Illinois 82026 HOUSE POLLS

2026 Illinois 8th District House Forecast:

The Pollsmax 2026 Illinois 8th District House forecast currently gives Democrat Melissa Bean a 97.5% chance of defeating Republican Jennifer Davis. Pollsmax projects Bean to receive 59.7% of the vote compared with 40.3% for Davis, a projected Democratic margin of 19.4 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 8th District House election features Democrat Melissa Bean and Republican Jennifer Davis. The seat is open in 2026, but the race to fill it is not expected to be competitive. In 2024, Kamala Harris won Illinois' 8th congressional district by 6.5%, and the election for the district's House seat is rated as solid Democratic in 2026.