To aid Illinois voters in their responsibility to elect and retain judges, the Illinois State Bar Association provides public information about the qualifications of judicial candidates and judges seeking retention.
For most judicial offices, ISBA will provide either an evaluation or a poll rating. In the case of Supreme and Appellate court candidates outside of Cook County, ISBA provides both evaluation and poll ratings. Evaluation ratings, which are the result of an in-depth review of candidates, represent the opinion of the ISBA. Judicial Advisory Poll ratings are the opinion of those attorneys who chose to respond and do not reflect the opinion of the ISBA or the opinion of all Illinois attorneys.
2026 Primary Election
Outside Cook County
View Judicial Evaluations and Advisory Polls by County - All counties outside of Cook County now have evaluations and advisory polls for the 2024 General Election.
For the media, All General Election Ratings Outside Cook are available in one report
How It Works
Learn more about the methods used to rate candidates
ISBA Judicial Advisory Polls Manual