Illinois' 1st Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 1st Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
Incumbent Bobby L. Rush (D), who was first elected in 1992, defeated Jimmy Lee Tillman II (R) in the general election. Rush ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. Tillman also ran unopposed in the Republican primary election.
Rush had $44,000 cash-on-hand for his campaign while Tillman did not submit his reports for the Federal Election Commission. According to Cook Political Report, the district was known to safely favor Democratic candidates in the 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. In Illinois, state law provides for a closed primary where a voter must be affiliated with a party to vote in that party's primary. However, voters state their affiliation at the polls and any voter may change their affiliation on the day of the primary. A voter's eligibility to vote a party's ballot may be challenged.[4]
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.[5]
- See also: Illinois elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Bobby L. Rush (D), who was first elected in 1992.
Illinois' 1st Congressional District contains parts of Cook and Will counties. It includes much of the south side of Chicago and extends into the city's southwest suburbs. It covers 97.84 square miles, making it one of the 40 smallest districts in the U.S.
Candidates
General election candidates
Jimmy Lee Tillman II- Bobby Rush - Incumbent
March 18, 2014, primary results
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Election results
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 | Bobby Rush Incumbent |
73.1% | 162,268 | |
| Republican | Jimmy Lee Tillman | 26.9% | 59,749 | |
| Total Votes | 222,017 | |||
| 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.[7] 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.[8] Bobby Rush did not vote on the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[9]
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.[10] 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. Bobby Rush did not vote on HR 2775.[11]
Campaign contributions
Bobby Rush
| Bobby L. Rush (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[12] | April 15, 2013 | $24,438.29 | $60,550.00 | $(22,906.11) | $62,082.18 | ||||
| July Quarterly[13] | July 14, 2013 | $62,082.18 | $58,350.00 | $(72,678.15) | $47,754.03 | ||||
| October Quarterly[14] | October 13, 2013 | $47,754.03 | $39,001.00 | $(48,248.83) | $38,506.20 | ||||
| Year-end[15] | January 31, 2014 | $38,506 | $53,500 | $(40,505) | $51,500 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[16] | March 6, 2014 | $51,500 | $0 | $(4,314) | $47,186 | ||||
| April Quarterly[17] | April 15, 2014 | $47,186 | $20,000 | $(8,535) | $58,650 | ||||
| July Quarterly[18] | July 15, 2014 | $58,650.00 | $27,630.00 | $(41,643.00) | $44,637.00 | ||||
| October Quarterly[19] | October 15, 2014 | $44,637 | $52,000 | $(25,677) | $70,595 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $311,031 | $(264,507.09) | ||||||||
District history
2012
On November 6, 2012, Bobby L. Rush (R) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Donald Peloquin in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Bobby Rush Incumbent |
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.[20]
| U.S. House, Illinois District 1 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Bobby L. Rush incumbent |
80.4% | 148,170 | |
| Republican | Raymond G. Wardingley | 15.9% | 29,253 | |
| Green | Jeff Adams | 3.8% | 6,963 | |
| Total Votes | 184,386 | |||
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
- ↑ Illinois General Assembly, "Ill. Rev. Stat. ch. 10, § 5/7–44," accessed December 4, 2025
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Registering to Vote in Illinois," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ Illinois Election Division, "Jimmy Lee Tillman II," accessed December 2, 2013
- ↑ 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 23, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 23, 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 22, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed April 21, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 14, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 21, 2014
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
