2026 Illinois gubernatorial election

2026 Illinois gubernatorial election

November 3, 2026
 
Party Democratic Republican

Incumbent Governor

JB Pritzker
Democratic



The 2026 Illinois gubernatorial election will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the Governor of Illinois. This election will coincide with various other federal and state elections, including the U.S. Senate elections and U.S. House elections.

Incumbent governor JB Pritzker was re-elected with 54.9% of the vote in 2022. Because Illinois does not have gubernatorial term limits, he is eligible to run for re-election to a third term and has publicly expressed interest in doing so. However, Lt Governor Juliana Stratton, who ran with Pritzker in both 2018 and 2022, is running for the United States Senate, making her ineligible to be Pritzker's running mate.