La Shawn Ford
DEMOCRATIC
Illinois State House (D)
2007 – Present
Illinois7th District2026 HOUSE FORECAST
Chad Koppie
REPUBLICAN
Kane County Regional Board of Schools
2026 Illinois 7th District House Forecast:
Proprietary forecast for Illinois's 7th congressional district House election between Democrat La Shawn Ford and Republican Chad Koppie. This page will update with a daily set of 100,000 new simulations as race fundamentals change in order to produce race odds, projected margin, and forecasted vote share. This page also includes polling averages when available.
The 2026 Illinois 7th District House election features Democrat La Shawn Ford and Republican Chad Koppie. The seat is open in 2026, but the race to fill it is not expected to be competitive. In 2024, Kamala Harris won Illinois' 7th congressional district by 36.5%, and the election for the district's House seat is rated as solid Democratic in 2026.
- Year
- 2026
- Race
- House
- District
- IL-7
- Democratic candidate
- La Shawn Ford
- Republican candidate
- Chad Koppie
- Incumbent / open seat
- Open seat
- Forecast rating
- Solid D
- Projected vote
- 69.9% D / 30.1% R
- Projected margin
- D +39.8
- Forecast odds
- 99.9% D / 0.1% R
- Forecast last updated
- 12:00 AM on July 2, 2026
- Polling average
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- Polling average margin
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- Polling last updated
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- Polls included
- 0
- Latest poll
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