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The 2016 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Illinois, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Party primary elections in Illinois were held on March 15, 2016. Republicans selected incumbent Senator Mark Kirk for re-election to a second term.Democrats selected Tammy Duckworth, a decorated combat veteran of the Iraq War and the congresswoman for Illinois's 8th congressional district.