Illinois 72026 HOUSE POLLS

2026 Illinois 7th District House Forecast:

The Pollsmax 2026 Illinois 7th District House forecast currently gives Democrat La Shawn Ford a 99.9% chance of defeating Republican Chad Koppie. Pollsmax projects Ford to receive 80.8% of the vote compared with 19.3% for Koppie, a projected Democratic margin of 61.5 percentage points. The model currently rates the race as Solid Democratic. The forecast is updated using 100,000 simulations incorporating polling and race fundamentals. See the Pollsmax forecast methodology.

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.