Robert Palmer
Running for U.S. Senate — 2026 election
As of August 2026, Robert Palmer is a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Illinois in the 2026 election. No campaign finance filings or stock disclosures have been recorded for this candidate yet. This page updates automatically as primary-source filings appear.
Data last updated August 2026.
Robert Palmer was born in Chicago, Illinois, and earned an associate degree from Kennedy-King College in 2010, a bachelor's degree in psychology from Roosevelt University in 2011, and a graduate degree from National Louis University in 2021. His career experience includes work as a teacher, special education classroom assistant, licensed substitute teacher, managing real estate broker, actor, and producer. A Democrat, Palmer filed for the 2026 U.S. Senate race in Illinois (open seat) but withdrew before the March 17, 2026 Democratic primary; he previously ran in the 2022 Democratic primary for Illinois' 1st Congressional District (1.2%) and the 2023 Chicago City Council Ward 5 race.
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