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Note: This article is non intended to serve as an exhaustive guide to running for public office. Individuals should contact their state election agencies for further data.

In social club to get on the ballot in Illinois, a candidate for country or federal office must see a diversity of state-specific filing requirements and deadlines. These regulations, known as ballot access laws, determine whether a candidate or party will appear on an election election. These laws are gear up at the country level. A candidate must fix to meet ballot admission requirements well in advance of primaries, caucuses, and the general election.

There are iii basic methods past which an private may become a candidate for office in a country.

  1. An private tin seek the nomination of a state-recognized political party.
  2. An individual can run as an independent. Contained candidates often must petition in order to have their names printed on the full general election election.
  3. An individual tin can run as a write-in candidate.

This article outlines the steps that prospective candidates for land-level and congressional office must have in order to run for office in Illinois. For data about filing requirements for presidential candidates, see "Ballot access requirements for presidential candidates in Illinois." Information about filing requirements for local-level offices is non bachelor in this article (contact land election agencies for information about local candidate filing processes).

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Twelvemonth-specific filing information

2022

U.S. Senate

The table below details filing requirements for U.Southward. Senate candidates in Illinois in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Illinois, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2022
Land Office Political party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Illinois U.S. Senate Ballot-qualified party 3,250 N/A 3/14/2022 Source
Illinois U.S. Senate Unaffiliated 25,000 N/A 7/11/2022 Source

U.Southward. House

The tabular array beneath details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Illinois in the 2022 ballot cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Illinois, click here.

Filing requirements for U.Southward. House candidates, 2022
State Office Political party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Illinois U.South. House Ballot-qualified political party 400 N/A 3/xiv/2022 Source
Illinois U.S. House Unaffiliated 5,000 Due north/A 7/11/2022 Source

Governor

The table below details filing requirements for gubernatorial candidates in Illinois in the 2022 election bicycle. For boosted information on candidate ballot access requirements in Illinois, click here.

Filing requirements for gubernatorial candidates, 2022
Country Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing borderline Source Notes
Illinois Governor Election-qualified political party 3,250 N/A iii/14/2022 Source
Illinois Governor Unaffiliated 25,000 Due north/A 7/eleven/2022 Source

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2020

U.S. Senate

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Illinois in the 2020 election bike. For boosted data on candidate ballot access requirements in Illinois, click here.

Filing requirements for U.Southward. Senate candidates, 2020
Country Part Political party Signatures required Signature formula Filing fee Filing fee formula Filing borderline Source
Illinois U.Due south. Senate Democratic and Republican v,000 Stock-still number N/A Northward/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois U.S. Senate Unaffiliated Pending 10% of original requirement (by court guild) N/A N/A 7/twenty/2020 Source

U.S. House

The table beneath details filing requirements for U.Due south. House candidates in Illinois in the 2020 election cycle. For boosted information on candidate ballot access requirements in Illinois, click here.

Filing requirements for U.Due south. House candidates, 2020
State Function Party Signatures required Signature formula Filing fee Filing fee formula Filing deadline Source
Illinois 10th Congressional District Democratic 808 0.five% of qualified party primary voters in the district Due north/A North/A 12/two/2019 Source
Illinois 10th Congressional District Republican 655 0.5% of qualified party principal voters in the district Northward/A N/A 12/two/2019 Source
Illinois 10th Congressional District Unaffiliated Pending 10% of original requirement (by court society) Due north/A Northward/A 7/20/2020 Source
Illinois 11th Congressional Commune Democratic 820 0.v% of qualified political party primary voters in the district N/A N/A 12/two/2019 Source
Illinois 11th Congressional District Republican 593 0.5% of qualified party main voters in the district N/A Due north/A 12/ii/2019 Source
Illinois 11th Congressional Commune Unaffiliated Pending 10% of original requirement (by court order) N/A North/A 7/20/2020 Source
Illinois 12th Congressional District Democratic 816 0.five% of qualified party principal voters in the district N/A N/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois 12th Congressional Commune Republican 871 0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district N/A N/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois 12th Congressional District Unaffiliated Pending 10% of original requirement (by court guild) N/A N/A seven/20/2020 Source
Illinois 13th Congressional District Autonomous 748 0.5% of qualified party principal voters in the district N/A Due north/A 12/two/2019 Source
Illinois 13th Congressional District Republican 788 0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district N/A Due north/A 12/ii/2019 Source
Illinois 13th Congressional District Unaffiliated Pending 10% of original requirement (past court society) N/A North/A 7/20/2020 Source
Illinois 14th Congressional District Democratic 758 0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district Due north/A Northward/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois 14th Congressional Commune Republican 961 0.5% of qualified party principal voters in the district North/A N/A 12/two/2019 Source
Illinois 14th Congressional District Unaffiliated Pending 10% of original requirement (by court order) N/A N/A 7/twenty/2020 Source
Illinois 15th Congressional District Democratic 523 0.five% of qualified party principal voters in the district N/A N/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois 15th Congressional District Republican ane,373 0.five% of qualified political party primary voters in the district North/A N/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois 15th Congressional District Unaffiliated Awaiting x% of original requirement (by court order) N/A Northward/A 7/20/2020 Source
Illinois 16h Congressional District Autonomous 607 0.five% of qualified party primary voters in the commune N/A N/A 12/two/2019 Source
Illinois 16h Congressional District Republican 1,192 0.5% of qualified political party primary voters in the commune Northward/A N/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois 16h Congressional District Unaffiliated Pending x% of original requirement (by court order) N/A N/A vii/20/2020 Source
Illinois 17th Congressional District Autonomous 833 0.5% of qualified party principal voters in the district Northward/A N/A 12/two/2019 Source
Illinois 17th Congressional District Republican 698 0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the commune N/A North/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois 17th Congressional Commune Unaffiliated Pending ten% of original requirement (by court club) N/A North/A 7/20/2020 Source
Illinois 18th Congressional Commune Democratic 563 0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the commune Due north/A N/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois 18th Congressional District Republican 1,033 0.5% of qualified political party primary voters in the district Due north/A Northward/A 12/two/2019 Source
Illinois 18th Congressional Commune Unaffiliated Pending 10% of original requirement (by court order) N/A Northward/A 7/20/2020 Source
Illinois 1st Congressional District Autonomous 1,230 0.five% of qualified political party main voters in the district N/A N/A 12/ii/2019 Source
Illinois 1st Congressional District Republican 408 0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district N/A N/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois 1st Congressional District Unaffiliated Awaiting x% of original requirement (past court club) N/A North/A seven/20/2020 Source
Illinois second Congressional District Democratic i,184 0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district Due north/A N/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois second Congressional Commune Republican 336 0.5% of qualified party master voters in the commune N/A N/A 12/two/2019 Source
Illinois 2nd Congressional Commune Unaffiliated Pending 10% of original requirement (past court order) N/A Northward/A seven/twenty/2020 Source
Illinois 3rd Congressional Commune Autonomous 786 0.v% of qualified party primary voters in the district N/A N/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois 3rd Congressional Commune Republican 603 0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district North/A North/A 12/two/2019 Source
Illinois 3rd Congressional District Unaffiliated Pending 10% of original requirement (by courtroom order) N/A North/A 7/20/2020 Source
Illinois 4th Congressional District Democratic 862 0.5% of qualified political party primary voters in the district N/A N/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois 4th Congressional District Republican 180 0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the commune N/A North/A 12/two/2019 Source
Illinois 4th Congressional Commune Unaffiliated Awaiting 10% of original requirement (by court order) N/A N/A 7/20/2020 Source
Illinois 5th Congressional District Autonomous 1,150 0.5% of qualified political party primary voters in the district Due north/A N/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois 5th Congressional District Republican 566 0.5% of qualified political party primary voters in the district North/A N/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois 5th Congressional District Unaffiliated Pending 10% of original requirement (by courtroom society) N/A Due north/A vii/twenty/2020 Source
Illinois 6th Congressional District Democratic 876 0.5% of qualified party chief voters in the commune North/A Northward/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois 6th Congressional District Republican ane,010 0.5% of qualified party main voters in the district N/A N/A 12/two/2019 Source
Illinois 6th Congressional Commune Unaffiliated Pending 10% of original requirement (by court social club) North/A Northward/A 7/twenty/2020 Source
Illinois 7th Congressional District Autonomous 1,356 0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district N/A N/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois 7th Congressional District Republican 271 0.v% of qualified political party main voters in the district North/A N/A 12/ii/2019 Source
Illinois 7th Congressional District Unaffiliated Pending x% of original requirement (past court club) Northward/A North/A vii/xx/2020 Source
Illinois eighth Congressional District Autonomous 741 0.five% of qualified party primary voters in the commune North/A N/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois 8th Congressional District Republican 552 0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the commune N/A North/A 12/ii/2019 Source
Illinois 8th Congressional District Unaffiliated Pending 10% of original requirement (by court lodge) N/A North/A 7/twenty/2020 Source
Illinois 9th Congressional Commune Democratic one,190 0.5% of qualified political party primary voters in the commune N/A N/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois 9th Congressional District Republican 622 0.five% of qualified party primary voters in the district N/A N/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois 9th Congressional District Unaffiliated Awaiting x% of original requirement (by court club) N/A N/A 7/20/2020 Source

State House

The table beneath details filing requirements for Illinois House of Representatives candidates in the 2020 election cycle.

Filing requirements for land legislative candidates, 2020
Sleeping room name Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Illinois House of Representatives Qualified party 500 N/A 12/2/2019 Source
Illinois House of Representatives Unaffiliated 10% of original requirement (by courtroom order) Due north/A 7/twenty/2020 Source

State Senate

The table below details filing requirements for Illinois State Senate candidates in the 2020 election cycle.

Filing requirements for state legislative candidates, 2020
Bedroom proper name Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Illinois State Senate Qualified political party 1,000 N/A 12/ii/2019 Source
Illinois Country Senate Unaffiliated ten% of original requirement (by courtroom order) Due north/A vii/20/2020 Source

2018

Run into also: State and federal candidate filing deadlines for 2018 and Illinois elections, 2018

See below for 2018 candidate filing deadlines.

December iv, 2017

2016

See also: Illinois elections, 2016

The agenda beneath lists of import dates for political candidates in Illinois in 2016.

Dates and requirements for candidates in 2016
Deadline Event type Event description
November 30, 2015 Election access Filing deadline for established party candidates
January 14, 2016 Ballot access Filing borderline for write-in candidates for the primary election
January 15, 2016 Campaign finance December quarterly report due
March 15, 2016 Ballot date Main ballot
April 15, 2016 Campaign finance March quarterly report due
June 27, 2016 Ballot admission Filing deadline for new political political party candidates and independent candidates
July fifteen, 2016 Entrada finance June quarterly report due
September 8, 2016 Ballot access Filing borderline for write-in candidates for the general election
October 17, 2016 Campaign finance September quarterly written report due
November 8, 2016 Election date Full general election
January 17, 2017 Campaign finance Dec quarterly report due
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections, "Ballot and Campaign Finance Calendar 2016," accessed Baronial 7, 2015

2015


2014


Process to get a candidate

DocumentIcon.jpg Meet statutes: Chapter 10, Department 5, Article 7 of the Illinois Statutes

In Illinois, a candidate may run with an established political party, with a new political party, equally an independent candidate, or as a write-in candidate. Candidate qualification processes are detailed below.[1]

Political political party candidates and independent candidates

Established political political party candidates, new political party candidates, and independent candidates must file nomination papers with the Illinois Land Board of Elections in order to qualify for placement on the election. These nomination papers must be filed during the designated filing flow. The filing catamenia for established party candidates begins 113 days before the primary election and ends 106 days before the chief election. New party and independent candidates accept a separate filing period. Their filing menses begins 141 days earlier the full general ballot and ends 134 days before the full general ballot.[3] [1]

Nomination papers include the following:[ane]

  1. The statement of candidacy must indicate the candidate's address, the office being sought, and the candidate's political party designation (if applicable). This form also includes a statement affirming that the candidate is qualified for the office being sought. This class must be signed by the candidate and notarized.[4]
  2. The original statement of economic interests must be filed with the Illinois Secretary of Country, which will and so event the receipt of the statement of economic interests for the candidate to file with the Illinois State Board of Elections. This form is not required from candidates seeking federal part. It is suggested that this form be filed at the same time every bit all other nomination papers, but it may be filed after the other papers as long equally it is filed within the candidate filing menses.[one]
  3. The loyalty oath form is optional. If a candidate chooses to sign it, he or she must assert that he or she is non affiliated direct or indirectly with any organization that seeks to overthrow the regime of the Us or the country of Illinois.[1] [five]
  4. A petition containing the signatures of qualified electors. A candidate can begin circulating petitions 90 days earlier the last mean solar day of the filing period. Signature requirements for petitions vary according to the candidate's political party amalgamation and the office being sought. Signature requirements are detailed in the tabular array below.[one] [six] [vii]
Petition signature requirements
Office Established political party candidates New party candidates Independent candidates
Statewide office (e.g., governor and lieutenant governor, chaser general, secretary of country, comptroller, treasurer) five,000 (no more than x,000) chief voters belonging to the candidate'south party 1% of the number of voters who voted in the most recent general ballot or 25,000, whichever is less 1% of the number of voters who voted in the most contempo general election or 25,000, whichever is less
United States Representative 0.5% of master voters in the district belonging to the candidate'due south political party 5% of the full number of district voters who voted in the final general election 5% of the total number of district voters who voted in the terminal full general ballot
Land senator one,000 (no more than 3,000) district voters belonging to the candidate's party v% of the full number of commune voters who voted in the last full general election 5% of the total number of district voters who voted in the last full general ballot
State representative 500 (no more than than i,500) district voters belonging to the candidate's party 5% of the total number of district voters who voted in the concluding general election 5% of the total number of district voters who voted in the last general election

Whatsoever objections to nomination papers must be filed no later than v business days after the filing deadline.[2]

Write-in candidates

Write-in votes volition not be counted unless the candidate files a announcement of intent no after than 61 days before the election in which he or she is running. This class must indicate the office being sought by the candidate.[1] [8]

Petition requirements

Run into as well: Methods for signing candidate nominating petitions

DocumentIcon.jpg Run across statutes: Chapter 10, Section five, Article 7 of the Illinois Statutes

In some cases, political parties and/or candidates may need to obtain signatures via the petition process to gain ballot access. This section outlines the laws and regulations pertaining to petitions and circulators in Illinois.

Format requirements

In Illinois, established party candidates, new party candidates, and independent candidates must all file petitions to access the ballot, though signature requirements for those petitions vary depending on the role beingness sought and the candidate'south political party amalgamation. Petitions cannot be circulated until the 90th day before the last 24-hour interval of the candidate's filing period. The circulator's statement on the petition must indicate that the petition was non circulated until after that date.[nine] [10]

Petition signature sheets must exist of uniform size, numbered consecutively and bound together in book class with ane edge secured. The header of each page of the petition should incorporate the aforementioned information.[9] [ten]

Signature requirements

A petition signer must be a registered voter eligible to vote for the candidate whose petition he or she signs. A signer may sign the petitions of one established political party for the main election and i new political party or independent petition for the subsequent general election. When signing, an individual must include his or her residence address.[ix]

Circulation requirements

Petition circulators must be U.South. citizens and at least eighteen years old. An individual may not circulate petitions for more than one political political party, established or new, or for more than than i independent candidate.[9] On April 21, 2021, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled, in Elam five. Municipal Officers Balloter Board for Hamlet of Riverdale, that a circulator cannot broadcast petitions for both a master candidate and an unaffiliated general election candidate during the same year.[11]

The circulator must personally witness the signing of all signatures and sign the circulator's statement on the petition attesting to that. The circulator's statement must too include the circulator'due south address, age, and citizenship information. The statement must be sworn to and signed before an officer authorized to administrate oaths in Illinois.[9] [x]

See likewise: State ballot agencies

Illinois Country Board of Elections

2329 S. MacArthur Blvd., Springfield, Illinois 62704
Telephone: 217-782-4141
Fax: 217-782-5959
Email: webmaster@elections.il.gov
http://world wide web.elections.country.il.us/

Illinois Secretary of State

111 East Monroe, Springfield, Illinois 62756
Telephone: 217-782-7017

Term limits

State executives

State Executive Officials

Run across also: State executives with term limits and States with gubernatorial term limits

Illinois does not place term limits on country executive offices.

Country legislators

See besides: Land legislatures with term limits

Illinois does non place term limits on land legislators.

Congressional partisanship

Portal:Legislative Branch

Encounter likewise: List of United States Representatives from Illinois and Listing of United States Senators from Illinois

Beneath is the current partisan breakdown of the congressional delegation from Illinois.

Congressional Partisan Breakup from Illinois
Party U.Due south. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic two 13 15
Republican 0 five 5
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 xviii xx

State legislative partisanship

Portal:State legislatures

Beneath is the electric current partisan breakdown of the state legislature of Illinois.

Illinois State Senate

Political party As of May 2022
Democratic Party xl
Republican Party 18
Vacancies 1
Total 59

Illinois Business firm of Representatives

Party Every bit of May 2022
Democratic Party 73
Republican Party 45
Vacancies 0
Total 118

Recent news

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See also

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  • Ballot access requirements for presidential candidates in Illinois
  • Election admission requirements for political parties in Illinois
  • Illinois elections, 2020
  • Campaign finance requirements in Illinois
  • Counties in Illinois
  • List of Usa Representatives from Illinois
  • List of United States Senators from Illinois
  • Methods for signing candidate nominating petitions
  • State executives with term limits
  • States with gubernatorial term limits
  • Country legislatures with term limits

External links

Official state and federal links

  • Illinois State Board of Elections
  • Federal Election Commission
  • Illinois Country Board of Elections, "Candidate Guide 2016"
  • Illinois State Lath of Elections, "Election and Campaign Finance Calendar 2016"

Other information

  • Election Admission News – News updates and analysis of ballot access issues
  • ThirdPartyPolitics.us – Blog almost American third party and independent politics
  • National Voter Outreach – Political consulting firm that specializes in organizing petition signature drives

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 i.1 i.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.half dozen 1.vii Illinois Country Board of Elections, "State of Illinois Candidate'south Guide 2014," Updated November 26, 2013
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.ane Illinois State Lath of Elections, "Ballot and Campaign Finance Calendar 2014," Updated July 31, 2013
  3. ↑ Illinois Statutes, "Chapter 10, Section 5, Article 10, Section 12," accessed March 26, 2014
  4. ↑ Illinois Statutes, "Chapter 10, Section 5, Article 7, Department x.1," accessed March 26, 2014
  5. ↑ Illinois Country Board of Elections, "Country of Illinois Candidate's Guide 2013," accessed March 26, 2014
  6. ↑ Illinois Statutes, "Chapter 10, Section 5, Article vii, Section 10," accessed March 26, 2014
  7. ↑ Illinois Country Board of Elections, "Candidate's Guide 2018," updated October 11, 2017
  8. ↑ Illinois Statutes, "Chapter x, Section 5, Article 7, Section 59," accessed March 26, 2014
  9. ↑ ix.0 9.i 9.2 9.3 9.four Illinois State Board of Elections, "State of Illinois Candidate's Guide 2014," Updated Nov 26, 2013
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.i x.two Illinois Statutes, "Chapter 10, Department five, Article vii, Section 10," accessed March 26, 2014
  11. ↑ Ballot Access News, "Illinois Supreme Courtroom Construes Election Law to Ban Persons from Circulating for a Primary Candidate and a General Ballot Candidate in Same Twelvemonth," April 21, 2021

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