Springfield: who represents it, and who is running
U.S. general election (federal, state and county offices) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects u.S. Senator (open Durbin seat); U.S. Representatives IL-13 and IL-15; Governor and Lieutenant Governor (joint ticket), Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer; Illinois Senate SD-48 and House HD-95/HD-96; Sangamon County Treasurer, Clerk, Sheriff and County Board seats. No City of Springfield office..
Holding office21
the sitting council
On the ballot16
5 sitting members running again
The official candidate list ↗ · What Springfield is like — the /local page
Congressional district (city hall): Illinois's 13th congressional district (city hall); part of the city is in Illinois's 15th — Nikki Budzinski (Democratic)
1
Mayor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Misty Buscher ✉️ Elected | Mayor | Independent | Sangamon County Clerk |
2
Alderman
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Carlson ✉️ Elected | Alderman | Independent | Ward 7 | Sangamon County Clerk |
| Jeff Cox ✉️ Elected | Alderman | Independent | Ward 1 | Sangamon County Clerk |
| Jim Donelan ✉️ Elected | Alderman | Independent | Ward 9 | Sangamon County Clerk |
| Larry Rockford Elected | Alderman | Independent | Ward 4 | Sangamon County Clerk |
| Ralph Hanauer ✉️ Elected | Alderman | Independent | Ward 10 | Sangamon County Clerk |
| Roy Williams, Jr. ✉️ Elected | Alderman | Independent | Ward 3 | Sangamon County Clerk |
| Willie "Shawn" Gregory ✉️ Elected | Alderman | Independent | Ward 2 | Sangamon County Clerk |
3
Alderwoman
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erin Conley ✉️ Elected | Alderwoman | Independent | Ward 8 | Sangamon County Clerk |
| Jennifer Notariano ✉️ Elected | Alderwoman | Independent | Ward 6 | Sangamon County Clerk |
| Lakeisha Purchase Elected | Alderwoman | Independent | Ward 5 | Sangamon County Clerk |
4
City Clerk
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Redpath ✉️ Elected | City Clerk | Independent | city-wide | Sangamon County Clerk |
5
City Treasurer
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colleen Redpath Feger ✉️ Elected | City Treasurer | Independent | city-wide | Sangamon County Clerk |
6
Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JB Pritzker ✉️ Elected | Governor → Running | Democratic | Sangamon County Clerk | |
| Collin Corbett | Governor Running | Independent | Madison County (IL) Clerk | |
| Darren Bailey | Governor Running | Republican | Madison County (IL) Clerk |
7
Lieutenant Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juliana Stratton Elected | Lieutenant Governor | Democratic | Sangamon County Clerk | |
| Aaron B. Del Mar | Lieutenant Governor Running | Republican | Madison County (IL) Clerk | |
| Carolyn Schofield | Lieutenant Governor Running | Independent | Madison County (IL) Clerk | |
| Christian Mitchell | Lieutenant Governor Running | Democratic | Madison County (IL) Clerk |
8
State Representative — HD-96
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sue Scherer Elected acclaimed unofficial | State Representative → Running | Democratic | Sangamon County Clerk |
9
State Senator — SD-48
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doris Turner Elected unofficial | State Senator → Running | Democratic | Sangamon County Clerk | |
| Frank Lesko unofficial | State Senator Running | Republican | Sangamon County Clerk |
10
U.S. Senator
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard J. Durbin Elected | U.S. Senator | Democratic | Sangamon County Clerk | |
| Tammy Duckworth Elected | U.S. Senator | Democratic | Sangamon County Clerk | |
| Don Tracy | U.S. Senator Running | Republican | Madison County (IL) Clerk | |
| Juliana Stratton | U.S. Senator Running | Democratic | Madison County (IL) Clerk | |
| Whitfield Harrington Jr | U.S. Senator Running | American Center Party | Madison County (IL) Clerk |
11
U.S. Representative — IL-13
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikki Budzinski Elected | U.S. Representative → Running | Democratic | U.S. House | |
| Jeff Wilson | U.S. Representative Running | Republican | Madison County (IL) Clerk |
12
U.S. Representative — IL-15
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary E. Miller Elected | U.S. Representative → Running | Republican | U.S. House | |
| Jennifer Todd | U.S. Representative Running | Democratic | Madison County (IL) Clerk |
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Notes on this record
How the lists were read, and what could not be.
- Municipal: Mayor, City Clerk, City Treasurer and 10 ward aldermen from the Sangamon County Clerk's "City of Springfield Officials" PDF (updated 5/9/2025): all term 2023–2027, Nonpartisan; Ward 1 (Jeff Cox) appointed Feb 2025, City Clerk (Chuck Redpath) appointed Jan 2025. The PDF prints home addresses and phones — none copied. Ward-named / campaign-style gmail/yahoo addresses kept; two plainly personal ones (Wards 4, 5) left null. Council photos linked from springfield.il.us City Council page (image file names match the ward listing).
- Next Springfield municipal election: April 6, 2027 Consolidated Election (Mayor, Clerk, Treasurer, all 10 wards — terms end 2027 per the county list; consolidated primary Feb 23, 2027 per the Illinois cycle; Madison County's page confirms 2027 consolidated petitions file Nov 16–23, 2026). No City office on the 2026-11-03 ballot.
- Districts: Census geocoder at city hall (300 S 7th St) → IL-13, SD-48, HD-96. A 7x7 coordinate grid (21 points inside Springfield city) gave IL-13 16 / IL-15 5; SD-48 21/21; HD-95 16 / HD-96 5. HD-95 member Michael J. Coffey, Jr. (R; Sangamon State Officials page) was the sole Republican primary candidate in HD-95 and the Democratic primary had "NO CANDIDATE" — not recorded as a person (city hall rule).
- Statewide / federal candidates from the Madison County Clerk list (scanned PDF read page by page): U.S. Senate — Don Tracy (R), Juliana Stratton (D), Whitfield Harrington Jr (ACP); Governor/Lt Gov — Pritzker/Mitchell (D), Bailey/Del Mar (R), Corbett/Schofield (IND); IL-13 — Budzinski (D) v Jeff Wilson (R); IL-15 — Mary E. Miller (R) v Jennifer Todd (D). Matches the Cook County Clerk list used for us-chicago on the statewide contests. Party as printed (R, D, ACP, IND).
- SD-48 and HD-96 candidacies rest on Sangamon County certified March 17, 2026 primary results (sole primary candidates) and are flagged unofficial: true. counts.unopposed = 1 (HD-96 Scherer — no Republican primary candidate; a later slating could not be checked).
- Federal: senators from the Sangamon Federal Officials page with terms from the CC0 @unitedstates legislators-current.json (senate.gov not tried — 403 on robots.txt in earlier runs); representatives from house.gov/representatives. No federal photos linked.
- BLOCKED / not used: elections.il.gov (robots.txt Disallow: / — earlier run); www.ilga.gov (TLS certificate chain failed to verify for this client — not retried with another tool, so ILGA member pages were not read; state legislators rest on the Sangamon County Clerk State Officials page). Sangamon's sample ballot is behind a personal voter lookup (vr.platinumvrms.com) — not used.
- Robots/terms: sangamonil.gov (robots allows; county files on sangamondepartments.blob.core.windows.net — robots.txt returned 400), results.enr.clarityelections.com (no robots.txt), madisoncountyil.gov (no robots.txt; PDF on cms4files.revize.com — robots allows *.pdf), springfield.il.us (no robots.txt), house.gov (allows /representatives), geocoding.geo.census.gov (no robots.txt), unitedstates.github.io (no robots.txt; CC0). No terms restricting reuse found. standsFor null for everyone (no candidate statements read). No home addresses, phones or personal emails recorded.
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Sources
Prepared 2026-10-31. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.
- Sangamon County Clerk — City of Springfield Officials (updated 5/9/2025; linked from Elected Officials > Local Officials > City/Village Officials) 13
- Madison County (IL) Clerk — 2026 General Election candidate list (PDF, linked from the Clerk's Candidates page; scanned, undated) 10
- Sangamon County Clerk — State Officials (Lt. Governor, term 2022–2026) 1
- Sangamon County Clerk — Federal Officials; term from @unitedstates legislators-current.json (CC0): 2021-01-03 to 2027-01-03 1
- Sangamon County Clerk — Federal Officials; term from @unitedstates legislators-current.json (CC0): 2023-01-03 to 2029-01-03 1
- Sangamon County Clerk — State Officials (State Senator 48th District, Doris Turner (D)); candidacy from Sangamon County March 17, 2026 primary results 1
- Sangamon County Clerk — State Officials (Governor J.B. Pritzker (D), term 2022–2026); candidacy from the Madison County (IL) Clerk 2026 General Election candidate list 1
- U.S. House — Directory of Representatives (Illinois 15th); candidacy from the Madison County (IL) Clerk 2026 General Election candidate list 1
- U.S. House — Directory of Representatives (Illinois 13th); candidacy from the Madison County (IL) Clerk 2026 General Election candidate list 1
- Sangamon County Clerk — State Officials (State Representative 96th District, Sue Scherer (D), term 2024–2026); candidacy from Sangamon County March 17, 2026 primary results 1
- Sangamon County Clerk — March 17, 2026 General Primary results (Clarity ENR, linked from the Clerk's Election Results page) 1