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Illinois’s 11th District

U.S. House · IL-11

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 22.4 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 61.2%

    Bill Foster, incumbent

  • Republican 38.8%

    Jeff Walter

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
IL-11 61.2%38.8%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+6.7 44.2%−5.4

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over13.8% (± 0.5)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Bill Foster · Democrat

Primary results

Held March 17, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Bill Foster 100.0% 69,637 votes
Republican primary Jeff Walter 42.6% 13,877 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Bill Foster

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Jeff Walter

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 11.2 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 22.4 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • IL-8 Democrat, safe seat
  • IL-14 Democrat, safe seat
  • IL-9 Democrat, safe seat
  • IL-5 Democrat, safe seat
  • IL-7 Democrat, safe seat
  • IL-6 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated