Clockwise from the top left, Justice Mary Kay O’Brien, Mark Curran, Justice Michael Burke, and Judge Elizabeth Rochford are running for two seats on the Illinois Supreme Court. 

Illinois voters have a chance to select two state Supreme Court justices this fall in elections that could flip the court’s balance from blue to red if both Republican candidates are victorious. With Democrats’ control over a branch of government on the line and more attention from voters after the U.S. Supreme Court tossed abortion laws back to the states, both parties realize the stakes are high.