PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLICATION OF SPECIMEN BALLOTS
BY ANNETTE PARKER, WILL COUNTY CLERK.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the names of office, candidates and public questions on the March 17, 2026 Gubernatorial General Primary Election for the Democratic, Republican and Nonpartisan ballots.

OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BALLOT

FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR
(Vote for one)

KEVIN RYAN
ROBIN KELLY

JULIANA STRATTON

RAJA KRISHNAMOORTHI

STEVE BOTSFORD JR.

BRYAN MAXWELL

JONATHAN DEAN

SEAN BROWN

AWISI A. BUSTOS

CHRISTOPHER SWANN

 

FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

(Vote for one)

(JB PRITZKER

(CHRISTIAN MITCHELL

 

FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL

(Vote for one)

KWAME RAOUL

 

FOR SECRETARY OF STATE

(Vote for one)

ALEXI GIANNOULIAS

 

FOR COMPTROLLER

(Vote for one)

KARINA VILLA

STEPHANIE A. KIFOWIT

HOLLY KIM

MARGARET CROKE

 

FOR TREASURER

(Vote for one)

MICHAEL W. FRERICHS

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

JONATHAN L. JACKSON

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

DONNA MILLER

ERIC FRANCE

ROBERT PETERS

WILLIE PRESTON

JESSE LOUIS JACKSON, JR.

YUMEKA BROWN

PATRICK J. “PJK” KEATING

TONI C. BROWN

SIDNEY MOORE

ADAL REGIS

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS ELEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

BILL FOSTER

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FOURTEENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

LAUREN UNDERWOOD

 

FOR STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEEPERSON FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

(Vote for not more than two)

MICHELLE A. HARRIS

ELGIE R. SIMS, JR.

MARCUS C. EVANS, JR.

CHRISTOPHER SWANN

 

FOR STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEEPERSON SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

(Vote for not more than two)

WILLIAM “WILL” DAVIS
ROBIN KELLY

 

FOR STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEEPERSON ELEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

(Vote for not more than two)

ANNA STAVA

JANET YANG ROHR

PETER JANKO

DANIEL HEBREARD

 

FOR STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEEPERSON FOURTEENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

(Vote for not more than two)

HARRY BENTON

MICHAEL CROWNER

CHRISTINE BENSON

 

FOR STATE SENATOR FOURTEENTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

EMIL JONES, III

AHMED KARRAR

KENNY WILLIAMS

 

FOR STATE SENATOR FIFTEENTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

NAPOLEON B. HARRIS, III

 

FOR STATE SENATOR SEVENTEENTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

ELGIE R. SIMS, JR.

 

FOR STATE SENATOR TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

LAURA ELLMAN

 

FOR STATE SENATOR THIRTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

ERNIE R. MARCELAIN

 

FOR STATE SENATOR FORTY-FIRST LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

No Candidate

 

FOR STATE SENATOR FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

LINDA HOLMES

 

FOR STATE SENATOR FIFTY-THIRD LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

No Candidate

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TWENTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

JUSTIN Q. SLAUGHTER

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TWENTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

THADDEUS JONES

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

AJA KEARNEY

CLEOPATRA “CLEO” COWLEY

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

No Candidate

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

DEBBIE MEYERS-MARTIN

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FORTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

JANET YANG ROHR

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SEVENTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

CAROLINE McCREE

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SEVENTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

ROBERT S. ELLINGTON-SNIPES

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY EIGHTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

ANTHONY DeLUCA

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY EIGHTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

No Candidate

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY EIGHTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

JARED PLOGER

SABA HAIDER

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY EIGHTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

DAGMARA “DEE” AVELAR

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY EIGHTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

LAWRENCE “LARRY” M. WALSH, JR.

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY NINETY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

HARRY BENTON

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY NINETY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

NATALIE A. MANLEY

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

No Candidate

 

FOR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS (GRUNDY AND KENDALL COUNTIES)

(Vote for one)

No Candidate

 

FOR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS (IROQUOIS AND KANKAKEE COUNTIES)

(Vote for one)

No Candidate

 

FOR JUDGE OF THE APPELLATE COURT THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(To fill the vacancy of the Hon. Mary W. McDade)

(Vote for one)

JOHN PAVICH

MARGARET “PEGGY” O’CONNELL

 

FOR JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FIRST SUBCIRCUIT

(To fill the vacancy of the Hon. David M. Carlson)

(Vote for one)

AMY CHRISTIANSEN

 

FOR JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT THIRD SUBCIRCUIT

(To fill the vacancy of the Hon. John C. Anderson)

(Vote for one)

SONNI CHOI WILLIAMS

 

FOR JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FIFTH SUBCIRCUIT

(To fill the vacancy of the Hon. Barbara N. Petrungaro)

(Vote for one)

No Candidate

 

FOR COUNTY CLERK

(Vote for one)

MICHELLE STIFF

 

FOR COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for one)

PATRICK JONES

DAN JUNGLES

 

FOR COUNTY TREASURER

(Vote for one)

TIM BROPHY

 

FOR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

(Vote for one)

THERESA ROUSE

 

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER DISTRICT 1

(Vote for two)

JOE VAN DUYNE

No Candidate

 

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER DISTRICT 2

(Vote for two)

BOB HOWARD

No Candidate

 

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER DISTRICT 3

(Vote for two)

MARC McKIRDIE

SHERRY NEWQUIST

 

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER DISTRICT 4

(Vote for two)

WILLIAM PRATT

SHERI BONIECKI-COOLING

 

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER DISTRICT 5

(Vote for two)

KAREN JOHNSON

SHERRY WILLIAMS

 

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER DISTRICT 8

(Vote for two)

MICA FREEMAN

MICHAEL CROWNER

 

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER DISTRICT 9

(Vote for two)

DESTINEE ORTIZ

ALEX ZAPIEN

 

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER DISTRICT 11

(Vote for two)

TYLER GIACALONE

SHELDON L. WATTS

JACQUELINE L. TRAYNERE

BARBARA ANN PARKER

 

OFFICIAL REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BALLOT

 

FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR

(Vote for one)

CASEY CHLEBEK

DON TRACY

1. CARY CAPPARELLI

PAMELA DENISE LONG

JIMMY LEE TILLMAN, II

JEANNIE EVANS

 

FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

(Vote for one)

(TED DABROWSKI

(CARRIE MENDOZA

 

(JAMES MENDRICK
(ROBERT RENTERIA

 

(DARREN BAILEY
(AARON B. DEL MAR

 

(RICK HEIDNER

(CHRISTINA NEITZKE-TROIKE

 

FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL

(Vote for one)

ROBERT W. FIORETTI

 

FOR SECRETARY OF STATE

(Vote for one)

WALTER ADAMCZYK

DIANE M. HARRIS

 

FOR COMPTROLLER

(Vote for one)

BRYAN DREW

 

FOR TREASURER

(Vote for one)

No Candidate

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

MARCUS LEWIS

CHRISTIAN MAXWELL

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

MICHAEL SCOTT NOACK

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS ELEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

JEFF WALTER

MICHAEL PIERCE

TEDORA BROWN

CHARLIE KIM

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FOURTEENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

GARY VICIAN

JAMES T. “JIM” MARTER

 

FOR STATE SENATOR FOURTEENTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

BRIAN SKALA

 

FOR STATE SENATOR FIFTEENTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

No Candidate

 

FOR STATE SENATOR SEVENTEENTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

FREDRICK L. WALLS

 

FOR STATE SENATOR TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

JULIE BERKOWICZ

 

FOR STATE SENATOR THIRTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

SUE REZIN

 

FOR STATE SENATOR FORTY-FIRST LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

JOHN CURRAN

 

FOR STATE SENATOR FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

EDGARDO “EDDIE” PEREZ

 

FOR STATE SENATOR FIFTY-THIRD LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

CHRIS BALKEMA

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TWENTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

No Candidate

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TWENTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

No Candidate

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

No Candidate

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

PATRICK SHEEHAN

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

No Candidate

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FORTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

AJAY GUPTA

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SEVENTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

JED DAVIS

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SEVENTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

JACKIE HAAS

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY EIGHTIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

ADAM M. BEATY

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY EIGHTY-SECOND REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

NICOLE LA HA

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY EIGHTY-FOURTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

BRIAN SCOPA

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY EIGHTY-FIFTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

CHRIS METCALFE

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY EIGHTY-SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

No Candidate

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY NINETY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

GABBY SHANAHAN

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY NINETY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

NONA PARKER

 

FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT

(Vote for one)

JASON R. BUNTING

 

FOR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS (GRUNDY AND KENDALL COUNTIES)

(Vote for one)

MEGHAN MARTIN

KRISTEN KOPPERS

 

FOR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS (IROQUOIS AND KANKAKEE COUNTIES)

(Vote for one)

PATRICIA HIGH

 

FOR JUDGE OF THE APPELLATE COURT THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT

(To fill the vacancy of the Hon. Mary W. McDade)

(Vote for one)

JASON A. HELLAND
MARK SENAK

 

FOR JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FIRST SUBCIRCUIT

(To fill the vacancy of the Hon. David M. Carlson)

(Vote for one)
JOHNPAUL IVEC

 

FOR JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT THIRD SUBCIRCUIT

(To fill the vacancy of the Hon. John C. Anderson)

(Vote for one)

No Candidate

 

FOR JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FIFTH SUBCIRCUIT

(To fill the vacancy of the Hon. Barbara N. Petrungaro)

(Vote for one)

ART SMIGIELSKI

ERIN O’BRIEN

 

FOR COUNTY CLERK

(Vote for one)

ANNETTE PARKER

 

FOR COUNTY SHERIFF

(Vote for one)

JUSTIN FIAKO

JAMES “JIM” REILLY

 

FOR COUNTY TREASURER

(Vote for one)

CARMEN MAURELLA III

RAJ “PI” PILLAI

 

FOR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

(Vote for one)

ELIZABETH CAPARELLI-RUFF

 

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER DISTRICT 1

(Vote for two)

KATIE DEANE-SCHLOTTMAN

DEBBIE MILITELLO

 

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER DISTRICT 2

(Vote for two)

JUDY OGALLA

FRANKIE PRETZEL

NEIL “MUGGSY” GALLAGHER

 

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER DISTRICT 3

(Vote for two)

DANIEL BUTLER

No Candidate

 

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER DISTRICT 4

(Vote for two)

STEPHEN J. BALICH

JAMES M. RICHMOND

MICHAEL LEPORE

PAWEL J TYRALA

 

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER DISTRICT 5

(Vote for two)

DAVID G. OXLEY

JAMES “JJ” BALONEK

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER DISTRICT 8

(Vote for two)

MARK V. REVIS

No Candidate

 

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER DISTRICT 9

(Vote for two)

RAQUEL M. MITCHELL

No Candidate

 

FOR COUNTY BOARD MEMBER DISTRICT 11

(Vote for two)

STEVEN SMITH

No Candidate

 

PROPOSITION(S)

CITY OF CREST HILL REFERENDUM

PROPOSITION TO ABOLISH CIVIL SERVICE IN THE CITY OF CREST HILL
Shall the City of Crest Hill, Will County, Illinois, abolish civil service as provided in Division 1, Article 10 of the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/10-1-1 et seq.)?
YES
NO

MONEE TOWNSHIP REFERENDUM

MONEE TOWNSHIP TAX RELIEF
Shall the people of Illinois be given the opportunity to vote on a binding referendum for the Illinois Property Tax Relief Amendment to cut the property tax bills of Illinois residential and commercial taxpayers and improve state funding for education by enacting a 3% income tax surcharge only on millionaires?
YES
NO

TROY TOWNSHIP REFERENDUM
(Unincorporated Area)

PROPOSITION REGARDING TOWNSHIP REFUSE COLLECTION
Shall Troy Township, Will County, Illinois, be authorized to exercise the powers of the “Township Refuse Collection and Disposal Act” (60 ILCS 1/210-5, et seq.) to enter into a contract for the collection, disposal, composting, and recycling of garbage and refuse for residents of the unincorporated areas of Troy Township?

YES
NO

 

NAPERVILLE PARK DISTRICT REFERENDUM
(DuPage & Will Counties)

PROPOSITION TO ISSUE $120,000,000 PARK BONDS
Shall the Naperville Park District, DuPage and Will Counties, Illinois, improve parks and facilities, including constructing a multipurpose indoor activity center at Frontier Sports Complex, which would provide fitness and exercise rooms, walking and jogging track, gymnasiums, indoor swimming pools and rooms for programs and community activities, and acquiring land for the purpose of preserving, restoring, and maintaining open spaces and extending trails, and issue its bonds to the amount of $120,000,000 for the purpose of paying the costs thereof?
YES
NO

DATED AT JOLIET, ILLINOIS
February 17, 2026

 

Published 2/26/2026