U.S. Senate race in Illinois: who’s running on Nov. 3, 2026

Proposes a Family Affordability Act with required small-dollar mortgages and free first-year community college; calls the private sector the economy's backbone.

Proposes a $25 federal minimum wage and small-business grants; cites Illinois grocery-tax repeal and $15 state minimum wage.

Proposes cutting federal spending and regulation to curb inflation; opposes raising the federal minimum wage; would limit investment-firm home buying.

Supports direct primary care memberships and letting qualified foreign doctors and nurses practice, especially in rural areas.

Supports Medicare for All and opposes federal health coverage cuts.

Supports more insurance and drug competition, price transparency and faster generic approvals; would end taxpayer-funded care for non-citizens.

Supports border security and deporting criminals, but says ICE should be reined in, family separations ended and legal immigration made easier.

Supports abolishing ICE and creating a pathway to citizenship, including for Dreamers.

Supports border security, enforcing immigration law, ending benefits for non-citizens and changing birthright citizenship law; supports a structured path to legal residency.

In 2026, reported by CBS Chicago as supporting abortion rights; no further detail on limits or legislation found.

Supports restoring federal abortion protections that existed under Roe v. Wade, including ending the Senate filibuster to pass them.

Says abortion should be left to states and opposes a national ban; supports the Hyde Amendment barring most federal abortion funding.

Proposes lowering income taxes and adding a small sales tax on non-essential goods, exempting food and medicine; would fund programs by reprioritizing federal spending.

Proposes a middle-class tax cut and larger earned income and child tax credits, paid for by higher taxes on incomes above $1 million.

Supports lower taxes and cutting waste and federal spending; opposes changes to Social Security and Medicare benefits.

Supports automatic expungement or sealing of records for people who completed sentences, and background checks for gun purchases.

Supports stronger gun laws including an assault weapons ban; led Illinois criminal justice reform effort focused on restorative practices.

Supports stronger backing for law enforcement and credits a federal enforcement surge in Memphis with reducing crime.

Supports school choice and proposes making the first year of community college free.

Opposes dismantling the U.S. Department of Education and proposes expanding federal support for trade and technical schools.

Supports school choice and moving education decisions to parents, teachers and local communities.

In 2026, proposed a Family Affordability Act that would ban excessive speculation in energy markets to stabilize prices; no clean-energy or climate position stated.

Says she supports urgent climate action and cites Illinois clean-energy investments; no specific federal energy proposal found.

Supports an all-of-the-above energy strategy including fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables; opposes forced early closures of power plants.

Proposes shifting 10-20% of the defense budget to domestic infrastructure and requiring a congressional vote before troop deployments.

Opposes the U.S. war with Iran and further war funding without congressional authorization; supports Russia sanctions, Taiwan self-defense and investing at home to compete with China.

Supports NATO, aid to allies such as Israel, deterring China and closer congressional oversight of foreign aid; names China, Iran and Russia as threats.

Proposes ending tariffs on food and putting tariff revenue into a local jobs fund; supports requiring vehicles sold here to be built here.

Opposes the current tariff-driven trade war, saying tariffs raise costs for families and farmers.

Says it is too early to judge current tariffs; supports targeted tariffs for farmers and manufacturers alongside enforcing trade deals and opening export markets.