Aurora, Illinois sample ballot 2026

Deb Conroy has chaired the DuPage County Board since December 2022, after a decade representing the 46th district in the Illinois House of Representatives, per DuPage County official biography. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Pete Coolidge spent 28 years with the DuPage County Sheriff's Office, from 1996 until his retirement in February 2024, working in all three of its bureaus: Corrections, Law Enforcement and Courthouse Administration, per his campaign site. Per the same site, he served on the Emergency Response Team in Corrections, worked as a juvenile officer in Law Enforcement with FEMA emergency-response certifications and rapid-response training with local high schools, screened and responded to warrant arrests at the courthouse, and was named Deputy of the Month several times and Deputy of the Year once. He appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for DuPage County Sheriff, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.

Sean Noonan has spent 23 years in law enforcement, including as a supervisor, and served eight years as an elected DuPage County Board member, per Sean Noonan campaign site. Noonan's law enforcement career was largely with the Bloomingdale Police Department, where he rose to sergeant; he is currently a police officer for the City of Oakbrook Terrace, per Daily Herald / DuPage Policy Journal reporting.

Paula Deacon Garcia worked 21 years for the Village of Lisle's Development Services/Building Department before her election to the DuPage County Board's District 2 seat in 2020, where she chairs the Finance Committee, per Paula Deacon Garcia campaign site.

Kladis-Schiappa describes a legal background on the campaign site and is running for DuPage County Clerk, per the campaign site. She pledges to bring professionalism, ethics and integrity to the office responsible for elections and vital records, per the campaign site.

Yeena Yoo is the Democratic candidate for DuPage County Treasurer. Elected to the DuPage County Board in 2022, she chairs its Economic Development Committee and previously chaired its Technology Committee, per her campaign site. She works as a legal aid attorney advocating for seniors, veterans and survivors of domestic violence, per her campaign site.

Rebecca Gamboa has taught in Lombard School District for 29 years and serves as co-president of the Lombard Education Association, having also held director roles with the Illinois Education Association and National Education Association, per Rebecca Gamboa campaign site.

Amber Quirk has served as DuPage County Regional Superintendent of Schools since July 2023, after serving as Assistant Regional Superintendent starting in 2021, with nearly two dozen years of experience in education, per DuPage Regional Office of Education.

Hebreard began his career in 2005 as a ranger with the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, advancing to senior ranger before his 2017 election as president, per his campaign site. He holds a degree in parks and recreation management from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and a master's in business administration from Benedictine University, per his campaign site. He helped form a ranger union with the Metropolitan Alliance of Police in 2014 and negotiated its first contract in 2017, per his campaign site.

Schultz is a horticulturist who founded Horticultural Consultants, a tree and garden care business, and previously served as a DuPage County Forest Preserve Commissioner starting in 2002, per the campaign site. During his commission tenure he worked on land acquisition, trail building and natural-area restoration, and he holds a horticulture degree from the University of Illinois, per the campaign site.

Kye was appointed unanimously by the Illinois Supreme Court and has more than 15 years of experience as a prosecutor in Cook and DuPage counties, trying murder, home invasion, and other serious cases, per the campaign site. Kye holds degrees from Cornell University and the University of Illinois College of Law, per the campaign site.

Juliana Stratton is Illinois's lieutenant governor, serving alongside Gov. JB Pritzker, per the campaign site. She was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago as the daughter of a Navy veteran and a Chicago public school teacher, per the campaign site. The campaign site says she was first elected to the Illinois House after defeating a 13-year incumbent.

Don Tracy is an attorney of several decades and Senior Counsel at Brown, Hay & Stephens, per the campaign site. The campaign site says he previously owned and operated a law firm in Springfield with a satellite office in his hometown of Mt. Sterling, and that he is a former chairman of the Illinois Republican Party and of the Illinois Gaming Board.

Whitfield Harrington Jr of Schaumburg is on the State Board of Elections' certified candidate list for U.S. Senate on the American Center Party line. He describes himself as an independent candidate building the American Center Party, per the campaign site. He earned a political science degree from Delta State University, worked in the financial industry inside banks and insurance companies, ran his own insurance practice, and has served as a pastor in Chicago since 2013, per the campaign site.

Pritzker is Illinois's governor and was previously an entrepreneur and business leader who oversaw operations with 10,000 employees and helped launch a non-profit business incubator that supported the creation of more than 14,500 jobs, per the campaign site. He lost both parents at a young age, an experience he says motivated him toward public service, per the campaign site. He is running with Christian Mitchell as his candidate for lieutenant governor, per the Illinois State Board of Elections' certified 2026 general election candidate list.

Darren Bailey is the Republican nominee for Illinois governor, a former state senator, farmer, and the GOP's 2022 nominee for governor. His campaign emphasizes lower taxes, public safety, parental rights, agriculture, and a rematch against JB Pritzker. He is running with Aaron B. Del Mar as his candidate for lieutenant governor, per the Illinois State Board of Elections' certified 2026 general election candidate list.

Corbett is an independent candidate for governor, a political strategist and small business owner who founded Cor Strategies, EmpowerPolitics and Long9 Studio, per the campaign site. Corbett says he has recruited and trained more than 3,500 people to take part in the political process over two decades and has helped Illinois communities set local service and tax priorities, per the campaign site.

Kwame Raoul is Illinois's incumbent attorney general and the Democratic nominee for re-election. His office has emphasized consumer protection, civil rights, gun safety litigation, reproductive rights, workers' rights, and multistate legal actions.

Bob Fioretti is the Republican nominee for Illinois attorney general and a former Chicago alderman. His campaign emphasizes public safety, government accountability, litigation priorities, and a Republican alternative to Democratic control of statewide legal offices.

Alexi Giannoulias is Illinois's incumbent secretary of state and the Democratic nominee for re-election. His office manages driver services, libraries, business filings, state records, organ-donor registration, and technology modernization.

Diane Harris is the Republican nominee for Illinois secretary of state and a Joliet Junior College trustee. Her campaign emphasizes customer service, election-adjacent administrative services, business filings, and a Republican alternative for a large statewide office.

Frerichs is the incumbent Illinois State Treasurer, first sworn in in 2015, and previously served as an Illinois state senator, Champaign County Auditor and Champaign County Board member, per the campaign site. A Yale University graduate, he grew up in Gifford, Illinois, the son of a truck driver and a university secretary, per the campaign site.

Max Solomon is the Republican nominee listed for Illinois state treasurer. His candidacy gives Republican voters a statewide alternative in the office responsible for state investments, public cash management, and treasury services.

Margaret Croke is running for Illinois Comptroller. She has served five years in the Illinois House of Representatives, where she chairs the Financial Institutions committee, per her campaign site.

Bryan Drew is the Republican nominee for Illinois comptroller and an attorney. His candidacy offers a Republican alternative for the office that manages state payments, fiscal reporting, and public financial transparency.