Decatur, Illinois: who represents it, and who is running
U.S. general election (federal, state and county offices) — Illinois votes on 2026-11-03. It elects u.S. Senator (open — Durbin retiring: Tracy REP, Stratton DEM, Harrington Jr AMERICAN CENTER); U.S. Representative IL-13 (Wilson REP v Budzinski DEM) and IL-15 (Miller REP v Todd DEM); Governor/Lt. Governor (Bailey/Del Mar REP, Pritzker/Mitchell DEM, Corbett/Schofield INDEPENDENT); Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer; State Senate SD-44, SD-48, SD-54; State House HD-87, 88, 95, 96, 107; Macon County Clerk, Treasurer, Sheriff; Regional Superintendents; Macon County Board districts; judicial vacancy and retention questions. No City of Decatur offices — the next municipal (consolidated) election is April 6, 2027..
Holding office15
the sitting council
On the ballot16
5 sitting members running again
The official candidate list ↗ · What Decatur, Illinois is like — the /local page
Congressional district (city hall): Illinois's 13th congressional district (City Hall, 1 Gary K. Anderson Plaza); IL-15 also covers part of the city — Nikki Budzinski (Democratic)
1
Mayor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julie Moore Wolfe ✉️ Elected | Mayor | Independent | City of Decatur |
2
Council Member
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consuelo Cruz ✉️ Elected | Council Member | Independent | At-Large | City of Decatur |
| David Horn ✉️ Elected | Council Member | Independent | At-Large | City of Decatur |
| Dennis Cooper ✉️ Elected | Council Member | Independent | At-Large | City of Decatur |
| Ed Culp ✉️ Elected | Council Member | Independent | At-Large | City of Decatur |
| Lisa Gregory ✉️ Elected | Council Member | Independent | At-Large | City of Decatur |
| Patrick McDaniel ✉️ Elected | Council Member | Independent | At-Large | City of Decatur |
3
Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JB Pritzker Elected | Governor → Running | Democratic | Office of the Governor of Illinois (carried from us-rockford / us-schaumburg, not re-read) | |
| Collin Corbett | Governor Running | Independent | Macon County Clerk (Josh Tanner) | |
| Darren Bailey | Governor Running | Republican | Macon County Clerk (Josh Tanner) |
4
Lieutenant Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juliana Stratton Elected | Lieutenant Governor | Democratic | Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (carried from us-rockford / us-chicago, not re-read) | |
| Aaron B. Del Mar | Lieutenant Governor Running | Republican | Macon County Clerk (Josh Tanner) | |
| Carolyn Schofield | Lieutenant Governor Running | Independent | Macon County Clerk (Josh Tanner) | |
| Christian Mitchell | Lieutenant Governor Running | Democratic | Macon County Clerk (Josh Tanner) |
5
State Representative — HD-96
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sue Scherer Elected acclaimed | State Representative → Running | Democratic | Illinois General Assembly |
6
State Senator — SD-48
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doris Turner Elected | State Senator → Running | Democratic | Illinois General Assembly | |
| Frank Lesko | State Senator Running | Republican | Macon County Clerk (Josh Tanner) |
7
U.S. Senator
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard J. Durbin Elected | U.S. Senator | Democratic | @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json) | |
| Tammy Duckworth Elected | U.S. Senator | Democratic | @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json) | |
| Don Tracy | U.S. Senator Running | Republican | Macon County Clerk (Josh Tanner) | |
| Juliana Stratton | U.S. Senator Running | Democratic | Macon County Clerk (Josh Tanner) | |
| Whitfield Harrington Jr | U.S. Senator Running | American Center | Macon County Clerk (Josh Tanner) |
8
U.S. Representative — IL-13
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikki Budzinski Elected | U.S. Representative → Running | Democratic | Office of the Clerk, U.S. House | |
| Jeff Wilson | U.S. Representative Running | Republican | Macon County Clerk (Josh Tanner) |
9
U.S. Representative — IL-15
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary E. Miller Elected | U.S. Representative → Running | Republican | Office of the Clerk, U.S. House | |
| Jennifer Todd | U.S. Representative Running | Democratic | Macon County Clerk (Josh Tanner) |
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Notes on this record
How the lists were read, and what could not be.
- Candidates: the Macon County Clerk's certified 2026 General Election Specimen Ballot (one-page PDF linked from maconcounty.illinois.gov/voting-election-information → 'Specimen Ballot'; robots.txt has only a Googlebot group, so all paths allowed). Party as printed (REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRATIC, AMERICAN CENTER, INDEPENDENT); 'No Candidate' lines and write-in lines skipped. The ballot prints no addresses.
- BLOCKED / not used: elections.il.gov (Illinois State Board of Elections) robots.txt is 'Disallow: /' for all agents (per the us-rockford record; not re-requested).
- Districts: City Hall is in IL-13, SD-48, HD-96. The city is split between IL-13 and IL-15 (both recorded) and across three Senate (44, 48, 54) and three House (88, 96, 107) districts; only City Hall's legislators are recorded. On the specimen ballot: SD-44 Sally J. Turner REP (no Democrat); SD-54 Steve McClure REP (no Democrat); HD-88 Regan Deering REP (no Democrat); HD-107 Brad Halbrook REP (no Democrat); HD-87 William E Hauter REP; HD-95 Mike Coffey REP — not recorded as people.
- City-hall seats: SD-48 Doris Turner (D, sitting) v Frank Lesko (R). HD-96 Sue Scherer (D, sitting) unopposed. Sitting members from the ilga.gov Senate and House member lists (robots Crawl-delay 10 honoured). The ilga.gov TLS chain failed in Python's verifier, so those two list pages were fetched with curl using the same User-Agent after a separate robots.txt request — not a block bypass.
- Federal sitting members from the House Clerk Member Data XML (Oct 1, 2026). U.S. Senators, Governor and Lt. Governor rows carried from us-rockford (2026-10-31).
- Municipal: City of Decatur 'Mayor & Council' page (www.decaturil.gov/300; robots has a ClaudeBot group that disallows only admin/search/calendar/CivicAlerts/RSS-type paths) — Mayor plus six council members, elected at large on a non-partisan ballot (party null / partyShort 'None'); official @decaturil.gov emails from each member's directory page (/m/directory/employee?eid=…); phones not copied. Terms are not printed on the list; David Horn's page says he was 're-elected for a third term in April 2025', Consuelo Cruz's that she was 'sworn in to council April 01, 202…' (year cut in the excerpt read).
- Next municipal election: Illinois consolidated election April 6, 2027 (date per us-rockford/us-chicago notes, not re-read); which Decatur seats are up was not read. standsFor null for everyone. Ballotpedia and Wikipedia not used as sources.
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Sources
Prepared 2026-11-01. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.
- Macon County Clerk (Josh Tanner) — 2026 General Election Specimen Ballot ('I hereby certify that this specimen ballot is a true and correct copy of the offices and candidates to be voted in the General Election to be held in Macon County, Illinois on Tuesday, November 3, 2026') 11
- City of Decatur — Mayor & Council (members list; email from each member's directory page) 7
- @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json) — carried from us-rockford (2026-10-31), not re-read 2
- Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (carried from us-rockford / us-chicago, not re-read) 1
- Illinois General Assembly — Senate Members ('Doris Turner (D) Senator 48th District'; member 3399) 1
- Office of the Governor of Illinois (carried from us-rockford / us-schaumburg, not re-read) 1
- Office of the Clerk, U.S. House — Member Data XML (publish-date October 1, 2026; bioguide M001211) 1
- Office of the Clerk, U.S. House — Member Data XML (publish-date October 1, 2026; bioguide B001315) 1
- Illinois General Assembly — House Members ('Sue Scherer (D) Representative 96th District'; member 3303) 1