UNOFFICIAL 2026 General Primary Election Results

View unofficial election results HERE. A link to official results will be available once the election results are certified.

Election Turnout By The Numbers (UNOFFICIAL)

MADISON COUNTY
Registered Voters: 192,535
​Total Precincts: 191
Total Turnout: 11.99%
Ballots Cast: 34,629
EDWARDSVILLE
Registered Voters:
Total Precincts:
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GLEN CARBON
Registered Voters:
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Voter Resources

3 Ways To Vote

​1 - BY MAIL
Complete the Online Application
2 - EARLY
Through March 16
3 - ON ELECTION DAY
6AM–7PM March 17, 2026

Candidate Forum Recordings

The League of Women Voters of Edwardsville Area & Edwardsville NAACP co-hosted a candidate forum in February 2026, with congressional, state, and county candidates in contested races invited to participate. Watch footage footage of the candidate forum, provided by The Edwardsville Intelligencer, HERE.

MARCH 2026 GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOTS

Both Democratic and Republican ballots will include a county-wide advisory public question regarding a federal program that allows privately donated funds for academic needs, along with any referendum item pertaining to a voter's specific voting district. Non-partisan ballots will only include referenda items. Voting options available on Democratic and Republican ballots are dependent upon a voter's specific voting district. The below depicted partisan ballots display all partisan options across Madison County and are not intended to represent any individual voter's actual ballot.

Non-Partisan Ballot (All Referenda Questions HERE)

ADVISORY PUBLIC QUESTION (Non-Binding)
​Should Illinois opt into a federal program that would provide Public K-12, private school, and homeschool students with privately donated funds for academic needs, such as tutoring and test preparation, educational therapies for students with disabilities, tuition, books, exam fees or for other specified academic needs?
ADVISORY PUBLIC QUESTION (Non-Binding)
​Shall the City of Edwardsville allow video gambling subject to regulation in existing establishments with on premises consumption of alcohol/liquor?

Election Results

Post-election, CLICK HERE to view 2026 general primary election results, compiled from official results posted by the Madison County Clerk's office.