Midterm Election 2026

Illinois Governor 2026

JB Pritzker vs. Darren Bailey · JB Pritzker (D)

Cook: Solid DSabato: Safe D
Race insight · September 30, 2026

No public general-election polls have been logged yet for the governor's race in Illinois. The Cook Political Report rates it Solid D; Sabato's Crystal Ball rates it Safe D.

Poll trend

Head-to-head

Candidates

Illinois

JB Pritzker (D)
Solid D
D
JB PritzkerINC
DEM · Governor since 2019
R
Darren Bailey
REP · Former state senator
No recent public poll logged. · Sabato: Safe D
Candidate background

Full candidate biographies, primary results and campaign history: Illinois Governor election on Wikipedia ↗. Official candidate lists and certified results come from the Illinois election office via vote.gov.

Every poll

No public general-election polls logged yet.

Margins under about 4 points are within typical sampling error. See our methodology.

Voting in Illinois

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