Illinois State Senator, 14th Legislative District
State Senate District 14; Illinois
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 68 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 211,703 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(12,694,798 ÷ 211,703) ÷ ln(50,000) = 68.92, measured against a statewide vote in IL (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Republican · declared
Brian Skala is the Republican candidate for Illinois Senate District 14 and a Crestwood village trustee. He also serves on Crestwood's Planning/Zoning Board of Appeals Commission and the Chicago Southland Visitors Bureau board. He is a union plumber and former Sprint government account manager.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 1 against
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Emil Jones III has served in the Illinois Senate since 2009 and sits on committees including education appropriations, human rights, and local government. In December 2025 he entered a federal deferred-prosecution agreement and admitted making a false statement to the FBI.
Records: Civil Rights 16 for, Corporate Accountability 13 for, Environment and Public Health 11 for,
Sources: elections.il.gov2 · transparencyusa.org