 9%, Willie Preston (D) 6%, Robert Peters (D) 5% · release
- Democratic primary · Lester & Associates (partisan) · 2025-07-21–2025-07-24 · n=500 · Jesse Jackson Jr. (D) 21%, Yumeka Brown (D) 11%, Donna Miller (D) 10%, Robert Peters (D) 4%, Willie Preston (D) 3% · release
Signals (experimental)
Attention — Vector D · Anchored
Vugol Me Attention (attention intensity)
Attention intensity index 0–100 · not a poll · normalized nightly
Signals for this race are being collected. The first Attention score lands after the nightly run reaches it; nothing is estimated in the meantime.
Vugol Me Vector (experimental)
Directional rating without probability · experimental · model confidence: medium
Daily precision telemetry
Per-source daily series, CSV export and Vector inputs · paid plans
Sources
- Roster — official filings; fundraising from FEC datapoints where on file (https://api.open.fec.gov/).
- Attention inputs — Wikipedia pageviews (https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/) and GDELT news volume and tone (https://www.gdeltproject.org/).
- Polls and results — individual polls and primary results listed on the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), each poll linked to the pollster's release; money and election dates from the FEC (public domain). How rows are checked.
- Models pulse-1.0.0 · vector-1.1.0 · methodology · license CC BY 4.0 (data license).
Band: D · Anchored (experimental). Have a say in the community poll; it is open to signed-in voters and never feeds these numbers.