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One candidate is tracked for Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court, Fifth District on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Amy E. Sholar. Candidate information follows official Madison County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Amy E. Sholar was the only candidate to file for this Fifth Appellate District vacancy seat; her name appears alone on the November 3 ballot in Madison County, one of 48 counties in the district, per the county clerk's official candidate list.
Republican · Incumbent
Amy Sholar was assigned from Third Circuit Judge to a newly created seat on the Fifth District Appellate Court in March 2024, after serving as Presiding Judge of the Family Division and, from 2022, as a Resident Circuit Judge for Madison County, per the Office of the Illinois Courts. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Amy E. Sholar.