Democratic
Bill Foster
Incumbent representative for IL-11. Voting record, ideology and biography →
VotePredictor forecast
Bill Foster favored
Safe D · predicted margin D+21.6
100%
chance to win
2024 presidential lean
D+12.02026 national environment
D+5.5Model uncertainty
±6.9 pointsFundamentals model using district presidential lean, incumbency and the national environment. It is not a poll average.
Republican
Jeff Walter
Major-party general-election nominee.
Polls
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Other forecasts
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Candidate news
Bill Foster
The congressional representative and physicist talks about the search for scientific truth and the role of immigrants in the U.S. scientific enterprise
Scientific American · June 16, 2026
This Democrat Is Offering Trump a Blueprint to Land an Iran Nuclear Deal (Joe Gould/NOTUS)
Joe Gould / NOTUS: This Democrat Is Offering Trump a Blueprint to Land an Iran Nuclear Deal — The only physicist in Congress argues Iran should get limited uranium enrichment under strict controls. — Copy — Rep. Bill Foster, an Illinois Democrat and the …
Memeorandum.com · April 27, 2026
86 Democrats Condemn Socialism as Zohran Mamdani Meets With Trump
In a country where the cost of living skyrockets while wages remain low, where a few broken bones can leave you in financial ruin, and where the young feel they have no chance at any upward mobility, 86 House Democrats joined Republicans to pass a resolution …
The New Republic · November 21, 2025
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