

2026 Women Candidates
Name
Deb Conroy
Paula Deacon Garcia
Jean Kaczmarek
Yeena Yoo
Rebecca Gamboa
Peggy O'Connell
Christina Kye
Terra Costa Howard
Maria Sinkule
Melissa Villanueva
Mahnoor Ahmad
Mary Rada Walters
Ericka Polanco Webb
Paula McGowen
Mary Fitzgerald Ozog
Sadia Covert
Dawn Desart
Marylee Leu
Melissa Martinez
Lauren 'Laurie' Nowak
Susan Smentek
Tina Tyson Dunne
Dana Moreau
Jacalyn 'Jax' West
Barb O'Meara
Janet Yang Rohr
Margaret DeLaRosa
Lynn LaPlante
Marti Deuter
Dianne Blair-Sherlock
Erica Bray-Parker
Maura Hirschauer
Barbara Hernandez
Michelle Mussman
Norma Hernandez
Anne Stava
Saba Haider
Dagmara "Dee" Avelar
Kimberly Lightford
Laura Ellman
Suzy Glowiak Hilton
Laura Murphy
Linda Holmes
Stephanie A. Kifowit
Margaret Croke
Karina Villa
Holly Kim
Delia Ramirez
Delia Ramirez
Yasmeen Bankole
Robin Kelly
Juliana Stratton
Office
DuPage County Board Chair
DuPage County Clerk
DuPage County Clerk
DuPage County Treasurer
Regional Superintendent of Schools
3rd Appellate Court
18th Circuit Court, Subcircuit 4
18th Circuit Court, Subcircuit 5
County Board 1
County Board 1
County Board 2
County Board 2
County Board 3
County Board 4
County Board 4
County Board 5
County Board 5
County Board 5
County Board 6
County Board 6
Forest Preserve District 1
Forest Preserve District 2
Forest Preserve District 2
Forest Preserve District 2
Forest Preserve District 5
IL State Representative 41
IL State Representative 42
IL State Representative 42
IL State Representative 45
IL State Representative 46
IL State Representative 47
IL State Representative 49
IL State Representative 50
IL State Representative 56
IL State Representative 77
IL State Representative 81
IL State Representative 84
IL State Representative 85
IL State Senator 4
IL State Senator 21
IL State Senator 23
IL State Senator 28
IL State Senator 42
State Comptroller
State Comptroller
State Comptroller
State Comptroller
US Congress IL-03
State Central Committee IL-03
US Congress IL-08
US Senate
US Senate
Incumbent
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