Riding profile

IL-17

US House district — IL · Mixed · us il

The question

IL-17: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Editorial read

IL-17, a mixed riding in IL, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 9-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 58% vote share, against 42% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

SORENSEN, ERIC

Sits with Democrat

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Sorensen, Eric

  • Republican Challenger

    Bickelhaupt, Julie

  • Republican Challenger

    Vancil, Dillan

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
15.3
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 57.7%
  • Republican 42.3%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican
HereIL-17 57.7%42.3%
National averageUnited States 51.9% +5.8 46.6% −4.3

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
Democrat
Margin
8.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
+6.5 pts

Around the region

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Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026