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U.S. House District 9

2026 Illinois U.S. House District 9 — General Election · November 3, 2026

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Last reviewed September 23, 2026

Overview

Current race
2026 Illinois U.S. House District 9 — General Election on November 3, 2026
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Official candidacy
U.S. House District 9 · Republican · Candidate
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Election: GENERAL ELECTION - 11/3/2026

Name: John Elleson

Phone Number: 847-226-7755

Office: 9TH CONGRESS

Party: REPUBLICAN

Filed: 10/27/2025

Write-In: No

Objection Pending: No

Former Name: None

Date Name Changed: N/A

Campaign Web Site: http://johnelleson.com/

Status: Active 10/27/2025 8:00 AM

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Election: GENERAL ELECTION - 11/3/2026

Name: John Elleson

Phone Number: 847-226-7755

Office: 9TH CONGRESS

Party: REPUBLICAN

Filed: 10/27/2025

Write-In: No

Objection Pending: No

Former Name: None

Date Name Changed: N/A

Campaign Web Site: http://johnelleson.com/

Status: Active 10/27/2025 8:00 AM

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Elleson expressed gratitude to voters after the win, saying he was thankful for their support."

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Elleson expressed gratitude to voters after the win, saying he was thankful for their support."

Use Practical Aid Programs to Address Addiction

Candidate position
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Support practical aid-based programs for people experiencing addiction.

  • Preserve the service-based direction without inventing a funding structure.
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Use Practical Aid Programs to Address Homelessness

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Support practical aid-based programs for people experiencing homelessness.

  • Preserve the service-based direction without inventing a housing model.
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Use Practical Aid Programs to Address Mental-Health Needs

Candidate position
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Support practical aid-based programs for people with mental-health needs.

  • Preserve the service-based direction without inventing a clinical model.
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Listen Before Legislating

Candidate position
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Engage communities and listen to residents before legislating on local concerns.

  • Preserve the consultation-before-action commitment.
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Support Policies That Strengthen Working Families

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Support policies that uplift and stabilize working families.

  • Preserve the outcome-level family commitment.
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Protect Religious Liberty

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Protect religious liberty.

  • Preserve the stated constitutional principle.
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Build Trust Through Government Transparency

Candidate position
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Increase transparency to build public trust.

  • Preserve the transparency objective without inventing a disclosure rule.
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Provide Accountable Leadership

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Provide accountable public leadership.

  • Preserve the campaign's governing standard.
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Pursue Bipartisan Solutions

Candidate position
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Pursue bipartisan solutions that stabilize families and support vulnerable people.

  • Preserve the collaborative method and two intended outcomes.
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Promote Job Creation Through Local Businesses

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Promote job creation through local businesses.

  • Preserve the local-business channel and employment outcome.
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Remove Burdensome Business Regulations

Candidate position
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Remove regulations that unnecessarily burden local businesses.

  • Preserve the regulatory direction and local-business focus.
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Support Community-Based Economic Revitalization

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Support community-based economic revitalization.

  • Preserve the locally focused development objective.
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Fund Law-Enforcement Resources and De-Escalation Training

Candidate position
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Provide law enforcement with resources and training grounded in de-escalation and community trust.

  • Preserve both resource and training mechanisms and their standards.
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Keep Illegal Drugs Off Community Streets

Candidate position
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Reduce illegal drugs in local communities.

  • Preserve the public-safety outcome without inventing an enforcement strategy.
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Keep Young People Out of Crime

Candidate position
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Prevent young people from entering criminal activity.

  • Preserve the prevention objective without inventing a program.
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Expand Local Clinics

Candidate position
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Expand local health clinics.

  • Preserve the community-based access mechanism.
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Use Community-Based Initiatives to Improve Affordability

Candidate position
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Use community-based initiatives to make health care more affordable without expanding federal control.

  • Preserve the local mechanism, affordability objective, and federalism limit.
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Candidate ID: H8IL09224

Name: ELLESON, JOHN

Office: House

State: IL

District: IL09

Coverage start: 2018-01-01

Coverage end: 2018-12-31

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Sources

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  1. Election record

    2026 Illinois current general-election candidate — John Elleson

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  2. Government website identity record

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  3. Candidate-owned primary source

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  5. Candidate-owned primary source

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