Herbert Hebein
Herbert Hebein (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 8th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 17, 2026.
Biography
Herbert Hebein's career experience includes working as a police officer.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Illinois' 8th Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
General election for U.S. House Illinois District 8
Melissa Bean (D) and Jennifer Davis (R) are running in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 8 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Melissa Bean (D) | |
 | Jennifer Davis (R)  | |
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Democratic primary
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Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 8
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 8 on March 17, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Melissa Bean | 31.8 | 21,301 |
 | Junaid Ahmed | 26.7 | 17,841 | |
 | Dan Tully | 12.7 | 8,481 | |
 | Yasmeen Bankole | 9.6 | 6,407 | |
 | Kevin Morrison | 8.9 | 5,973 | |
 | Neil Khot | 6.7 | 4,516 | |
 | Sanjyot Dunung | 2.5 | 1,664 | |
 | Ryan Vetticad | 1.1 | 750 | |
| Total votes: 66,933 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Christ Kallas (D)
- Joseph Wentzel (D)
Republican primary
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 8
Jennifer Davis (R) defeated Mark Rice (R), Kevin Ake (R), and Herbert Hebein (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 8 on March 17, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jennifer Davis | 51.4 | 14,307 |
 | Mark Rice | 40.3 | 11,197 | |
 | Kevin Ake | 4.5 | 1,239 | |
| Herbert Hebein | 3.8 | 1,067 | ||
| Total votes: 27,810 | |||
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2024
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 35
Incumbent Mary Gill defeated Herbert Hebein in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 35 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mary Gill (D) | 61.9 | 33,275 |
| Herbert Hebein (R) | 38.1 | 20,451 | ||
| Total votes: 53,726 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 35
Incumbent Mary Gill defeated David Dewar in the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 35 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Gill | 84.4 | 13,153 |
 | David Dewar | 15.6 | 2,434 | |
| Total votes: 15,587 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 35
Herbert Hebein advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 35 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Herbert Hebein | 100.0 | 3,657 | |
| Total votes: 3,657 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 35
Incumbent Frances Ann Hurley defeated Herbert Hebein in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 35 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Frances Ann Hurley (D) | 62.0 | 26,112 |
| Herbert Hebein (R) | 38.0 | 15,992 | ||
| Total votes: 42,104 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 35
Incumbent Frances Ann Hurley advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 35 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Frances Ann Hurley | 100.0 | 12,071 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 12,077 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Dewar (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 35
Herbert Hebein advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 35 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Herbert Hebein | 100.0 | 5,813 | |
| Total votes: 5,813 | |||
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2020
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 35
Incumbent Frances Ann Hurley defeated Herbert Hebein in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 35 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Frances Ann Hurley (D) | 64.2 | 37,169 |
| Herbert Hebein (R) | 35.8 | 20,695 | ||
| Total votes: 57,864 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 35
Incumbent Frances Ann Hurley advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 35 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Frances Ann Hurley | 100.0 | 19,330 |
| Total votes: 19,330 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 35
Herbert Hebein advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 35 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Herbert Hebein | 100.0 | 2,234 | |
| Total votes: 2,234 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 35
Incumbent Frances Ann Hurley defeated Herbert Hebein in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 35 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Frances Ann Hurley (D) | 68.8 | 30,511 |
| Herbert Hebein (R) | 31.2 | 13,821 | ||
| Total votes: 44,332 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 35
Incumbent Frances Ann Hurley advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 35 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Frances Ann Hurley | 100.0 | 17,377 |
| Total votes: 17,377 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 35
Herbert Hebein advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 35 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Herbert Hebein | 100.0 | 4,413 | |
| Total votes: 4,413 | |||
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Herbert Hebein did not complete Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Hebein's campaign website stated the following:
Platform
Economy
A healthy economy depends on stable energy, a reliable workforce, and policies that encourage growth rather than restrict it. Rising costs for food, housing, fuel, and utilities have made it harder for families to get ahead.
Economic policy should focus on removing barriers to job creation, supporting domestic energy production, and allowing markets to function without excessive federal interference. Government decisions should be evaluated based on whether they lower costs, increase opportunity, and strengthen long-term economic resilience.
A strong economy is not built through mandates and subsidies, but through predictable rules, responsible spending, and policies that allow businesses and workers to succeed.
Fiscal Responsibility & Taxes
The federal tax system is overly complex and places an unnecessary burden on working families and small businesses. Before raising taxes, the federal government should address waste, inefficiency, and duplication across agencies and programs.Lower and simpler taxes allow individuals to keep more of what they earn and enable businesses to reinvest in growth, wages, and job creation. Tax policy should reward work, savings, and investment—not penalize them.
Fiscal responsibility requires spending discipline, transparency, and accountability. Government should operate within its means, just as families and businesses are expected to do.
Public Safety & Law Enforcement
With nearly 30 years of experience as a police officer, Herb understands the daily realities faced by law enforcement and first responders. Public safety policy should support law enforcement officers who act within the law, while holding individuals accountable for criminal behavior. Violent crime must be addressed through enforcement and prosecution, not policy experimentation.
Protecting communities requires policies that are realistic, enforceable, and rooted in experience—not theory.
Immigration & Border Security
The federal government has a responsibility to enforce immigration laws and secure the nation’s borders. A system that fails to do so undermines the rule of law, strains public resources, and creates safety concerns.
Legal immigration should be encouraged for those who follow the law, contribute to the economy, and seek to become part of American civic life. Policies that discourage enforcement or grant special treatment outside the legal process create incentives for illegal entry and weaken public confidence.
Immigration policy must balance compassion with enforcement, ensuring fairness while maintaining national sovereignty and public safety.
Constitutional Rights
The Constitution establishes a system of limited government and protects individual rights from government overreach. These protections are fundamental to a free society and must be upheld regardless of political pressure or changing political trends.
Core constitutional rights—including freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the Second Amendment—are not privileges granted by government. The right to keep and bear arms is a constitutional protection that should not be eroded through excessive regulation that targets law-abiding citizens rather than criminal behavior.
The separation of powers and federalism exist to prevent the concentration of authority and to preserve accountability. Public officials swear an oath to uphold the Constitution, and federal policy should respect constitutional limits, protect civil liberties, and ensure government remains accountable to the people it serves.
Taxes and Accountability
Illinois homeowners are being squeezed by rising property taxes and a system that often feels impossible to understand or challenge. A case filed in Texas has been presented as having troubling relevance for Illinois, where he alleges a nationwide scheme involving manipulated property appraisals that may violate USPAP standards. The claim is that inflated valuations are used to extract higher property taxes to support school bond debt that is increasingly difficult to sustain, creating a cycle where taxpayers are forced to pay more just to keep the system afloat. In Illinois, this concern is amplified by heavy reliance on property taxes to fund schools and pensions, and by public finance decisions that can be difficult for residents to track or question. The lawsuit also argues these practices raise constitutional concerns, including due process and the fairness of taxing people based on inflated or unrealized value.
As a candidate for Congress, Herb supports greater transparency, stronger auditing, and real accountability so taxpayers can see how valuations are determined and where public dollars are going. He believes homeowners should not be treated as an endless revenue source while insiders are protected by secrecy and legal obstruction. Herb will push for oversight and reforms that restore public trust, protect families from unjustified increases, and ensure government is operating within clear standards and constitutional limits.
Education and Parental Rights
The provided information alleges that Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and other state officials, through the use of emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent policies involving immigration and education, have violated their oaths of office and constitutional limits on government authority. It further alleges that public schools have promoted ideological programming—often described by critics as “woke” ideology—in a way that functions as an official orthodoxy, while limiting parental visibility into curriculum and materials. The text cites McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky and Welsh v. United States to argue that government may not endorse or advance a belief system in a manner comparable to religion. It also references Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education to argue that public education cannot be used as a vehicle for sectarian or ideological instruction through state authority. The information cites Troxel v. Granville in support of parental rights to direct the upbringing of their children, and criticizes legislation such as HB2827as unconstitutional overreach into homeschooling and family decision-making. It further alleges that certain school policies raise concerns about compelled speech, privacy, safety, and fairness, particularly for girls. The text argues that federal constitutional protections and the Supremacy Clause constrain state actions that conflict with those rights and calls for investigations, transparency, and accountability. It also references a draft report attributed to U.N. Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem, titled “Sex-based violence against women and girls: new frontiers and emerging issues,”as part of a broader international debate over women’s rights and safety.
— Herbert Hebein's campaign website (February 20, 2026)
2024
Herbert Hebein did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Herbert Hebein did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Herbert Hebein did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2026 Elections
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