Who is on the ballot in 61257?

Sorensen worked as a local television meteorologist for more than two decades before being elected to represent Illinois' 17th District in Congress, per the campaign site. He was born and raised in Rockford and now lives in Moline, per the campaign site.

Dillan S. Vancil is a small business owner, per Shaw Local and The Center Square. He and his wife started DAME Fine Coffee, which now has 8 stores across Illinois and Iowa, and he serves on his local school board and was previously State Legislative Director for the SMART-TD union, per the campaign site. No 2026 campaign site was found as of October 16, 2026; dillanvancil.com redirects to a site that does not load.

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.

Judge Knecht was first elected to the Fourth District Appellate Court in 1986, and was most recently retained in 2016 for a term running through December 6, 2026; before the Appellate Court he was a circuit judge from 1978 and an associate circuit judge from 1975, and began his legal career as a law clerk to an Illinois Supreme Court justice. He holds a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law, per the Office of the Illinois Courts' official biography.

Judge Barberis was elected to the Fifth District Appellate Court on November 8, 2016, to a 10-year term, filling the vacancy created by Judge Bruce Stewart's retirement; before that he was elected a Madison County circuit judge in 2014, after 18 years in private practice. He holds a J.D. from St. Louis University School of Law and a B.S. from Illinois State University, per the Office of the Illinois Courts' official biography.

Maggie (McGrath) Crouch appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Rock Island County Clerk, per the official candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Steven G Rugh appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Rock Island County Clerk, per the official candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Tammy L. Muerhoff is the sitting Rock Island County Regional Superintendent of Schools, a post she has held since August 2011, per OurQuadCities. Muerhoff previously taught in Head Start, pre-kindergarten special education, and first grade classrooms before joining the Regional Office of Education in 2002 as a parent educator, later serving as early childhood program coordinator and assistant regional superintendent, per OurQuadCities. Under her leadership the office earned COGNIA accreditation and created the R.I.S.E. Academy, an alternative learning program for students, per OurQuadCities. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.

Marcus Herbert is a Sergeant with the Rock Island County Sheriff's Office with 20 years of service, currently supervising patrol operations, per Herbert's campaign website. Herbert began as a correctional officer in 2005, became a deputy sheriff in 2010 after graduating from the Police Training Institute at the University of Illinois, and earned bomb technician certification through the FBI's Hazardous Device School in 2014, and commands the Quad City Bomb Squad, per Herbert's campaign website.

Jamie M. Shoemaker is a Detective with the Geneseo Police Department who began her law enforcement career in 2015 with the Rock Island County Sheriff's Office, per Shoemaker's campaign website. Shoemaker is an FBI-certified crisis negotiator and a board member of the Illinois Crisis Negotiator Association, and was named the 2024 Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board Female Officer of the Year, per Shoemaker's campaign website.

Nick Camlin is the sitting Rock Island County Treasurer, a post he has held since 2022, per Camlin's campaign website. Camlin previously served as chief deputy to the Rock Island County Clerk, as Rock Island County Board vice chair, as South Rock Island Township Clerk, and as a county board member for District 15, per Camlin's campaign website. Camlin holds a bachelor's degree from Augustana College and a master's degree from Lewis University, per Camlin's campaign website.

Terence M. Patton is a sitting judge of the 14th Judicial Circuit, which covers Henry, Mercer, Rock Island and Whiteside Counties; he was sworn in as a circuit judge in 2019 after previously serving as Henry County State's Attorney, per the Dispatch Argus. He faces a yes/no retention vote to remain in office. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

Peter W. Church is a Rock Island-based attorney who was appointed an associate judge in the 14th Judicial Circuit and has since been reappointed to the bench several times, per Quad-City Online and Whiteside County government. He faces a yes-or-no retention vote to remain in office in November 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

John L. McGehee currently serves as a circuit judge in the 14th Judicial Circuit and is Presiding Judge of the Civil Division in Rock Island County, per Rock Island County government. He was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court as a resident circuit judge in the 14th Judicial Circuit effective May 1, 2019, after serving as Rock Island County State's Attorney since 2012 and, before that, 23 years in private practice as a partner at a Rock Island law firm, per the Illinois State Bar Association. No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.

No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.