Election Day: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Compiled October 13, 2026 from seven endorsement sources plus bar association ratings for judges. Check marks show who each group endorsed. Unmarked rows are other candidates on the ballot, listed when a source named them. Each section shows only the groups that weighed in on its races.
The state's largest progressive political and policy coalition. It backs candidates who share its commitments to affordable healthcare, good jobs, and a fair economy.
Covers: statewide offices, Congress, the General Assembly, Cook County and the MWRD, plus a handful of Lake, McLean, and Rock Island County races. Endorsements only, with no ratings of opponents.
Source · ✓* = also endorsed in the March primary.
The political arm of Planned Parenthood of Illinois. It endorses candidates who support abortion access and reproductive health care.
Covers: statewide executive offices and the Illinois House and Senate only. Its sister affiliate PPGR Action covers the Metro East districts (State Senate 57, House 111 and 112).
Source · as of Sept. 23, 2026.
The statewide federation of labor unions. Its Committee on Political Education (COPE) endorses based on candidates' records on workers and unions, and it backs pro-labor Republicans in several districts.
Covers: statewide offices, U.S. Senate and House, the General Assembly, and two appellate court seats.
Source (Labor Tribune, Oct. 12, 2026) · "union" = candidate is a union member.
The council of SEIU locals in Illinois, representing more than 16,500 Chicago Public Schools workers among others. It says it backs candidates who protect the right to organize and fight for economic, racial, and social justice.
Covers: its page names only Chicago Board of Education picks, including Board President. Its broader state and federal slate isn't published as text.
The state chapter of the environmental group. Members statewide review candidates' voting records, policy positions, and viability. Its priorities include data centers' climate and water impact, gas rate hikes, indoor air pollution, and transit and EV access.
Covers: Governor and Secretary of State, the General Assembly, Cook County Board, MWRD, and Lake, Kane, and DuPage County races. Still adding endorsements, and some listings look left over from the primary (noted on those races).
Source · its federal list couldn't be loaded.
The umbrella body for Chicago-area unions. It has the broadest Cook County slate here and backs a few Republicans. It stayed neutral in several school board races.
Covers: statewide offices, U.S. Senate, Congress (Districts 1–11), Chicago-area legislative seats, every Cook County office, circuit and subcircuit judges, judicial retention, Chicago Board of Education, and a Moraine Valley bond referendum.
Source · as of Sept. 16, 2026.
An independent progressive guide by Stephanie Skora and Raeghn Draper. It gives one endorsement per race, or none if no candidate qualifies. Its red lines are support for Palestine (a strict test for federal candidates) and opposing expanded police influence. It also weighs Medicare for All, workers' rights, housing justice, LGBTQ+ rights, and independence from the party establishment.
Covers: Cook County-focused: statewide offices, contested legislative races, Cook County, MWRD, every Chicago Board of Education seat, judicial retention, and referenda. It skips Congress in general elections except Delia Ramirez.
Source · ★ = "Golden Shrug," its top-tier endorsement.
Not endorsements. WTTW News condensed nonpartisan evaluations from 13 local and state bar associations into a single overall rating: unanimously qualified, mixed, or unanimously not qualified.
Covers: countywide and subcircuit judicial candidates and judges up for retention. Mixed ratings note which associations dissented.