AMVOTE Endorsements

2026 Illinois Primary Elections

March 17, 2026
Early Voting Resources for:

Cook County - DuPage County - Lake County

AMVOTE PAC’s proprietary database of registered MENA voters in Illinois grew by 10.73% this year, increasing from 355,218 to 393,284 voters. This represents 4.40% of all Illinois voters and 6.05% of voters in Cook County.

ILLINOIS ENDORSEMENTS

Illinois Comptroller: Karina Villa

COOK COUNTY ENDORSEMENTS

Cook County Board President:  Toni Preckwinkle

Cook County Assessor:  Patrick Hynes                  

Cook County Clerk:  Monica Gordon

Cook County Sheriff:  Tom Dart                             

Chicago Treasurer:  Maria Pappas

Board of Review District 2:  Liz Nicholson        

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (“MWRD”)

“MWRD Board” (6-year term): Eira Sepulveda | Precious Brady-Davis | Beth Kirkwood

“MWRD” Board (2-year term):  Cam Davis

STATE SENATE

3 – Mattie Hunter         

6 – Nick Uniejewski             

11 – Mike Porfirio             

12 – Celina Villanueva  

14 – Ahmed Karrar        

18 – Frances Ann Hurley             

20 – Graciela Guzman             

26 – Nabeela Syed

STATE HOUSE

1 – Aaron Ortiz                     

4 – Lilian Jimenez           

6 – Sonya Harper             

12 – Karim Lakhani       

13 – Demi Palecek 

21 - Abdelnasser Rashid     

23 – Edgar Gonzalez      

27 – Justin Slaughter          

28 – Bob Rita                  

30 – William Davis         

31 - Michael Crawford      

32 – Lisa Davis                

39 – Will Guzzardi             

77 – Norma Hernandez

DUPAGE COUNTY BOARD

District 2:  Mahnoor Ahmad      

District 4:  Syed Hussain                           

District 5:  Sadia Covert              

District 6:  Laurie Nowak            

DUPAGE

Sheriff:  Edmond “Eddie” Moore       

District 1 Republican Committeeman:  Onkar Singh Sangha

STATE HOUSE

42 – Lynn LaPlante        

46 – Diane Blair-Sherlock           

77 – Norma Hernandez                      

81 – Anne Stava             

84 – Saba Haidar            

85 – Dagmara Avelar

COOK COUNTY BOARD

1 - Tara Stamps              

3 - Bill Lowry     

4 - Stanley Moore          

6 - Wesam Shahed

7 - Alma Anaya               

8 - Jessica Vasquez     

9 - Maggie Trevor   

10 - Bridget Gainer        

11 - John Daley 

12 - Elizabeth Granato  

13 - Josina Morita 

14 - Scott Britton           

15 - Ted Mason              

16 - Frank Aguilar 

COURT RACES

Illinois Appellate Court – 1st District: Judith Rice

Illinois Appellate Court – 3rd District: John Pavich

Cook County Circuit Court Cynthia Cobbs vacancy: Luz Maria Toledo

Cook County Circuit Court Kathleen Burke vacancy: Steven McKenzie

Cook County Circuit Court Mary Ellen Coghlan vacancy: Michael Cabonargi

Cook County Circuit Court Paul Karkula vacancy: D'Anthony Thedford

Cook County Circuit Court William Hooks vacancy: Ava George Stewart

Cook County Circuit Court 1st Subcircuit Carl Walker vacancy: Ginger Odom

Cook County Circuit Court 8th Subcircuit Mary Mikva vacancy:  Katherine Morrison

Cook County Circuit Court 11th Subcircuit Mary Roberts vacancy:  Kim Przekota

Cook County Circuit Court 13th Subcircuit John Curry, Jr. vacancy:  Robert Groebner

Cook County Circuit Court 13th Subcircuit Martin Kelley vacancy:  Brittany Pedersen

Cook County Circuit Court 13th Subcircuit Shannon O'Malley vacancy:  Dan Naranjo

Cook County Circuit Court 13th Subcircuit Thomas Kelley vacancy:  William Kelley

Cook County Circuit Court 16th Subcircuit Callie Baird vacancy:  Julian Sanchez Crozier

Cook County Circuit Court 16th Subcircuit Patricia Mendoza vacancy:  Jessica Velez

Cook County Circuit Court 17th Subcircuit: Meredith Vanae Hammer

Cook County Circuit Court 17th Subcircuit: Andre Thapedi

Cook County Circuit Court 19th Subcircuit: Sarah McGann

Cook County Circuit Court 19th Subcircuit: Monica Somerville

Cook County Circuit Court 20th Subcircuit David Haracz vacancy: Michael Zink

Cook County Circuit Court 20th Subcircuit Stephanie Miller vacancy: Jon Stromsta