Jonathan Dean
Jonathan Dean (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Illinois. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 17, 2026.
Dean completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Jonathan Dean earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota in 2005 and a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law in 2013. His career experience includes working as an attorney and businessman.[1][2]
Elections
2026
See also: United States Senate election in Illinois, 2026
United States Senate election in Illinois, 2026 (March 17 Democratic primary)
United States Senate election in Illinois, 2026 (March 17 Republican primary)
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
General election for U.S. Senate Illinois
Juliana Stratton (D), Don Tracy (R), and Whitfield Harrington Jr. (American Center Party) are running in the general election for U.S. Senate Illinois on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Juliana Stratton (D) | |
 | Don Tracy (R)  | |
 | Whitfield Harrington Jr. (American Center Party) | |
| ||||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Austin Mink (Independent)
- Tyrone Muhammad (Independent)
- Anthony Smith (Independent)
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Illinois
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Illinois on March 17, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Juliana Stratton | 40.4 | 507,689 |
 | Raja Krishnamoorthi | 32.7 | 411,150 | |
 | Robin Kelly | 18.3 | 229,788 | |
 | Kevin Ryan | 4.9 | 61,914 | |
 | Bryan Maxwell | 0.8 | 10,070 | |
 | Sean Brown | 0.6 | 8,122 | |
 | Awisi Bustos | 0.6 | 8,020 | |
 | Christopher Swann | 0.6 | 7,896 | |
 | Jonathan Dean | 0.5 | 6,762 | |
 | Steve Botsford Jr. | 0.4 | 5,411 | |
 | Adam Delgado (Write-in) | 0.0 | 75 | |
| Total votes: 1,256,897 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Dick Durbin (D)
- Stanley Leavell (D)
- Robert Palmer (D)
- Adair Rodriquez (D)
- Jump Shepherd (D)
- Anthony Williams (D)
Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Illinois
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Illinois on March 17, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Don Tracy | 40.0 | 215,523 |
 | Jeannie Evans | 22.8 | 122,840 | |
 | Casey Chlebek | 11.2 | 60,222 | |
 | R. Cary Capparelli | 10.6 | 56,907 | |
 | Pamela Denise Long | 10.0 | 53,810 | |
 | Jimmy Lee Tillman II | 5.6 | 30,042 | |
 | Max Rice (Write-in) | 0.0 | 4 | |
| Total votes: 539,348 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Panagioti Bartzis (R)
- Doug Bennett (R)
- CaSándra Claiborne (R)
- John Goodman (R)
- Lloyd Jones (R)
- Januario Ortega (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia is gathering information about candidate endorsements. To send us an endorsement, click here.
Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jonathan Dean completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Dean's responses.
| Collapse all
I am part of a groundswell of young Democrats demanding more aggressive leadership in the Democratic Party. We cannot afford to wait for the old guard to get their act together. We must act ourselves.
I am an activist, entrepreneur, litigator, and a proud survivor of childhood sexual abuse. I have battled bullies, liars, and gaslighters—the perpetrators from my childhood—in court and in my everyday life. And I did not confront all of that adversity, and fight all of those battles, only to live and raise my kids under a government that is lying to us and gaslighting us every single day.
My main opponents are old guard Democrats, whom have been in elected office to oversee the rise of Trumpism—skyrocketing costs, record unaffordability, rampant misinformation, and fascism—and done nothing effective in response.
We need to send someone to Washington who will shock the system into working for young people, working families, and our children’s futures and stand against fascism and for American freedom.
I have been fighting the system my entire life, and I am humbly asking for your vote and your confidence.- Life is unaffordable because our tax code redistributes our money to wealthy people and corporations. All of us are working hard, but our wages are stagnant even though economic growth skyrockets. We are not experiencing the benefits of our labor. It is because our economic system prioritizes the top 1%, instead of the rest of us. It is immoral and UnAmerican for us to work hard but not be able to maintain a comfortable standard of living.
- We need to end trickle down economics: For forty years, we have been told that if we just redistribute more money to rich people and corporations, then their wealth will trickle down to us and make us wealthier. That was a scam and we need to adjust the tax code to be more equitable: lower taxes for 99% of us; higher taxes for the 1%.
- We need to engage in a dramatic project to build affordable housing. We need to dramatically increase housing availability and affordability as quickly as possible. We need to eliminate red-tape regulations that get in the way of building, offer incentive-based grants to communities and private companies to quickly build affordable housing, and bar corporate entities from speculating on housing. We also need to offer first-time home buyer assistance.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
Note: Dean submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on March 5, 2026.
February 12 submission
- We must make an economic system that is fair for everyone. That means ending trickle down economics by appropriately taxing the wealthy and corporations.
- The Democratic Party must modernize and become fluent with developing favorable media channels and on social media in order to push their agenda.
- We need Democratic reform to preserve the idea of America for future generations: term limits, rank choice voting, abolishing electoral college, and public financing of elections. Republicans will never work to restore Democracy, because they are a minority party. Democrats must organize and build political power to pass these reforms ourselves.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
Note: Dean submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on February 12, 2026.
Campaign finance summary
Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
