Illinois Governor
Candidates
| Candidate | Party | Poll avg | Latest poll | Raised | Cash | Outside for / against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JB Pritzker | D | 56.7% (3) | 57% | — | — | — |
| Darren Bailey | R | 37% (3) | 36% | — | — | — |
Unweighted mean of the latest general-election poll from each of 3 pollsters since 2026-09-20.
Tracking the poll average daily since November 3, 2026; a chart appears after three days.
Polls 4 in the window
| Field dates | Pollster | Sample | Result | D − R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 from Oct 31 | Research Co. | 450 LV | JB Pritzker D 57 · Darren Bailey R 36 | +21.0 |
| Oct 31 from Oct 23 | ActiVote | 400 LV | JB Pritzker D 59 · Darren Bailey R 41 | +18.0 |
| Oct 22 from Oct 2 | ActiVote | 400 LV | JB Pritzker D 58.7 · Darren Bailey R 41.3 | +17.4 |
| Oct 1 from Sep 30 | Public Policy Polling for Chicago News Weekly | 569 RV | JB Pritzker D 54 · Darren Bailey R 34 · Collin Corbett I 6 | +20.0 |
Money
Governors are regulated by state campaign-finance law. There is no federal feed for them, so this page carries no money figures for governor races rather than a partial or scraped set.
Platform ad spend
Meta's Ad Library Report, Google's Ads Transparency Center and Snap's political-ads library. An advertiser is tied to a candidate only when its name carries the candidate's surname together with this state or the candidate's full name; outside groups that do not name a candidate appear in the state and district totals, not here.
| Platform | Advertiser | Tied to | Spend | Window |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta | JB Pritzker paid for by JB for Governor | JB Pritzker D | $120k | Oct 25, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026 |
| Meta | Dangerous Darren Bailey paid for by JB for Governor | Darren Bailey R | $73k | Oct 25, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026 |
Meta in Illinois: $1.9M Oct 25, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026 · Google in Illinois: $77.8M lifetime · Snap targeted at Illinois: $383k in 2026.
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Polls: PollResults.org (New York Times poll data), CC BY 4.0 (1,579 poll questions in the window). Money: FEC candidate totals and Schedule E independent-expenditure totals for the 2026 cycle. Platform ad spend: Meta Ad Library Report (U.S., 7-day preset, read from the report page), Google Ads Transparency Center CSV bundle and Snap political ads library, via Corvus Intel. Snapshot 2026-11-04 00:20 UTC, refreshed every six hours. No model wrote these figures, and no prediction-market price is used. Read how we work, or see the Politics desk for the analysis built on top of them. JSON.