Doug Bennett (Illinois)
Doug Bennett (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Illinois. He will not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on March 17, 2026.
Elections
2026
See also: United States Senate election in Illinois, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on March 17, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. Additional general election candidates will be added here following the primary.
General election for U.S. Senate Illinois
Austin Mink, Tyrone Muhammad, and Anthony Smith are running in the general election for U.S. Senate Illinois on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Austin Mink (Independent)  | |
 | Tyrone Muhammad (Independent) | |
| Anthony Smith (Independent) | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Illinois
The following candidates are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Illinois on March 17, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Steve Botsford Jr. | |
 | Sean Brown | |
 | Awisi Bustos | |
 | Jonathan Dean | |
 | Robin Kelly | |
 | Raja Krishnamoorthi | |
| Bryan Maxwell | ||
 | Kevin Ryan | |
 | Juliana Stratton | |
 | Christopher Swann | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Stanley Leavell (D)
- Robert Palmer (D)
- Jump Shepherd (D)
- Anthony Williams (D)
- Adair Rodriquez (D)
- Dick Durbin (D)
- Adam Delgado (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Illinois
The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Illinois on March 17, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | R. Cary Capparelli | |
 | Casey Chlebek | |
| CaSándra Claiborne | ||
 | Jeannie Evans | |
 | Pamela Denise Long | |
 | Jimmy Lee Tillman II | |
| Don Tracy | ||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Lloyd Jones (R)
- Panagioti Bartzis (R)
- John Goodman (R)
- Doug Bennett (R)
- Januario Ortega (R)
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Illinois District 10
Incumbent Brad Schneider defeated Doug Bennett in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brad Schneider (D) | 65.4 | 151,860 |
 | Doug Bennett (R) | 34.6 | 80,361 | |
| Total votes: 232,221 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10
Incumbent Brad Schneider advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brad Schneider | 100.0 | 58,195 |
| Total votes: 58,195 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10
Doug Bennett defeated Jeremy Wynes and Sapan Shah in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Doug Bennett | 36.2 | 11,026 |
| Jeremy Wynes | 34.7 | 10,556 | ||
 | Sapan Shah | 29.1 | 8,841 | |
| Total votes: 30,423 | |||
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Doug Bennett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey.
Recent news
See also
2026 Elections
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Footnotes
