Illinois' 1st Congressional District
Illinois' 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Jonathan Jackson (D).
As of the 2020 Census, Illinois representatives represented an average of 754,279 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 714,688 residents.
Elections
2024
See also: Illinois' 1st Congressional District election, 2024
Illinois' 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Republican primary)
Illinois' 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Illinois District 1
Incumbent Jonathan Jackson defeated Marcus Lewis in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Jonathan Jackson (D) | 65.8 | 208,398 | |
![]() | Marcus Lewis (R) | 34.1 | 108,064 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 45 |
Total votes: 316,507 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 1
Incumbent Jonathan Jackson advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 1 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Jonathan Jackson | 100.0 | 72,420 |
Total votes: 72,420 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 1
Marcus Lewis defeated Montelle Gaji in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 1 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Marcus Lewis | 80.0 | 15,282 |
![]() | Montelle Gaji ![]() | 20.0 | 3,814 |
Total votes: 19,096 | ||||
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2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Illinois District 1
Jonathan Jackson defeated Eric Carlson, Tori Nicholson, and Babette Peyton in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Jonathan Jackson (D) ![]() | 67.0 | 159,142 | |
![]() | Eric Carlson (R) ![]() | 33.0 | 78,258 | |
Tori Nicholson (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 13 | ||
![]() | Babette Peyton (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 12 |
Total votes: 237,425 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mitchel Davilo (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 1
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 1 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Jonathan Jackson ![]() | 28.2 | 21,607 | |
![]() | Pat Dowell ![]() | 19.0 | 14,594 | |
![]() | Karin Norington-Reaves ![]() | 14.1 | 10,825 | |
![]() | Jacqueline Collins | 12.1 | 9,299 | |
![]() | Chris Butler ![]() | 5.4 | 4,141 | |
![]() | Jahmal Cole | 5.3 | 4,045 | |
![]() | Jonathan Swain | 3.3 | 2,554 | |
![]() | Michael Thompson ![]() | 2.2 | 1,680 | |
Charise Williams | 2.1 | 1,601 | ||
Cassandra Goodrum ![]() | 1.9 | 1,422 | ||
![]() | Marcus Lewis | 1.2 | 901 | |
![]() | Robert Palmer | 1.2 | 899 | |
Nykea Pippion McGriff | 1.2 | 892 | ||
![]() | Terre Layng Rosner ![]() | 1.0 | 780 | |
Ameena Nuur Matthews | 0.9 | 686 | ||
![]() | Kirby Birgans | 0.7 | 511 | |
![]() | Steven DeJoie ![]() | 0.3 | 251 |
Total votes: 76,688 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Darius Dee Nix (D)
- J. Darnell Jones (D)
- Howard Spiller (D)
- Michael Payne (D)
- Stephany Rose Spaulding (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 1
Eric Carlson defeated Jeff Regnier, Geno Young, and Philanise White in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 1 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Eric Carlson ![]() | 40.5 | 10,755 |
![]() | Jeff Regnier ![]() | 39.0 | 10,375 | |
Geno Young ![]() | 14.5 | 3,853 | ||
![]() | Philanise White | 6.0 | 1,598 |
Total votes: 26,581 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Matthew O'Keefe (R)
2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Illinois District 1
Incumbent Bobby Rush defeated Philanise White and Ruth Pellegrini in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 1 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Bobby Rush (D) | 73.8 | 239,943 |
![]() | Philanise White (R) | 26.2 | 85,027 | |
![]() | Ruth Pellegrini (Independent) (Write-in) ![]() | 0.0 | 153 |
Total votes: 325,123 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 1
Incumbent Bobby Rush defeated Sarah Gad, Robert Emmons Jr., and Ameena Nuur Matthews in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 1 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Bobby Rush | 71.5 | 94,863 |
![]() | Sarah Gad | 10.4 | 13,783 | |
![]() | Robert Emmons Jr. ![]() | 10.3 | 13,628 | |
Ameena Nuur Matthews | 7.8 | 10,409 |
Total votes: 132,683 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Robert Palmer (D)
- Darnell Leatherwood (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 1
Philanise White advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 1 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Philanise White | 100.0 | 10,134 |
Total votes: 10,134 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jimmy Lee Tillman II (R)
- John Wassenaar (R)
- Lynn Franco (R)
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Illinois District 1
Incumbent Bobby Rush defeated Jimmy Lee Tillman II and Thomas Rudbeck in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Bobby Rush (D) | 73.5 | 189,560 |
Jimmy Lee Tillman II (R) | 19.8 | 50,960 | ||
![]() | Thomas Rudbeck (Independent) | 6.7 | 17,365 |
Total votes: 257,885 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 1
Incumbent Bobby Rush advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 1 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Bobby Rush | 100.0 | 104,114 |
Total votes: 104,114 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Demond Drummer (D)
- Howard Brookins (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 1
Jimmy Lee Tillman II advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 1 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Jimmy Lee Tillman II | 100.0 | 15,389 |
Total votes: 15,389 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Anthony Granata (R)
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Bobby Rush (D) defeated August (O'Neill) Deuser (R) and Tabitha Carson (L write-in) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Rush defeated Patrick Brutus and Howard Brookins in the Democratic primary on March 15, 2016, while Deuser defeated Jimmy Lee Tillman II to win the Republican nomination.[1][2]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Democratic | ![]() |
74.1% | 234,037 | |
Republican | August (O'Neill) Deuser | 25.9% | 81,817 | |
N/A | Write-in | 0% | 8 | |
Total Votes | 315,862 | |||
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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71.4% | 128,402 | ||
Howard Brookins | 19.3% | 34,645 | ||
Patrick Brutus | 9.3% | 16,696 | ||
Total Votes | 179,743 | |||
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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73.8% | 24,584 | ||
Jimmy Lee Tillman | 26.2% | 8,737 | ||
Total Votes | 33,321 | |||
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections |
2014
The 1st Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Bobby Rush (D) defeated challenger Jimmy Lee Tillman II (R) in the general election.
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Democratic | ![]() |
73.1% | 162,268 | |
Republican | Jimmy Lee Tillman | 26.9% | 59,749 | |
Total Votes | 222,017 | |||
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections Official Results |
General election candidates
Jimmy Lee Tillman II
Bobby Rush - Incumbent
March 18, 2014, primary results
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2012
The 1st Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Bobby Rush won re-election in the district.[4]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Democratic | ![]() |
73.8% | 236,854 | |
Republican | Donald Peloquin | 26.2% | 83,989 | |
Total Votes | 320,843 | |||
Source: Illinois Board of Elections "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals" |
2010
On November 2, 2010, Bobby L. Rush won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Raymond G. Wardingley (R) and Jeff Adams (Green) in the general election.[5]
2008
On November 4, 2008, Bobby L. Rush won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Antoine Members (R) in the general election.[6]
U.S. House, Illinois District 1 General Election, 2008 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | ![]() |
85.9% | 233,036 | |
Republican | Antoine Members | 14.1% | 38,361 | |
Total Votes | 271,397 |
2006
On November 7, 2006, Bobby L. Rush won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jason E. Tabour (R) in the general election.[7]
U.S. House, Illinois District 1 General Election, 2006 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | ![]() |
84.1% | 146,623 | |
Republican | Jason E. Tabour | 15.9% | 27,804 | |
Total Votes | 174,427 |
2004
On November 2, 2004, Bobby L. Rush won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Raymond G. Wardingley (R) in the general election.[8]
U.S. House, Illinois District 1 General Election, 2004 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | ![]() |
84.9% | 212,109 | |
Republican | Raymond G. Wardingley | 15.1% | 37,840 | |
Total Votes | 249,949 |
2002
On November 5, 2002, Bobby L. Rush won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Raymond G. Wardingley (R) in the general election.[9]
U.S. House, Illinois District 1 General Election, 2002 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | ![]() |
83.4% | 149,068 | |
Republican | Raymond G. Wardingley | 16.6% | 29,776 | |
Total Votes | 178,844 |
2000
On November 7, 2000, Bobby L. Rush won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Raymond G. Wardingley (R) in the general election.[10]
U.S. House, Illinois District 1 General Election, 2000 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | ![]() |
87.8% | 172,271 | |
Republican | Raymond G. Wardingley | 12.2% | 23,915 | |
Total Votes | 196,186 |
1998
On November 3, 1998, Bobby L. Rush won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Marlene White Ahimaz (R) in the general election.[11]
U.S. House, Illinois District 1 General Election, 1998 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | ![]() |
89.2% | 151,890 | |
Republican | Marlene White Ahimaz | 10.8% | 18,429 | |
Total Votes | 170,319 |
1996
On November 5, 1996, Bobby L. Rush won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Noel Naughton (R) in the general election.[12]
U.S. House, Illinois District 1 General Election, 1996 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | ![]() |
87.1% | 174,005 | |
Republican | Noel Naughton | 12.9% | 25,659 | |
Total Votes | 199,664 |
1994
On November 8, 1994, Bobby L. Rush won re-election to the United States House. He defeated William J. Kelly (R) in the general election.[13]
U.S. House, Illinois District 1 General Election, 1994 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | ![]() |
75.7% | 112,474 | |
Republican | William J. Kelly | 24.3% | 36,038 | |
Total Votes | 148,512 |
District map
Redistricting
2020-2021
Illinois enacted a congressional map on November 24, 2021, after Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed the proposal into law.[14] The Illinois State Senate voted 41-18 in favor of the map on October 28, 2021, followed by the Illinois House of Representatives voting 71-43 in favor on October 29, 2021.[15]
How does redistricting in Illinois work? The Illinois General Assembly is responsible for drawing both congressional and state legislative district lines. Both chambers of the state legislature must approve a redistricting plan. The governor may veto the lines drawn by the state legislature.[16]
In the event that both chambers of the state legislature do not approve a legislative redistricting plan, a backup commission must draw the lines. The majority and minority leaders of each chamber must appoint two members each to the commission (one legislator and one general citizen). Of the eight commission members, no more than four may belong to the same political party. In the event that these eight members cannot approve a plan, the Illinois Supreme Court must select two individuals (from different political parties) as potential tiebreakers. The secretary of state must then appoint one of these individuals to the backup commission to break the tie.[16]
The Illinois Constitution requires that state legislative districts be "contiguous and reasonably compact." There are no such requirements in place for the state's congressional districts.[16]
State law also mandates the establishment of state legislative districts "that allow racial or language minority communities to elect--or influence the election of--the candidates of their choice, even if no comparable district would be required by the federal Voting Rights Act."[16]
Illinois District 1
until January 2, 2023
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Illinois District 1
starting January 3, 2023
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2010-2011
In 2011, the Illinois State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.
District analysis
- See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
- See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores
2026
Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+18. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 18 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Illinois' 1st the 75th most Republican district nationally.[17]
2024
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+20. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 20 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Illinois' 1st the 65th most Democratic district nationally.[18]
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) 70.5%-28.1%.[19]
2022
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+20. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 20 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Illinois' 1st the 63rd most Democratic district nationally.[20]
Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 70.5% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 28.1%.[21]
2018
Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+27. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 27 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Illinois' 1st Congressional District the 35th most Democratic nationally.[22]
FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.83. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.83 points toward that party.[23]
See also
- Redistricting in Illinois
- Illinois' 1st Congressional District election, 2024
- Illinois' 1st Congressional District election, 2022
- Illinois' 1st Congressional District election, 2020
- Illinois' 1st Congressional District election, 2018
External links
- District map (as of 113th Congress) from GovTrack.us
Footnotes
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed November 30, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "Illinois Primary Results," March 15, 2016
- ↑ Illinois Election Division, "Jimmy Lee Tillman II," accessed December 2, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Illinois"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1996," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1994," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ The Associated Press, "Gov. Pritzker signs new Illinois congressional map into law," Nov. 24, 2021
- ↑ Chicago Tribune, "Fourth version of a Democratic-drawn congressional map passed by legislators, heads to Pritzker," Oct. 29, 2021
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 All About Redistricting, "Illinois," accessed April 16, 2015
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018