Ahmed Salim

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Ahmed Salim

Democratic Party

Education

Bachelor's

DePaul University

Law

Western Michigan University, Thomas M. Cooley Law School

Contact

Personal website

Ahmed Salim (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 7th Congressional District. He was disqualified from the Democratic primary scheduled on March 20, 2018.

Career

• 2016-Present: Regional director of compliance, Presence Health January
• 2015-2016: Director of compliance, Sutter Health
• 2013-2015: Manager of compliance & risk, Lodi Health
• 2013: Field representative for Congressman Jerry McNerney

Elections

2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Incumbent Danny K. Davis defeated Craig Cameron in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 7 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Danny K. Davis (D)	87.6	215,746
		Craig Cameron (R)	12.4	30,497

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 246,243 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Incumbent Danny K. Davis defeated Anthony Clark in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7 on March 20, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Danny K. Davis	73.9	81,570
		Anthony Clark	26.1	28,867

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 110,437
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ahmed Salim (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Craig Cameron defeated Jeffrey Leef in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7 on March 20, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Craig Cameron	56.3	3,706
		Jeffrey Leef	43.7	2,873

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 6,579
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See also

• United States House of Representatives
• Illinois' 7th Congressional District election, 2018
• Illinois' 7th Congressional District

External links

Suggest a link

• Facebook page

Footnotes

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Illinois' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Tammy Duckworth (D)

Dick Durbin (D)

Representatives

District 1

Jonathan Jackson (D)

District 2

Robin Kelly (D)

District 3

Delia Ramirez (D)

District 4

Jesus Garcia (D)

District 5

Mike Quigley (D)

District 6

Sean Casten (D)

District 7

Danny Davis (D)

District 8

Raja Krishnamoorthi (D)

District 9

Jan Schakowsky (D)

District 10

Brad Schneider (D)

District 11

Bill Foster (D)

District 12

Mike Bost (R)

District 13

Nikki Budzinski (D)

District 14

Lauren Underwood (D)

District 15

Mary Miller (R)

District 16

Darin LaHood (R)

District 17

Eric Sorensen (D)

Democratic Party (16)

Republican Party (3)