This year’s elections feature a record number of openly LGBT candidates thorughout Illinois. Members of the LGBT community and were on the ballot as of late February.
| AABA | BWLA | CBA | CCL | CCBA | DSL | HLAI | ISBA | LAGBAC | PRBA | WBAI | |
| App. Ct-1st Dist. (Hartigan vacancy) | |||||||||||
| Cassandra Lewis (D) | NR | NR | NQ | R | NR | NR | NQ | NR | NR | NR | |
| Michael James Murphy (D) | Q | R | Q | WQ | R | R | R | HQ | HR | HR | HR |
| Deborah Dooling (D) | Q | R | Q | Q | R | HR | HR | HQ | R | R | HR |
| Kathleen Kennedy (D) | Q | NR | Q | NQ | R | R | R | NQ | R | R | R |
| Christine Curran (D) | NQ | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NQ | NR | NR | NR |
| App. Ct-1st Dist. (Hartman vacancy) | |||||||||||
| David Anthony Erickson (D) | Q | R | Q | WQ | R | R | R | Q | HR | R | HR |
| Eileen Mary Brewer (D) | Q | R | HQ | Q | R | HR | HR | Q | HR | HR | R |
| Joy Virginia Cunningham(D) | Q | R | Q | WQ | R | HR | HR | HQ | HR | HR | HR |
| James Michael Bailey (D) | Q | R | Q | NQ | R | R | HR | NQ | R | R | R |
| Barbara Ann Riley (D) | Q | R | NR | NQ | R | R | R | NQ | NR | R | HR |