Charles Hughes

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Charles Hughes

Democratic Party

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March 19, 2024

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Charles Hughes (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 6th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 19, 2024.

Biography

Charles Hughes' career experience includes working at the City of Chicago's fleet management, at the City of Chicago water department, and for Nicor/AGL Resources Local #19.

Elections

2024

See also: Illinois' 6th Congressional District election, 2024

Illinois' 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)

Illinois' 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Incumbent Sean Casten defeated Niki Conforti and Peter Meyer Jr. in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Casten (D)	54.2	196,647
		Niki Conforti (R)	45.8	166,116
	Submit photo	Peter Meyer Jr. (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	86

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 362,849
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Incumbent Sean Casten defeated Mahnoor Ahmad and Charles Hughes in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Casten	77.1	56,750
		Mahnoor Ahmad	14.2	10,483
		Charles Hughes	8.6	6,366

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 73,599
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Niki Conforti advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Niki Conforti	100.0	30,543

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,543
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2022

See also: Illinois' 6th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Incumbent Sean Casten defeated Keith Pekau and Arthur Jones in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Casten (D)	54.4	150,496
		Keith Pekau (R)	45.6	126,351
		Arthur Jones (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	12

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 276,859
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Incumbent Sean Casten defeated incumbent Marie Newman and Charles Hughes in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Casten	67.7	45,654
		Marie Newman	29.2	19,726
		Charles Hughes	3.1	2,085

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 67,465
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Keith Pekau	38.7	20,178
		Gary Grasso	27.2	14,150
		Niki Conforti	11.4	5,947
		Catherine A. O'Shea	10.1	5,243
		Scott Kaspar	6.9	3,573
		Rob Cruz	5.8	3,003

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 52,094
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Ostman (R)

2020

See also: Illinois' 3rd Congressional District election, 2020

Illinois' 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Democratic primary)

Illinois' 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 3

Marie Newman defeated Mike Fricilone in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marie Newman (D)	56.4	172,997
		Mike Fricilone (R)	43.6	133,851

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 306,848
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 3

Marie Newman defeated incumbent Daniel Lipinski, Rush Darwish, and Charles Hughes in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 3 on March 17, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marie Newman	47.3	52,384
		Daniel Lipinski	44.7	49,568
		Rush Darwish	5.7	6,351
		Charles Hughes	2.3	2,549

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 110,852
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Abe Matthew (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 3

Mike Fricilone defeated Catherine A. O'Shea and Arthur Jones in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 3 on March 17, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Fricilone	57.5	9,804
		Catherine A. O'Shea	32.5	5,541
		Arthur Jones	10.0	1,708
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	2

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,055
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2019

See also: City elections in Chicago, Illinois (2019)

General election

General election for Chicago City Council Ward 23

Incumbent Silvana Tabares defeated Paulino R. Villarreal Jr. in the general election for Chicago City Council Ward 23 on February 26, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Silvana Tabares (Nonpartisan)	76.1	6,702
	Submit photo	Paulino R. Villarreal Jr. (Nonpartisan)	23.8	2,097
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	5

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,804
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Charles Hughes (Nonpartisan)
• Richard Mayers (Nonpartisan)
• Betsy Jovan Watkins (Nonpartisan)

2015

See also: Chicago, Illinois municipal elections, 2015

The city of Chicago, Illinois, held elections for city council on February 24, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was November 24, 2014. In the general election for Ward 23, incumbent Michael R. Zalewski defeated Martin Arteaga, and Anna Goral. Paulino R. Villarreal, Jr. was removed from the ballot in December 2014. Charles M. Hughes was removed from the ballot in January 2015.

Chicago City Council, Ward 23, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Michael R. Zalewski Incumbent	67%	6,434
Martin Arteaga	18.7%	1,796
Anna Goral	14.3%	1,376
Total Votes		9,606
Source: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "Official general election results," accessed July 9, 2015

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

Charles Hughes did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Chicago 2019 Candidate Survey

Charles Hughes did not complete Ballotpedia's Chicago candidates survey for 2019.

Campaign finance summary

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Charles Hughes campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Illinois District 6	Lost primary	$7,947	$2,954
2022	U.S. House Illinois District 6	Lost primary	$4,809	$4,418
Grand total			$12,756	$7,372
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Illinois' current delegation to the United States Congress

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