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Illinois' 14th Congressional District election, 2024

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Illinois' 14th Congressional District
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: December 4, 2023
Primary: March 19, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in Illinois
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic
DDHQ and The Hill: Likely Democratic
Inside Elections: Solid Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
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Federal and state primary competitiveness
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All U.S. House districts, including the 14th Congressional District of Illinois, held elections in 2024. The general election was November 5, 2024. The primary was March 19, 2024. The filing deadline was December 4, 2023. The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

At the time of the election, Republicans held a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As a result of the election, Republicans retained control of the U.S. House, winning 220 seats to Democrats' 215.[2] To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Democratic candidate won 54.2%-45.8%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 54.7%-43.3%.[3]

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 14

Incumbent Lauren Underwood defeated James Marter in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 14 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lauren Underwood
Lauren Underwood (D)
 
55.1
 
183,446
Image of James Marter
James Marter (R)
 
44.9
 
149,464
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
19

Total votes: 332,929
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 14

Incumbent Lauren Underwood advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 14 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lauren Underwood
Lauren Underwood
 
100.0
 
32,400

Total votes: 32,400
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 14

James Marter defeated Charlie Kim and Krystal Dorey in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 14 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of James Marter
James Marter
 
79.0
 
24,828
Image of Charlie Kim
Charlie Kim Candidate Connection
 
20.9
 
6,571
Image of Krystal Dorey
Krystal Dorey (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
14
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
14

Total votes: 31,427
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Candidate profiles

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Illinois

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.

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Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Lauren Underwood Democratic Party $4,158,559 $3,890,543 $1,055,102 As of December 31, 2024
Krystal Dorey Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Charlie Kim Republican Party $84,686 $84,583 $0 As of December 31, 2024
James Marter Republican Party $326,754 $322,950 $4,044 As of December 31, 2024

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

  • Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
  • Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
  • Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[4]
  • Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[5][6][7]

Race ratings: Illinois' 14th Congressional District election, 2024
Race trackerRace ratings
November 5, 2024October 29, 2024October 22, 2024October 15, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy WalterSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid Democratic
Decision Desk HQ and The HillLikely DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Illinois in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Illinois, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Illinois U.S. House Democratic 685[8] N/A 12/4/2023 Source
Illinois U.S. House Republican 536[9] N/A 12/4/2023 Source
Illinois U.S. House Unaffiliated 12,188[10] N/A 6/24/2024 Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.


Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Illinois.

Illinois U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Year Districts/
offices
Seats Open seats Candidates Possible primaries Contested Democratic primaries Contested Republican primaries % of contested primaries Incumbents in contested primaries % of incumbents in contested primaries
2024 17 17 0 46 34 5 6 32.4% 5 29.4%
2022 17 17 4 95 34 8 11 55.9% 7 46.7%
2020 18 18 1 73 36 13 8 58.3% 10 58.8%
2018 18 18 1 79 36 12 8 55.6% 7 41.2%
2016 18 18 1 49 36 8 6 38.9% 7 41.2%
2014 18 18 0 50 36 4 5 25.0% 3 16.7%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Illinois in 2024. Information below was calculated on 2/16/2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time. </noinclude>

Forty-nine candidates filed to run for Illinois' 17 U.S. House districts, including 24 Democrats and 25 Republicans. That's 2.59 candidates per district. In 2022, the first election after the number of Congressional districts in Illinois decreased from 18 to 17, 5.59 candidates filed per district.

In 2020, when the state still had 18 Congressional districts, 4.1 candidates ran. In 2018, 4.4 candidates did.

The number of total candidates who ran for the U.S. House in 2024 was the fewest since at least 2014.

All incumbents ran for re-election this year, meaning no seats were open for the first time since 2014. In 2022, four seats were open, and one seat was open in 2020, 2028, and 2016.

Six candidates—five Democrats and one Republican—ran in the 7th district, including incumbent Danny K. Davis (D). That was the most candidates who ran for a single district in 2024.

Eleven primaries were contested in 2024—five Democratic and six Republican. That was the fewest contested primaries since 2014, when nine were.

Five incumbents faced primary challengers—four Democrats and one Republican. That was also the fewest since 2014, when three incumbents faced primary challengers.

The 4th District was guaranteed to Democrats because no Republican candidates filed. The 15th and Illinois' 16th Congressional District were guaranteed to Republicans because no Democrats filed.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Illinois' 14th the 179th most Democratic district nationally.[11]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Illinois' 14th based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
54.7% 43.3%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[12] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline Democratic Party Republican Baseline Republican Party Difference
52.8 43.7 D+9.0

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Illinois, 2020

Illinois presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 16 Democratic wins
  • 15 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party R R R D R R R R D D D D D R R D D R R R R R R D D D D D D D D
See also: Party control of Illinois state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Illinois' congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Illinois
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 2 14 16
Republican 0 3 3
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 17 19

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Illinois' top four state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in Illinois, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party J.B. Pritzker
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party Juliana Stratton
Secretary of State Democratic Party Alexi Giannoulias
Attorney General Democratic Party Kwame Raoul

State legislature

Illinois State Senate

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 40
     Republican Party 19
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 59

Illinois House of Representatives

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 78
     Republican Party 40
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 118

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Illinois Party Control: 1992-2024
Eighteen years of Democratic trifectas  •  Two years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Governor R R R R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R D D D D D D
Senate D R R R R R R R R R R D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
House D D D R R D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.

2022

See also: Illinois' 14th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 14

Incumbent Lauren Underwood defeated Scott Gryder and Barry Wilson in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 14 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lauren Underwood
Lauren Underwood (D)
 
54.2
 
128,141
Image of Scott Gryder
Scott Gryder (R) Candidate Connection
 
45.8
 
108,451
Image of Barry Wilson
Barry Wilson (Independent) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
8

Total votes: 236,600
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 14

Incumbent Lauren Underwood advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 14 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lauren Underwood
Lauren Underwood
 
100.0
 
37,780

Total votes: 37,780
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 14

Scott Gryder defeated James Marter, Mike Koolidge, Jack Lombardi II, and Jaime Milton in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 14 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Scott Gryder
Scott Gryder Candidate Connection
 
30.9
 
13,998
Image of James Marter
James Marter
 
24.2
 
10,950
Image of Mike Koolidge
Mike Koolidge Candidate Connection
 
20.7
 
9,378
Image of Jack Lombardi II
Jack Lombardi II Candidate Connection
 
14.1
 
6,372
Image of Jaime Milton
Jaime Milton Candidate Connection
 
10.2
 
4,612

Total votes: 45,310
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: Illinois' 14th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 14

Incumbent Lauren Underwood defeated Jim Oberweis and Joseph Monack in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 14 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lauren Underwood
Lauren Underwood (D)
 
50.7
 
203,209
Image of Jim Oberweis
Jim Oberweis (R)
 
49.3
 
197,835
Joseph Monack (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
8

Total votes: 401,052
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 14

Incumbent Lauren Underwood advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 14 on March 17, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lauren Underwood
Lauren Underwood
 
100.0
 
77,707

Total votes: 77,707
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 14

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 14 on March 17, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jim Oberweis
Jim Oberweis
 
25.6
 
13,333
Image of Sue Rezin
Sue Rezin
 
22.8
 
11,879
Image of Catalina Lauf
Catalina Lauf
 
20.1
 
10,451
Image of Ted Gradel
Ted Gradel
 
13.4
 
6,979
Image of James Marter
James Marter
 
11.0
 
5,724
Image of Jerry Evans
Jerry Evans
 
5.0
 
2,609
Anthony Catella
 
2.1
 
1,118

Total votes: 52,093
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: Illinois' 14th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 14

Lauren Underwood defeated incumbent Randy Hultgren in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 14 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lauren Underwood
Lauren Underwood (D)
 
52.5
 
156,035
Image of Randy Hultgren
Randy Hultgren (R)
 
47.5
 
141,164

Total votes: 297,199
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 14

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 14 on March 20, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lauren Underwood
Lauren Underwood
 
57.3
 
29,391
Image of Matt Brolley
Matt Brolley
 
13.4
 
6,845
Image of Jim Walz
Jim Walz
 
10.0
 
5,100
Image of Victor Swanson
Victor Swanson
 
7.0
 
3,597
Image of John Hosta
John Hosta
 
5.0
 
2,578
Image of George Weber
George Weber
 
5.0
 
2,570
Image of Daniel Roldan-Johnson
Daniel Roldan-Johnson
 
2.3
 
1,170

Total votes: 51,251
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 14

Incumbent Randy Hultgren advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 14 on March 20, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Randy Hultgren
Randy Hultgren
 
100.0
 
51,672

Total votes: 51,672
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Footnotes

  1. A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
  2. These figures include the seat of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned on Nov. 13, 2024, after winning re-election.
  3. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  4. Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  5. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  6. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  7. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
  8. Average of all congressional districts.
  9. Average of all congressional districts.
  10. Average of all congressional districts.
  11. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  12. Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023


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