Illinois Local, State and Federal Candidate Filing Forms

The following forms are provided as a quick start to compiling the forms needed to file for the specfic offices.
  • Please make sure to verify they are still the current versions being used by checking the Illinois State Board of Elections Candidate Guide for the election year

  • The Statement of Candidacy, Petition, and Loyalty Oath are in MS Word format and can be easily modified with a Candidates' information.

  • The Statement of Economic Interest is a fillable PDF and the Fair Campaign Practices and County Candidate Contact Form will require you to print the PDF, modify the MS Word document version and then copy on to the printed PDF copy


Campaign Finance


1.  Illinois_Campaign_Finance_D1_Form.pdf
2.  Illinois_Campaign_Finance_Reporting_Requirments.pdf


Candidate Guides


1.  Petition Circulator Requirements.pdf
2.  Candidate_Filing_Checklist.pdf
3.  2026_ILSBE_Candidate_Guide.pdf
4.  2025_ILSBE_Candidate_Guide.pdf
5.  2024_ILSBE_Candidate_Guide.pdf
6.  2023_ILSBE_Candidate_Guide.pdf
7.  2022_ILSBE_Candidate_Guide.pdf
8.  2021_ILSBE_Candidate_Guide.pdf
9.  2020_ILSBE_Candidate_Guide.pdf


City/Village - Independent


1.  City-Ind-a_Template-Statement_of_Candidacy.docx
2.  City-Ind-b_Template-Petition_Independant.docx
3.  City-Ind-c_Template-Statement_of_Economic_Interest_fillable.pdf
4.  City-Ind-d-Template-Loyalty_Oath.docx
5.  City-Ind-e_Template-Fair_Campaign_Practices_Act.docx
6.  City-Ind-e_Template-Fair_Campaign_Practices_Act.pdf
7.  City-Ind-f_Template-County_Candidate_Contact_Form.docx
8.  City-Ind-f_Template-County_Candidate_Contact_Form.pdf


Illinois Representative - Party


1.  IL_REP-a_Template-Statement_of_Candidacy.docx
2.  IL_REP-b_Template-Petiton_Party.docx
3.  IL_REP-c_Template-Statement_of_Economic_Interest_fillable.pdf
4.  IL_REP-d_Template-Loyalty_Oath.docx
5.  IL_REP-e_Template-Fair_Campaign_Practices_Act.docx
6.  IL_REP-e_Template-Fair_Campaign_Practices_Act.pdf
7.  IL_REP-f_Template-County_Candidate_Contact_Form.docx
8.  IL_REP-f_Template-County_Candidate_Contact_Form.pdf


Illinois Senate - Party


1.  IL_SENATE-a_Template-Statement_of_Candidacy.docx
2.  IL_SENATE-b_Template-Petiton_Party.docx
3.  IL_SENATE-c_Template-Statement_of_Economic_Interest_fillable.pdf
4.  IL_SENATE-d_Template-Loyalty_Oath.docx
5.  IL_SENATE-e_Template-Fair_Campaign_Practices_Act.docx
6.  IL_SENATE-e_Template-Fair_Campaign_Practices_Act.pdf
7.  IL_SENATE-f_Template-County_Candidate_Contact_Form.docx
8.  IL_SENATE-f_Template-County_Candidate_Contact_Form.pdf


US Congressional - Party


1.  US_CONGRESS-a_Template-Statement_of_Candidacy.docx
2.  US_CONGRESS-b_Template-Petition_Party.docx
3.  US_CONGRESS-c_Template-Statment_of_Economic_Interest_fillable.pdf
4.  US_CONGRESS-d_Template-Loyalty_Oath.docx
5.  US_CONGRESS-e_Template-Fair_Campaign_Practices_Act.docx
6.  US_CONGRESS-e_Template-Fair_Campaign_Practices_Act.pdf
7.  US_CONGRESS-f_Template-County_Candidate_Contact_Form.docx
8.  US_CONGRESS-f_Template-County_Candidate_Contact_Form.pdf


US Senate - Party


1.  US_SENATE-a_Template-Statement_of_Candidacy.docx
2.  US_SENATE-b_Template-Petition_Party.docx
3.  US_SENATE-c_Template-Statment_of_Economic_Interest_fillable.pdf
4.  US_SENATE-d_Template-Loyalty_Oath.docx
5.  US_SENATE-e_Template-Fair_Campaign_Practices_Act.docx
6.  US_SENATE-e_Template-Fair_Campaign_Practices_Act.pdf
7.  US_SENATE-f_Template-County_Candidate_Contact_Form.docx
8.  US_SENATE-f_Template-County_Candidate_Contact_Form.pdf