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2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois

The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois were held on November 3, 2020, to elect the 18 U.S. representatives from the state of Illinois, one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, various state and local elections, and the Illinois Fair Tax.

Statewide

By district

Results of the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois by district:

District 1

The 1st district takes in the South Side of Chicago, the southern suburbs of Chicago, and continues southwest to Joliet. The incumbent was Democrat Bobby Rush, who was re-elected with 73.5% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Robert Emmons Jr., nonprofit executive
  • Sarah Gad, law student and opioid recovery advocate
  • Ameena Matthews, community activist

Endorsements

Forum

Primary results

Republican primary

Nominee

  • Philanise White, renal technician

Primary results

Third parties

Removed

  • Ruth Pellegrini (independent)

General election

Predictions

Results

District 2

The 2nd district encompasses South Side Chicago and its southern suburbs, including eastern Will County and Kankakee County. The incumbent was Democrat Robin Kelly, who was re-elected with 81.1% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Marcus Lewis, postal worker

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Theresa Raborn, activist

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 3

The 3rd district includes western and southwestern suburbs of Chicago as far as the DuPage County border, as well part of southwest Chicago itself. The incumbent was Democrat Dan Lipinski, who was re-elected with 73.0% of the vote in 2018. On March 17, 2020, Marie Newman defeated Dan Lipinski in the Democratic primary in a rematch of their 2018 race.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Rush Darwish, photographer and former broadcaster
  • Charles Hughes
  • Dan Lipinski, incumbent U.S. representative
Withdrawn
  • Abe Matthew, attorney (endorsed Newman)
Endorsements

Polling

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Mike Fricilone, Republican minority leader of the Will County Board
Eliminated in primary
Endorsements

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

District 4

The 4th district takes in the heavily Hispanic areas of West Side and South Side Chicago. The incumbent was Democrat Chuy García, who was elected with 86.6% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Christopher Lasky was originally the only Republican candidate to file, and was the sole Republican candidate in the primary. Lasky died on December 23, 2019, but remained on the ballot as the only candidate winning the nomination, and the Illinois Republican Party nominated Jesus Solorio as his replacement.

Nominee
  • Jesus E. Solorio Jr., Chicago Republican Party vice-chair and 23rd Ward Republican committeeman (nominated by party)
Winner in primary
  • Christopher Lasky, former member of the board of trustees for the Stickney-Forest View Public Library District (deceased, December 23, 2019)

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 5

The 5th district is based in North Side Chicago and its northern and western suburbs, including Elmhurst, Elmwood Park, Franklin Park, Hinsdale, La Grange Park, Norridge, Northlake, River Grove, Schiller Park, and Oakbrook Terrace. The incumbent was Democrat Mike Quigley, who was re-elected with 76.7% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Brian Burns, attorney

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Tom Hanson, nominee for Illinois's 5th congressional district in 2018
Eliminated in primary
  • Kimball Ladien

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 6

The 6th district encompasses the western Chicago suburbs, and includes parts of Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, and McHenry counties. The incumbent was Democrat Sean Casten, who flipped the district and was elected with 53.6% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Jay Kinzler, transplant surgeon and U.S. Army Reserve colonel
Withdrawn
Declined

Endorsements

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Polling

with Generic Democrat and Generic Republican<br />

Results

District 7

The 7th district encompasses West Side Chicago and downtown Chicago, including Bellwood, Forest Park, Oak Park, Maywood, and Westchester. The incumbent was Democrat Danny K. Davis, who was re-elected with 87.6% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Third parties

Candidates

  • Tracy Jennings (independent), former public service administrator

General election

Predictions

Results

District 8

The 8th district is based in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. The incumbent was Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi, who was re-elected with 66.0% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Inam Hussain, social worker
  • William Olson

Primary results

Republican primary

Write-in candidates

  • Joseph J Hantsch
  • Richard Mayers

Primary results

Third Parties

Libertarian Party

Nominee
  • Preston Gabriel Nelson, inventor

General election

Predictions

Results

District 9

The 9th district is based in the northern Chicago suburbs, including all or parts of Arlington Heights, Des Plaines, Evanston, Glenview, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Mount Prospect, Niles, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Skokie, Wilmette, and Winnetka. The incumbent was Democrat Jan Schakowsky, who was re-elected with 73.5% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Sargis Sangari, former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 10

The 10th district encompasses the North Shore and the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. The incumbent was Democrat Brad Schneider, who was re-elected with 65.6% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Withdrawn
  • Andrew Wang, progressive activist

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee, venture capitalist

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 11

The 11th district covers the southwestern and western Chicago suburbs, including all or parts of Aurora, Bolingbrook, Darien, Joliet, Montgomery, Naperville, Lisle, Downers Grove, New Lenox, Shorewood, and Woodridge. The incumbent was Democrat Bill Foster, who was re-elected with 63.8% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Krishna Bansal, member of the Naperville Zoning and Planning Commission

Endorsements

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 12

The 12th district takes in southwestern Illinois, taking in the suburbs of St. Louis and Metro Lakeland. The incumbent was Republican Mike Bost, who was re-elected with 51.6% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Joel Funk, financial consultant and U.S. Army veteran

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Results

District 13

The 13th district encompasses parts of Bond, Champaign, Madison, McLean, and Sangamon counties, and all of Christian, Calhoun, De Witt, Greene, Jersey, Macon, Macoupin, Montgomery, and Piatt counties, including all or parts of the cities of Bloomington, Champaign, Decatur, Godfrey, Springfield, Taylorville, and Urbana. The incumbent was Republican Rodney Davis, who was re-elected with 50.4% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, former nonprofit leader, entrepreneur, and nominee for Illinois's 13th congressional district in 2018
Eliminated in primary
  • Stefanie Smith, former sex worker and activist

Primary results

General election

Debate

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

District 14

The 14th district encompasses the western Chicago exurbs, including all or parts of Batavia, Campton Hills, Crystal Lake, Geneva, Huntley, McHenry, Naperville, St. Charles, North Aurora, Oswego, Plainfield, Plano, Sycamore, Warrenville, Wauconda, Woodstock, and Yorkville. The incumbent was Democrat Lauren Underwood, who flipped the district and was elected with 52.5% of the vote in 2018.

On November 12, the race was called by the Associated Press for Underwood. On January 5, 2021, Jim Oberweis filed notice with the U.S. House of Representatives, challenging the results of the election. On May 12, 2021, the House rejected Oberweis's challenge.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Endorsements

Primary results

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Anthony Catella, U.S. Army veteran
  • Jerry Evans
  • Ted Gradel, businessman and youth basketball coach
  • Catalina Lauf, former special adviser to U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Jim Marter, businessman, former chairman of the Kendall County Republican Party, and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016
  • Sue Rezin, state senator

Withdrawn

  • Danny Malouf, human resource director
  • Matt Quigley, U.S. Navy veteran

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

District 15

The 15th district encompasses rural east-central and southeastern Illinois. The incumbent was Republican John Shimkus, who was re-elected with 70.9% of the vote in 2018. Shimkus announced he would not be seeking re-election on August 30, 2019. After briefly considering reversing his retirement plans, Shimkus reaffirmed his decision to not run on November 4, 2019.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Darren Duncan, Vermilion County treasurer
  • Charles Ellington, family physician
  • Kerry Wolff, vice president of the Altamont school board
Withdrawn
  • Alex Walker, U.S. Air Force veteran
Declined

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Erika Weaver, member of the Mattoon school board
Eliminated in primary

Primary results

General election

Endorsements

Predictions

Results

District 16

The 16th district encompasses north-central Illinois, taking in the east side of Rockford, Belvidere, Ottawa, and DeKalb. The incumbent was Republican Adam Kinzinger, who was re-elected with 59.1% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Dani Brzozowski, activist and chairwoman of LaSalle County Democrats

Primary results

Endorsements

General election

Predictions

Results

District 17

The 17th district encompasses northwestern Illinois, including the Quad cities metro, the westside of Rockford, and Peoria. Democratic incumbent Cheri Bustos was re-elected with 52.0% of the vote while the district voted for Donald Trump in the concurrently-held presidential election by 1.6%, making it one of only seven Trump-won districts held by a Democrat in the 117th Congress.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Spanky Edwards, chairman of the Youth Works Committee of the Illinois branch of the NAACP

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Esther Joy King, attorney and businesswoman
Eliminated in primary
  • Bill Fawell, real estate broker and nominee for Illinois's 17th congressional district in 2018

Primary results

Endorsements

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

District 18

The 18th district covers rural west-central Illinois, including Jacksonville, Quincy, and parts of Bloomington, Peoria, and Springfield. The incumbent was Republican Darin LaHood, who was re-elected with 67.2% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Primary results

Democratic primary

After the primaries ended, Democratic Party leaders in the district placed George Petrilli, an attorney, on the ballot.

Withdrawn

General election

Predictions

Results

Notes

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References

External links

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