Current seat holder: Ryan Spain.
Nicole Dopler Dopler advanced from the Democratic primary on March 17, 2026 to qualify for the general election ballot in Illinois House of Representatives District 73.
Ryan Spain is the incumbent Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives representing District 73, having assumed office in 2017, and is running for re-election in the November 3, 2026 general election. Ryan Spain was born on October 11, 1982, in Peoria, Illinois, and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Spain's career experience includes being a city council member for Peoria and a board member for the Downtown Development Corporation of Peoria.