Riding profile

IL-16

US House district — IL · Mixed · us il

The question

IL-16: a safe seat for the Republicans?

Editorial read

IL-16, a mixed riding in IL, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 100-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Republicans ahead at 96% vote share, against 4% for the Democrats, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

LAHOOD, DARIN MCKAY

Sits with Republican

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Lahood, Darin Mckay

  • Democrat Challenger

    Albright, Joe

  • Democrat Challenger

    Nolley, Paul

Current forecast

Republican

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
92.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 96.1%
  • Democrat 3.9%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Republican Democrat
HereIL-16 96.1%3.9%
National averageUnited States 46.6% +49.4 51.9% −48.0

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Previous election · US HOUSE_2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
99.9 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-7.7 pts

Around the region

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Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026