FUTURE ELECTIONS
General Primary – March 17, 2026
General Election – November 3, 2026
Consolidated Primary (If Necessary) – February 23, 2027
Consolidated Election – April 6, 2027
General Elections are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years. General Elections are biennial elections at which members of the Illinois General Assembly are elected. Other Federal, State, and County offices are included on the ballot, such as:
- Federal – U.S. President and Vice President, U.S. Senator, Representatives in Congress – all 17 Districts
- State – Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, State Senators – some or all of the 59 Districts according to Illinois constitution, Representatives in the General Assembly – all 118 Districts
- County – County Clerk, County Treasurer, County Sheriff, County Auditor, County Circuit Clerk, County State’s Attorney, Regional Superintendents of Schools, County Board Members
- Judicial – Judges of Supreme, Appellate, Circuit, Resident Circuit Court – vacancies will be filled, if required; retention questions
General Primary elections are held the third Tuesday of March in even-numbered years. General primary elections in Illinois are partisan and allow voters to determine which party candidates are nominated and compete in the general election. In Illinois, primaries are open, meaning any registered voter can choose to vote in a party primary regardless of membership.
Listed below are positions that are elected at a general primary:
- Party – National Party Convention Delegates & Alternate Delegates; State Central Committeepersons
- Precinct – Precinct Committeeperson – all 60 Precincts
Consolidated Elections are held to elect School and City officials, such as members of school boards, community college trustees, township officials, ward alderpersons and mayor. Consolidated Elections are held on the first Tuesday in April of odd-numbered years, unless it conflicts with the celebration of Passover, in which case that election shall be postponed to the first Tuesday following the last day of Passover.
Consolidated Primary (65 ILCS 5/3.1-20-45) elections are held on the last Tuesday in February in odd-numbered years. Consolidated Primaries are necessary in the City of Bloomington when a single contest for office exceeds the office’s threshold of candidates who successfully file nominating papers to run. If this threshold is not reached, then the contest is thereby “uncontested” and there would be no requirement for a consolidated primary to be held. Candidates who have successfully filed will then be slated onto the ballot for the Consolidated Election in April.
