{"id":663084,"date":"2026-03-17T23:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T23:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/663084\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T23:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T23:21:11","slug":"illinois-primary-election-results-2026-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/663084\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Primary Election Results 2026: Live Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CHICAGO<\/strong> – Voters across the Chicago<\/a> area and state are casting their ballots for various offices at the local, state, and federal levels for Tuesday’s primary election<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The winners of each contest will decide which candidates will advance to the general election in November.<\/p>\n

There is an open U.S. Senate seat in Illinois for the first time in decades. Several Republican candidates are vying for the chance to take on Gov. JB Pritzker<\/a>, who is running for a third term. Plus, two top Cook County officeholders are facing primary challengers.<\/p>\n

Stay with Fox Chicago throughout the day for live results, analysis, and the latest updates on the 2026 Illinois primary election<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Polls close across Illinois at 7 p.m. CT, with results expected shortly after.<\/p>\n

2026 Illinois Primary Election Results <\/p>\n

To jump to a specific section, click on the links here (FOX Local Mobile users, please scroll down for results):<\/p>\n

Federal Races<\/strong>
U.S. Senate<\/a> | U.S. House<\/a><\/p>\n

State Races<\/strong>
Governor<\/a> | Attorney General<\/a> | Secretary of State<\/a> | Comptroller<\/a> | Treasurer<\/a> | Illinois Senate<\/a> | Illinois House<\/a><\/p>\n

County Races<\/strong>
County Board President<\/a> | Assessor<\/a> | Clerk<\/a> | Sheriff<\/a> | Treasurer<\/a> | Water Reclaim Commissioner<\/a><\/p>\n

Federal Races U.S. Senate<\/a> <\/p>\n

U.S. House<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

State Races Governor<\/a> <\/p>\n

Attorney General<\/a> <\/p>\n

Secretary of State<\/a> <\/p>\n

Comptroller<\/a> <\/p>\n

Treasurer<\/a> <\/p>\n

Illinois Senate<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Illinois House<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

County Races County Board President<\/a> <\/p>\n

County Assessor<\/a> <\/p>\n

County Clerk<\/a> <\/p>\n

County Sheriff<\/a> <\/p>\n

County Treasurer<\/a> <\/p>\n

Water Reclaim Commissioner<\/a> <\/p>\n

2026 Midterm Elections<\/a>Election<\/a>News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO – Voters across the Chicago area and state are casting their ballots for various offices at the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":663085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[241332,960,8988,5386,1818,50,80],"class_list":["post-663084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-2026-midterm-elections","tag-chicago","tag-election","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-news","tag-politics"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116247087342102911","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}