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Illinois Legislative District 56
Illinois State Senate · Illinois
Marsia Geldert-Murphey leads Erica Harriss by 5.8 points with 100% of the expected vote counted. The race has not been called.
Staggered Senate
Marsia Geldert-MurpheyDemocrat · leading
52.9%39,909
Erica HarrissRepublican · incumbent
47.1%35,535
100% of the expected vote counted · 75,444 votes
Source: civicAPI unofficial results and race callsUpdated Nov 5, 2026, 6:58 PM ET
Where the race moved
Against the 2024 presidential vote
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Money in this race
Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.
Marsia Geldert-MurpheyErica Harriss
$198.7K
Raised by the campaign
$613.2K
$184.6K
Spent by the campaign
$473K
$14K
Cash on hand
$206.5K
Campaign money: Illinois State Board of Elections, through Sep 30, 2026.
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections campaign filingsUpdated Sep 30, 2026
Pre-election forecast (final, Nov 3)
Our model's last run before Election Day, Nov 3, 2026. It no longer updates.
- Marsia Geldert-Murphey
- 66%
- Erica Harriss
- 34%
- Projected margin
- D+2.9