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Illinois’s 15th District

U.S. House · IL-15

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 29.7 points.

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

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 64.9%

    Mary E. Miller, incumbent

  • Democrat 35.1%

    Jennifer Todd

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
IL-15 64.9%35.1%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+20.6 54.5%−19.4

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over2.2% (± 0.1)

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

Mary E. Miller · Republican

Primary results

Held March 17, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Jennifer Todd 45.7% 13,708 votes
Republican primary Mary E. Miller 73.6% 64,855 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Mary E. Miller

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Jennifer Todd

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 99.1 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 29.7 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • IL-13 Democrat, safe seat
  • IL-17 Democrat, safe seat
  • IL-16 Republican, competitive
  • IL-2 Democrat, safe seat
  • IL-12 Republican, safe seat
  • IL-14 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