Illinois's 17th Congressional District
U.S. House · Illinois · District 17 · General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Candidates on the November 3 ballot
Federal campaign finance filings for this seat: FEC election page (FEC registration is not the same as ballot qualification).
Certified candidates
- Eric Sorensen DemocraticIncumbent @RepEricSorensen
Certified candidate list from Candidate Alerts, as of 2026-09-24, based on Illinois State Board of Elections. Includes candidates the database marks as on the November 3 ballot. Incumbent tags here follow the database.
Past election results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Sorensen | Democratic | 170,261 | 54.4% |
| Joe McGraw | Republican | 142,567 | 45.6% |
| Total | 312,828 |
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections, Election Vote Totals by Precinct (108 election-authority files). Status: Official vote, Illinois State Board of Elections (certified canvass, precinct vote totals by election authority)
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| ERIC SORENSEN | Democratic | 121,186 | 51.9% |
| ESTHER JOY KING | Republican | 111,931 | 48.0% |
| Write-in | 301 | 0.1% | |
| Brad Ahrens | 4 | 0.0% | |
| 17TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT | 0 | 0.0% | |
| Total | 233,422 |
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections, Election Vote Totals by Precinct (108 election-authority files). Status: Official vote, Illinois State Board of Elections (certified canvass, precinct vote totals by election authority)
Held under the district lines in effect at the time. Those boundaries differ from the 2026 district.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHERI BUSTOS | Democratic | 156,011 | 52.0% |
| ESTHER JOY KING | Republican | 143,863 | 47.9% |
| Write-in | 195 | 0.1% | |
| General Parker | 19 | 0.0% | |
| General Parker (The General) | 2 | 0.0% | |
| Total | 300,090 |
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections, Election Vote Totals by Precinct (108 election-authority files). Status: Official vote, Illinois State Board of Elections (certified canvass, precinct vote totals by election authority)
Certified results from state or county election authorities, as compiled in the Candidate Alerts precinct results database (public API candidatealerts.com/api/district-results). Totals are sums of certified precinct and county-level rows.
Demographics
2020 Census demographics by district are not yet published in this data set.
0 of 1,905 precincts are above 50%, and 81 are above 25%. Source: Census American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year block groups, allocated to current precinct shapes by area. Area coverage is good for 42.9% of precincts; treat the rest as approximate.
Poll status
Map
Share of adults (18+) who speak Spanish at home, by precinct. Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates on the current precinct layer. Hover a precinct for its value.
District shown in red: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary file for the 119th Congress (cb_2024_us_cd119_500k). These are the lines in effect for 2026 in this state per the Candidate Alerts district registry.
Precinct map: past elections and demographics
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Precinct results
Certified precinct results on current precinct shapes, grouped by county. 1,254 precincts. "(part)" marks a precinct only partly inside this district; its full vote is shown, so district sums are approximate and are not the official district total. Elections were held under older lines and are shown on the 2026 district.
| County | 2024 President | 2022 Governor | 2020 President | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | Votes | Margin | Votes | Margin | Votes | |
| Rock Island | D+9.5 | 63,679 | D+9.4 | 48,243 | D+12.1 | 66,947 |
| Peoria | D+11.6 | 64,630 | D+8.7 | 47,544 | D+17.4 | 53,842 |
| Winnebago | D+16.5 | 56,188 | D+14.4 | 39,292 | D+19.5 | 60,675 |
| McLean | D+20.7 | 41,179 | D+20.5 | 28,247 | D+22.2 | 39,775 |
| Whiteside | R+14.6 | 26,550 | R+13.7 | 20,074 | R+8.3 | 27,433 |
| Knox | R+9.3 | 22,307 | R+12.0 | 17,606 | R+5.6 | 23,208 |
| Stephenson | R+8.6 | 14,749 | R+11.0 | 11,665 | R+6.0 | 15,705 |
| Fulton | R+17.2 | 12,388 | R+15.6 | 9,967 | R+14.3 | 12,802 |
| Henry | R+15.2 | 10,008 | R+15.8 | 7,546 | R+11.6 | 10,303 |
| Tazewell | R+41.2 | 8,494 | R+40.9 | 6,571 | R+39.9 | 7,966 |
| Carroll | R+31.6 | 7,856 | R+34.8 | 6,027 | R+29.3 | 8,037 |
| McDonough | D+3.3 | 6,892 | R+5.3 | 5,163 | D+7.8 | 6,314 |
| Warren | R+15.8 | 4,774 | R+20.7 | 3,722 | R+9.5 | 5,083 |
| Mercer | R+27.3 | 4,177 | R+26.6 | 3,365 | R+23.0 | 4,347 |
| All counties (approx.) | D+3.7 | 343,871 | D+1.8 | 255,032 | D+7.0 | 342,437 |
Rock Island: 120 precinct results and demographics
Peoria: 517 precinct results and demographics
Winnebago: 96 precinct results and demographics
McLean: 94 precinct results and demographics
Whiteside: 60 precinct results and demographics
Knox: 55 precinct results and demographics
Stephenson: 28 precinct results and demographics
Fulton: 100 precinct results and demographics
Henry: 23 precinct results and demographics
Tazewell: 16 precinct results and demographics
Carroll: 26 precinct results and demographics
McDonough: 60 precinct results and demographics
Warren: 49 precinct results and demographics
Mercer: 10 precinct results and demographics
2024 President (Kamala D. Harris vs. Donald J. Trump). Source: Illinois State Board of Elections, Election Vote Totals by Precinct (108 election-authority files). Official vote, Illinois State Board of Elections (certified canvass, precinct vote totals by election authority).
2022 Governor (JB PRITZKER vs. DARREN BAILEY). Source: Illinois State Board of Elections, Election Vote Totals by Precinct (108 election-authority files). Official vote, Illinois State Board of Elections (certified canvass, precinct vote totals by election authority).
2020 President (JOSEPH R. BIDEN vs. DONALD J. TRUMP). Source: Illinois State Board of Elections, Election Vote Totals by Precinct (108 election-authority files). Official vote, Illinois State Board of Elections (certified canvass, precinct vote totals by election authority).
Precinct demographics
Demographics are Census American Community Survey (ACS) 2020-2024 5-year estimates for block groups, assigned to precincts by area share. They describe the resident population, not registered or likely voters, and include non-citizens. ACS margins of error are not shown; small precincts carry large error. Area weighting assumes people are spread evenly within each block group, so large rural precincts are the least reliable. Median income is a household-weighted average of block-group medians, an approximation.
| Area | Population | Voting-age pop. | % White non-Hisp. | % Hispanic | % Black | % Asian | Median income* | % Bachelor's+ | % 18-29 (of adults) | % 65+ | % Homeowners | % Below poverty | % Spanish at home (adults) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | 750,507 | 588,405 | 68.4% | 11.8% | 12.5% | 2.2% | $65k | 24.5% | 22.3% | 18.9% | 65.0% | 17.6% | 6.6% |
| Winnebago (in district) | 155,049 | 117,757 | 52.0% | 20.5% | 18.2% | 3.0% | $60k | 21.2% | 20.9% | 17.1% | 56.9% | 21.6% | 14.0% |
| Rock Island (in district) | 145,729 | 112,932 | 67.4% | 14.2% | 10.9% | 2.6% | $71k | 24.8% | 19.0% | 20.4% | 69.6% | 15.5% | 7.2% |
| Peoria (in district) | 119,923 | 91,840 | 60.0% | 7.7% | 22.7% | 2.6% | $62k | 26.9% | 21.8% | 17.8% | 62.1% | 19.9% | 3.8% |
| McLean (in district) | 81,350 | 67,736 | 72.6% | 8.5% | 11.9% | 2.8% | $63k | 42.3% | 40.3% | 13.4% | 53.4% | 20.2% | 4.7% |
| Whiteside (in district) | 55,581 | 43,380 | 80.8% | 13.4% | 1.2% | 0.5% | $70k | 20.4% | 16.7% | 21.7% | 76.8% | 12.1% | 5.8% |
| Knox (in district) | 49,895 | 39,824 | 79.9% | 6.4% | 8.0% | 1.2% | $62k | 21.0% | 19.2% | 22.3% | 70.7% | 14.7% | 2.5% |
| Stephenson (in district) | 33,223 | 26,431 | 74.6% | 6.0% | 11.3% | 1.1% | $62k | 19.7% | 16.4% | 24.2% | 65.9% | 16.6% | 2.1% |
| Fulton (in district) | 25,892 | 21,069 | 90.8% | 2.9% | 3.5% | 0.1% | $63k | 18.0% | 17.4% | 21.7% | 76.0% | 13.8% | 2.1% |
| Henry (in district) | 22,615 | 17,821 | 82.8% | 10.2% | 1.8% | 0.4% | $64k | 18.0% | 16.6% | 21.3% | 74.1% | 12.5% | 6.0% |
| Carroll (in district) | 15,664 | 12,889 | 87.8% | 5.3% | 3.9% | 0.8% | $62k | 17.8% | 16.2% | 24.2% | 77.1% | 14.2% | 3.7% |
| McDonough (in district) | 13,774 | 11,820 | 78.4% | 4.3% | 9.8% | 2.9% | $48k | 33.6% | 46.4% | 14.4% | 50.3% | 26.4% | 1.8% |
| Tazewell (in district) | 13,299 | 10,306 | 89.8% | 3.7% | 3.6% | 0.2% | $78k | 18.7% | 15.0% | 19.0% | 79.0% | 9.4% | 2.2% |
| Warren (in district) | 10,892 | 8,480 | 75.0% | 14.8% | 3.7% | 3.8% | $64k | 21.5% | 24.7% | 18.8% | 71.8% | 16.2% | 8.8% |
| Mercer (in district) | 7,621 | 6,122 | 91.9% | 4.3% | 0.0% | 0.4% | $86k | 21.5% | 13.6% | 23.0% | 91.0% | 7.3% | 2.4% |
Precinct-level demographics (1,899 precincts) are on the county pages linked above.
*Median income is approximate (see note above). ACS 2020-2024 5-year.
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