Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2026

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Illinois' 10th Congressional District
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Election details
Filing deadline: November 3, 2025
Primary: March 17, 2026 General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Illinois
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
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All U.S. House districts, including the 10th Congressional District of Illinois, are holding elections in 2026. The general election is November 3, 2026. The primary is March 17, 2026. The filing deadline was November 3, 2025. For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

• Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2026 (March 17 Democratic primary)
• Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2026 (March 17 Republican primary)

Candidates and election results

General election

The primary will occur on March 17, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Austin Mink (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Incumbent Brad Schneider, Morgan Coghill, John Minarcik, and Thomas Rudd are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on March 17, 2026.

		Candidate
		Brad Schneider
		Morgan Coghill
	Submit photo	John Minarcik
	Submit photo	Thomas Rudd

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Carl Lambrecht is running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on March 17, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Carl Lambrecht

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Candidate profiles

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Illinois

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Brad Schneider	Democratic Party	$1,587,465	$1,048,677	$1,510,214	As of September 30, 2025
Morgan Coghill	Democratic Party	$33,732	$28,105	$5,627	As of September 30, 2025
John Minarcik	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Thomas Rudd	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Carl Lambrecht	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Alexandria Keating-Sofiakis	Green Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.

Race ratings: Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2026
Race tracker	Race ratings
	11/4/2025	10/28/2025	10/21/2025	10/14/2025
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Pending	Pending	Pending	Pending
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Illinois in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Illinois, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Illinois	U.S. House	Established parties	Not less than .5% (.005) of the qualified primary electors of their party in the congressional district	N/A	11/3/2025	Source
Illinois	U.S. House	Independents	Not less than 5% nor more than 8% (or 50 more than the minimum, whichever is greater) of the total number of persons who voted at the last regular general election within the congressional district.	N/A	5/26/2026	Source

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.

2024

See also: Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2024

Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)

Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Incumbent Brad Schneider defeated Jim Carris and Joseph Severino in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Schneider (D)	59.9	196,358
		Jim Carris (R)	40.0	131,025
		Joseph Severino (Independent) (Write-in)	0.1	238

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 327,621
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Austin Mink (Independent)

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 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Schneider	100.0	37,538

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 37,538
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Christopher Anderson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Jim Carris advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Carris	100.0	19,771

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 19,771
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2022

See also: Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Incumbent Brad Schneider defeated Joseph Severino in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Schneider (D)	63.0	152,566
		Joseph Severino (R)	37.0	89,599

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 242,165
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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 June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Schneider	100.0	52,624

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 52,624
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kim Nowak (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Joseph Severino advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joseph Severino	100.0	33,708

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,708
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2020

See also: Illinois' 10th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Incumbent Brad Schneider defeated Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee, Joseph Kopsick, and David Rych in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Schneider (D)	63.9	202,402
		Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee (R)	36.1	114,442
		Joseph Kopsick (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	18
	Submit photo	David Rych (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	12

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 316,874
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Bradley Heinz (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Incumbent Brad Schneider defeated Adam Broad in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on March 17, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brad Schneider	99.9	79,126
		Adam Broad (Write-in)	0.1	115

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 79,241
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Andrew Wang (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10

Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 10 on March 17, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee	100.0	14,877

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,877
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District analysis

This section will contain facts and figures related to this district's elections when those are available.

See also

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Footnotes

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Illinois' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Tammy Duckworth (D)

Dick Durbin (D)

Representatives

District 1

Jonathan Jackson (D)

District 2

Robin Kelly (D)

District 3

Delia Ramirez (D)

District 4

Jesus Garcia (D)

District 5

Mike Quigley (D)

District 6

Sean Casten (D)

District 7

Danny Davis (D)

District 8

Raja Krishnamoorthi (D)

District 9

Jan Schakowsky (D)

District 10

Brad Schneider (D)

District 11

Bill Foster (D)

District 12

Mike Bost (R)

District 13

Nikki Budzinski (D)

District 14

Lauren Underwood (D)

District 15

Mary Miller (R)

District 16

Darin LaHood (R)

District 17

Eric Sorensen (D)

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Republican Party (3)

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