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2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois

The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois were held on November 6, 2018, to elect U.S. representatives, one from each of the state's eighteen congressional districts.

The primaries for all parties were held on March 20, 2018. The state congressional delegation changed from an 11–7 Democratic majority to a 13–5 Democratic majority.

Overview

Statewide

By district

Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois by district:

District 1

Incumbent Democrat Bobby Rush, who had represented the district since 1993, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 74.1% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+27.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Withdrew

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Jimmy Lee Tillman, II, son of former Chicago alderman Dorothy Tillman, nominee for this seat in 2014 and candidate in 2016

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 2

Incumbent Democrat Robin Kelly, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. She was re-elected with 79.8% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+29.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Marcus Lewis, postal worker, independent candidate for this seat in 2012 & 2013 and Democratic candidate in 2014 & 2016

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • David Merkle
Eliminated in primary
  • Patrick Harmon
  • John Morrow, nominee for this seat in 2016

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 3

Incumbent Democrat Dan Lipinski, who had represented the district since 2005, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 100.0% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+6.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Polling

Primary results

Republican primary

Jewish Republicans called for Cook County Republican chairman Sean Morrison to resign for failing to recruit any candidate to oppose Art Jones, a self-professed Nazi, Holocaust denier, white nationalist, and white supremacist who became the Republican nominee.

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Other candidates

Write-in

Declared
  • Justin Hanson, lawyer and Republican former congressional staffer
  • Richard Mayers, perennial candidate and alleged white supremacist congressional candidate in 2000, 2002, 2008, and 2016; 1998 State House candidate; 1993 Berwyn city clerk and city treasurer candidate
  • Kenneth Yerkes, dentist
Declined

General election

Predictions

Results

District 4

Incumbent Democrat Luis Gutiérrez, who had represented the district since 1993, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 79.8% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+33.

Democratic primary

A day after filing petitions to run for reelection, Gutierrez announced he would not seek re-election in 2018 and retire at the end of his current term.

Gutierrez's announcement led multiple Democrats to begin circulating petitions. Jesús "Chuy" García, a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, and Proco Joe Moreno, both members of the Chicago City Council, circulated petitions for the nomination. Ramirez-Rosa and Moreno withdrew. Gutiérrez endorsed García.

On November 28, 2017, Richard Gonzalez filed to run for the Democratic nomination.

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Withdrew

Endorsements

Polling

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Mark Lorch

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 5

Incumbent Democrat Mike Quigley, who had represented the district since 2009, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 67.8% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+20.

Per the Illinois Board of Elections, four Democrats and one Republican filed to run in the 5th congressional district.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Sameena Mustafa
  • Steven J. Schwartzberg
  • Ben Wolf, former FBI agent

Endorsements

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Tom Hanson

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 6

Incumbent Republican Peter Roskam, who had represented the district since 2007, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 59.2% of the vote in 2016, while Democrat Hillary Clinton defeated Republican Donald Trump in the presidential election by a seven-point margin in that district. The district had a PVI of R+2.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Democratic primary

Clinton's victory in the historically Republican district led to a large amount of Democratic interest. On January 30, 2017, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced the 6th as one of three Illinois targets.

Candidates

Nominee
  • Sean Casten, scientist and former energy business owner
Eliminated in primary
Withdrawn
Declined
  • Geoffrey Petzel, candidate for this seat in 2012
  • Jason Snelson, restaurant operations manager
  • Austin Songer, U.S. Navy veteran

Endorsements

Forum

Primary results

General election

Forum

Endorsements

Polling

Predictions

Results

District 7

Incumbent Democrat Danny K. Davis, who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 84.2% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+38.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Anthony Clark, high school teacher

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Craig Cameron
Eliminated in primary
  • Jeffrey Leef

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 8

Incumbent Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi, who had represented the district since 2017, ran for re-election. He was elected with 58.3% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+8.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Jitendra "JD" Diganvker, entrepreneur

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 9

Incumbent Democrat Jan Schakowsky, who had represented the district since 1999, ran for re-election. She was re-elected with 66.5% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+18.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • John D. Elleson, pastor
Eliminated in primary
  • Maxwell Rice
  • Sargis Sangari, U.S. Army veteran
  • D. Vincent Thomas Jr., U.S. Coast Guard veteran

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 10

Incumbent Democrat Brad Schneider, who had represented the district since 2017, and previously between 2013 and 2015, ran for re-election. He was reelected with 52.6% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+10.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Douglas Bennett, computer engineer
Eliminated in primary

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 11

Incumbent Democrat Bill Foster, who had represented the district since 2013 and had previously served the 14th district from 2008 to 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 60.4% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+9.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Nick Stella
Eliminated in primary
  • Connor Vlakancic

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 12

Incumbent Republican Mike Bost, who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 54.3% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+5.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Preston Nelson

Primary results

Democratic primary

On May 22, 2017, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced the 12th as a target on the list of expanded targets.

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • David Bequette, businessman
Withdrawn
Declined
  • Nathan Colombo, marketing executive

Primary results

Green primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

General election

Endorsements

Debates

Polling

Predictions

Results

District 13

Incumbent Republican Rodney Davis, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 59.7% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+3.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Rodney Davis, incumbent U.S. representative

Primary results

Democratic primary

On January 30, 2017, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced the 13th as one of three Illinois targets.

Candidates

Nominee
  • Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, nonprofit executive
Eliminated in primary
Withdrawn
  • Benjamin Webb, teacher
Declined

Endorsements

Primary results

General election

Debate

Polling

Predictions

Results

District 14

Incumbent Randy Hultgren, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 59.3% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+5.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Democratic primary

On January 30, 2017, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced the 14th as one of three Illinois targets.

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Matt Brolley, Montgomery village president
  • Victor Swanson, high school teacher
  • Jim Walz, nominee for this seat in 2016

Endorsements

Primary results

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Predictions

Results

District 15

Incumbent Republican John Shimkus, who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 100.0% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+21.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Kevin Gaither, teacher
Eliminated in primary
  • Carl Spoerer
Withdrawn
  • Anthony March

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 16

Incumbent Republican Adam Kinzinger, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 100.0% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+8.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • James Marter, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Sara Dady, lawyer
Eliminated in primary
Withdrew
  • Chris Minelli, attorney

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

District 17

Incumbent Democrat Cheri Bustos, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election, after exploring a run for Governor of Illinois. She was re-elected with 60.3% of the vote in 2016, while Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the presidential election by less than a one-point margin in the district. The district had a PVI of D+3.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Republican primary

On February 8, 2017, the National Republican Congressional Committee announced the 17th as one of its initial targets.

Candidates

Nominee
  • Bill Fawell, real estate broker

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 18

Incumbent Republican Darin LaHood, who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 72.1% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+15.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Donald Rients

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Brian Deters
  • Darrel Miller

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

Notes

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References

External links

Official campaign websites of first district candidates

Official campaign websites of second district candidates

Official campaign websites of third district candidates

Official campaign websites of fourth district candidates

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