Illinois' 17th Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 17th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
Incumbent Cheri Bustos (D), who was first elected in 2012, defeated challenger former Rep. Bobby Schilling (R) in the general election. Bustos previously ousted Schilling in 2012. Schilling ran unopposed in the Republican primary after potential candidate Eric Reyes withdrew from the race. Both candidates had large sums of cash-on-hand with Bustos totaling over $1 million while contributions for Schilling tallied him at over $500,000.[4][5]
Bustos was a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Frontline Program. The program was designed to help protect vulnerable Democratic incumbents during the 2014 election cycle.[6] Though Sabato's Crystal Ball rated this district as friendly towards Democrats, Bustos was considered to remain vulnerable due to it being a midterm election.[7] Furthermore, Schilling's cash influx and his history holding the seat were good cause for Bustos' campaign to be cautious heading into the general election.
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Illinois uses an open primary system. Voters do not have to register with a party, but they do have to choose, publicly, which party's ballot they will vote on at the primary election.[8][9]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by February 18, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 7, 2014.[10]
- See also: Illinois elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Cheri Bustos (D), who was first elected in 2012.
Illinois' 17th Congressional District covers much of western Illinois and includes Carroll, Fulton, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox, Mercer, Rock Island, Stephenson, Warren, and Whiteside counties. Portions of Peoria, Tazewell, and Winnebago counties also lie within district boundaries.[11]
Candidates
General election candidates
Bobby Schilling- Cheri Bustos - Incumbent
March 18, 2014, primary results
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Withdrew from race
- Eric Reyes: 2012 Independent candidate for District 17[13]
Results
General election
The 17th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Cheri Bustos (D) defeated challenger Bobby Schilling (R) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Cheri Bustos Incumbent |
55.5% | 110,560 | |
| Republican | Bobby Schilling | 44.5% | 88,785 | |
| Total Votes | 199,345 | |||
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections Official Results | ||||
Key votes
Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the 113th Congress.
Government shutdown
- See also: United States budget debate, 2013
On September 30, 2013, the House passed a final stopgap spending bill before the shutdown went into effect. The bill included a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and would have also stripped the bill of federal subsidies for congressional members and staff. It passed through the House with a vote of 228-201.[14] At 1 a.m. on October 1, 2013, one hour after the shutdown officially began, the House voted to move forward with going to a conference. In short order, Sen. Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.[15] Cheri Bustos voted against the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[16]
The shutdown ended on October 16, 2013, when the House took a vote on HR 2775 after it was approved by the Senate. The bill to reopen the government lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.[17] The House passed the legislation shortly after the Senate, by a vote of 285-144, with all 144 votes against the legislation coming from Republican members. Cheri Bustos voted for HR 2775.[18]
Campaign contributions
Cheri Bustos
| Cheri Bustos (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[19] | April 15, 2013 | $25,247.31 | $204,463.70 | $(17,846.19) | $211,864.82 | ||||
| July Quarterly[20] | July 15, 2013 | $211,864.82 | $245,056.26 | $(75,505.90) | $381,415.18 | ||||
| October Quarterly[21] | October 13, 2013 | $381,415.18 | $304,730.77 | $(73,582.71) | $612,563.24 | ||||
| Year-end[22] | January 31, 2014 | $612,563 | $328,472 | $(114,969) | $826,065 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[23] | March 6, 2014 | $826,065 | $148,248 | $(66,173) | $908,141 | ||||
| April Quarterly[24] | April 15, 2014 | $908,141 | $253,787 | $(40,853) | $1,121,076 | ||||
| July Quarterly[25] | July 15, 2014 | $1,121,076.00 | $481,174.00 | $(127,331.00) | $1,474,920.00 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $1,965,931.73 | $(516,260.8) | ||||||||
Bobby Schilling
| Bobby Schilling (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[26] | April 13, 2013 | $39,711.19 | $0.00 | $(19,039.96) | $20,671.23 | ||||
| July Quarterly[27] | July 14, 2013 | $20,671.23 | $0.00 | $(5,909.79) | $14,761.44 | ||||
| October Quarterly[28] | October 16, 2013 | $14,761.44 | $170,899.80 | $(22,345.38) | $163,315.86 | ||||
| Year End[29] | January 31, 2014 | $163,315 | $128,906 | $(21,184) | $271,037 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[30] | March 3, 2014 | $271,037 | $34,808 | $(35,994) | $269,851 | ||||
| April Quarterly[31] | April 15, 2014 | $269,851 | $90,348 | $(28,084) | $332,115 | ||||
| July Quarterly[32] | July 15, 2014 | $332,115.00 | $236,445.00 | $(72,942.00) | $500,081.00 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $661,406.8 | $(205,499.13) | ||||||||
Race background
Incumbent Cheri Bustos (D) was a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Frontline Program. The program was designed to help protect vulnerable Democratic incumbents during the 2014 election cycle.[6]
Polls
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| Poll | Cheri Bustos (D) | Bobby Schilling (R) | Undecided | Margin of Error | Sample Size | ||||||||||||||
| Capital Fax/We Ask America September 17, 2013 | 45% | 44% | 11% | +/-2.68 | 1,496 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org | |||||||||||||||||||
District history
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2012
The 17th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Democrat Cheri Bustos won the election, beating incumbent Bobby Schilling.[33]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Cheri Bustos |
53.3% | 153,519 | |
| Republican | Bobby Schilling Incumbent | 46.7% | 134,623 | |
| Independent | Eric Reyes | 0% | 10 | |
| Total Votes | 288,152 | |||
| Source: Illinois Board of Elections "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Bobby Schilling won election to the United States House. He defeated Phil Hare (D) and Roger K. Davis (G) in the general election.[34]
| U.S. House, Illinois District 17 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Robert T. Schilling |
52.6% | 104,583 | |
| Democratic | Phil Hare incumbent | 43% | 85,454 | |
| Green | Roger K. Davis | 4.5% | 8,861 | |
| Total Votes | 198,898 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR June 26, 2014," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Fairvote, "FairVote Releases Projections for the 2014 Congressional Elections," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Report for Receipts and Disbursements, accessed October 7, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Report for Receipts and Disbursements, accessed October 7, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, "DCCC Chairman Steve Israel Announces 2013-2014 Frontline Members," accessed March 5, 2013 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "frontline" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Illinois Review, "Bustos, Enyart and Schneider on DCCC's 2014 vulnerable list," March 5, 2013
- ↑ Illinois General Assembly, "Illinois Compiled Statutes 10 ILCS 5/7-41," accessed August 12, 2024
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed August 12, 2024
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Registering to Vote in Illinois," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ Illinois Redistricting Map, "Map," accessed July 24, 2012
- ↑ QC Times "Schilling eyes 2014" accessed June 11, 2013
- ↑ QC Times, "Reyes withdraws from congressional primary," accessed January 14, 2014
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
- ↑ U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 23, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 11, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Pre-Primary," accessed April 23, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed April 21, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 14, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed July 30, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 30, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed November 6, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed March 3, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Pre-Primary," accessed May 14, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed May 14, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 14, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Illinois"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
