Marie Newman won the Democratic primary for Illinois' 3rd Congressional District on March 17, 2020. Newman received 47.3% of the vote to incumbent Daniel Lipinski's 44.6%. Rush Darwish and Charles M. Hughes also ran in the primary. Newman advanced to the district's general election on November 3, 2020.

Of the four candidates who ran, Lipinski and Newman led in endorsements, fundraising, and media attention. The two candidates faced off in the district's 2018 Democratic primary; Lipinski received 51.1% of the vote to Newman's 48.9%.

Lipinski, who was first elected in 2004, said that he was "the common-sense Democrat" and criticized what he called Newman's socialist ideology and leftist fantasies.^[1]^[2] Regarding healthcare, a Lipinski campaign ad stated, "Newman’s extreme plan would eliminate all private health insurance. Millions would lose their healthcare and be put on the government plan. Seniors would lose their Medicare options. Taxes would skyrocket. And we could lose access to our doctors. Marie Newman would take away your healthcare."^[1]

Newman said that Lipinski was not a real Democrat.^[3] She stated, "Since 2004, my opponent has ignored the concerns of wide swaths of his constituency. He voted against the Affordable Care Act, against the Dream Act, and has repeatedly stood with the Republican party to attack workers, women and the LGBTQ community."^[4] A Newman campaign ad stated, "People concerned about healthcare can’t trust Dan Lipinski. Lipinski voted against Obamacare, which means he would deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. … Unlike Dan Lipinski, Marie is the only Democrat who will fight to expand healthcare to everyone."^[5]

Darwish described himself as a "first-generation American, a small business owner, and proud community member and activist."^[6] He said of Lipinski, "We do have a representative right now that really does act more like a Republican than a Democrat," and he described Newman as "pretty much the extreme left of what Dan Lipinski represents."^[7]

According to financial reports through February 26, 2020, Newman led the candidates in fundraising with around $1.7 million, followed by Lipinski with $1.2 million and Darwish with $816,000. No data was available for Hughes.^[8]

Satellite spending in the race came from Susan B. Anthony List-affiliated super PAC Women Speak Out in support of Lipinski and Women Vote!, NARAL, SEIU, Indivisible, Planned Parenthood Votes, and the Illinois Federation of Teachers in support of Newman.

Heading into the 2020 election, the district had been held by Democrats since 1975.^[9] Major race rating outlets rated the general election as Solid Democratic or Safe Democratic. The 2017 Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+6, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were 6 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. Click here to learn more about what's at stake in the general election.

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Lipinski

Darwish

Newman

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Candidates and election results

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 3

	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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Daniel Lipinski

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: Yes

Political Office:

U.S. House (Assumed office: 2005)

Biography: Lipinski graduated from Northwestern University with a B.S. in mechanical engineering in 1988. In 1989, he received an M.S. in engineering-economic systems from Stanford University. He graduated from Duke University with a Ph.D. in political science in 1998. Lipinski worked as a staff member for multiple U.S. representatives and was a professor at the University of Notre Dame, the University of Tennessee, and James Madison University.

Key Messages

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Lipinski described himself as “the common-sense Democrat” and said, “I work to bring people together to solve problems and address issues such as middle class job creation, fixing our transportation systems, making health care more affordable, helping small businesses, promoting American innovation, and honoring veterans and seniors."

Lipinski wrote that Newman’s "socialist ideology might be popular w/ her coastal elite friends but working families in IL03 have no time for her leftist fantasies. America is a country that values hard work & enterprise, not gov't overreach & taxation into oblivion. This district can't afford Marie Newman."

A Lipinski campaign ad stated, "Newman’s extreme [healthcare] plan would eliminate all private health insurance. Millions would lose their healthcare and be put on the government plan. Seniors would lose their Medicare options. Taxes would skyrocket. And we could lose access to our doctors. Marie Newman would take away your healthcare."

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Sources: YouTube, "IL-03: Dan Lipinski attack ad," February 21, 2020 Facebook, "Dan Lipinski for Congress," accessed March 8, 2020 Facebook, "Dan Lipinski for Congress on March 5, 2020," accessed March 8, 2020; Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "LIPINSKI, Daniel (1966-)," accessed March 8, 2020 Congressman Daniel Lipinski, "About Me," accessed March 8, 2020

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Illinois District 3 in 2020.

Rush Darwish

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography: "I am a first-generation American, a small business owner, and proud community member and activist. My parents came to this country seeking a better life, and growing up, I knew the power and the promise of the American Dream. I seek to bring that experience and understanding to Congress, where I will work in the interest of everyday Americans, not the special interests and PACs that Washington politicians work for. I have always had a deep desire to improve my community. I have been involved in working to improve the lives of both Americans as well as people around the world. I have served as a member of the Executive Board of AMVote PAC, where I have worked to increase voter registration and political engagement in the 3rd Congressional District, and served on the transition team for Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. In addition to working to improve my community, I am a small business owner. I was a newscaster for ten years, after which I started an award-winning multimedia production company. However, I am most proud of being a husband to my wonderful wife, Aziza and a father to my two boys, Adam and Amir."

Key Messages

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Providing universal health care by enrolling every uninsured American in Medicare while allowing people who have insurance through their employer to keep it.

Ensuring a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants who are already here and are contributing to our society.

We have to get big money out of politics. This campaign is built on a grassroots movement of people engaging in the political process for the first time and is free of any PAC money.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Illinois District 3 in 2020.

Marie Newman

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Biography: Newman earned a B.A. in journalism and business from the University of Wisconsin. As of her 2020 campaign, her professional experience included being president of Marie Newman & Associates, a marketing and business strategy company.

Key Messages

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Newman stated, “Working families, workers, and the middle class are working harder with fewer opportunities to get ahead. I pledge to bridge the income divide by helping and empowering working families, workers, and the middle class.”

Newman said of Lipinski, "Since 2004, my opponent has ignored the concerns of wide swaths of his constituency. He voted against the Affordable Care Act, against the Dream Act, and has repeatedly stood with the Republican party to attack workers, women and the LGBTQ community."

A Newman campaign ad stated, “People concerned about healthcare can’t trust Dan Lipinski. Lipinski voted against Obamacare, which means he would deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. Democrats have a clear choice in Marie Newman. Marie believes that healthcare is a right … Unlike Dan Lipinski, Marie is the only Democrat who will fight to expand healthcare to everyone.”

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Sources: Marie Newman 2020 campaign website, "The Issues," accessed March 8, 2020 Chicago Tribune, "Who is Marie Newman, Democratic candidate for 3rd Congressional District?," February 19, 2020 YouTube, "A Clear Choice for IL03," March 4, 2020; LinkedIn, "Marie Newman," accessed March 8, 2020 Patch: Oak Lawn, IL, "3rd Congressional District Candidate: Marie Newman," March 3, 2020

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Illinois District 3 in 2020.

Endorsements

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Democratic primary endorsements
Endorsement	Lipinski	Newman
Newspapers and editorials
Chicago Tribune^[11]	✔
Chicago Sun-Times^[12]		✔
Daily Kos^[13]		✔
Gazette Chicago^[14]		✔
Elected officials
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)^[12]		✔
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)^[12]		✔
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)^[12]		✔
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.)^[12]		✔
U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.)^[12]		✔
U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.)^[12]		✔
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)^[12]		✔
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)^[12]		✔
U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.)^[12]		✔
U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.)^[12]		✔
State Sen. Laura Fine (D)^[12]		✔
State Rep. Delia Ramirez (D)^[12]		✔
State Rep. Ann M. Williams (D)^[12]		✔
State Rep. Kelly Cassidy (D)^[12]		✔
State Rep. Will Guzzardi (D)^[12]		✔
State Rep. Elizabeth (Lisa) Hernandez (D)^[12]		✔
State Rep. Theresa Mah (D)^[12]		✔
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D)^[12]		✔
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot^[12]		✔
Chicago City Clerk Anna Valencia^[12]		✔
Eight Chicago aldermen (hover over for list)		✔
27 mayors (hover over for list)	✔
Individuals
Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro^[15]		✔
Former U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.)^[12]		✔
Former State Sen. Toi Hutchinson (D)^[12]		✔
Organizations
Worth Township Democratic Organization^[16]	✔
AFL-CIO^[17]	✔
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees^[17]	✔
United Steelworkers^[17]	✔
National Weather Service Employees Organization^[17]	✔
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers^[17]	✔
American Train Dispatchers Association^[17]	✔
Transport Workers Union^[17]	✔
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen^[17]	✔
International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Crafterworkers^[17]	✔
Association of Flight Attendants, CWA, AFL-CIO^[17]	✔
Transportation Communications Union / IAM^[17]	✔
Sheet Metal Air Rail and Transportation Workers^[17]	✔
Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association^[17]	✔
Associated Firefighters of Illinois^[17]	✔
Chicago Federation of Labor^[17]	✔
National Conference of Firemen and Oilers^[17]	✔
16 local labor unions (hover over for list)	✔
EMILY's List^[12]		✔
Planned Parenthood Action Fund^[12]		✔
NARAL^[12]		✔
MoveOn^[12]		✔
Justice Democrats^[12]		✔
Sierra Club^[12]		✔
Blue America^[12]		✔
Progressive Democrats of America^[12]		✔
Sunrise Movement^[12]		✔
Progressive Change Campaign Committee^[12]		✔
Off the Sidelines^[12]		✔
National Organization for Women PAC^[12]		✔
Illinois National Organization for Women^[12]		✔
Democracy for America^[12]		✔
Northside Democracy for America^[12]		✔
Our Revolution Chicago-Southwest Side^[12]		✔
Will County Progressives^[12]		✔
Indivisible^[12]		✔
Nine local Indivisible chapters (hover over for list)		✔
Four ward independent political organizations (IPOs) (hover over for list)		✔
Illinois SEIU^[12]		✔
Illinois Federation of Teachers^[12]		✔
National Nurses United^[12]		✔
Illinois Nurses Association^[18]		✔
Seven local labor unions (hover over for list)		✔
Population Connection Action Fund		✔
Women's March Illinois^[12]		✔
The People's Lobby^[12]		✔
350 Action^[12]		✔
Familia Latina Unida^[12]		✔
Progressive Rising^[12]		✔
Rizoma Collective^[12]		✔
Jane Addams Seniors in Action^[12]		✔
Demand Universal Healthcare^[12]		✔
National Women's Political Caucus^[12]		✔
Asian American Midwest Progressives^[12]		✔
Citizen Action Illinois^[12]		✔
Courage to Change^[12]		✔
Peace Action^[12]		✔
#VOTEPROCHOICE^[12]		✔
Friends of the Earth Action^[12]		✔
Latino Leadership Council^[12]		✔
Friends of Intelligent Democracy PAC^[19]		✔
Coalition for Change IL3^[12]		✔
Illinois 123GO^[12]		✔
Southwest Suburban Snowflakes^[12]		✔
Southwest Suburban Activists^[12]		✔

Timeline

2020

March 2020 (click to collapse)
- March 6, 2020:
  - All four candidates participated in a forum on WTTW that aired on March 10, 2020.^[20]^[21]
  - The Susan B. Anthony List-affiliated Women Speak Out super PAC announced a "five-figure campaign" supporting Lipinski.^[22]

February 2020 (click to expand)
February
- February 25, 2020: Politico reported that the super PAC Women Vote! spent $330,000 on TV ads criticizing Lipinski as part of a $1.4 million campaign supporting Newman. The campaign was backed by a group of organizations that also included NARAL, SEIU, Indivisible, Planned Parenthood Votes, and the Illinois Federation of Teachers.^[23]^[24]
- February 20, 2020: Darwish and Hughes participated in a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of the La Grange Area.^[25]

January 2020 (click to expand)
January
- January 31, 2020: Year-end campaign finance reports covering all fundraising and spending from October 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, were due. Newman led the candidates in total receipts with around $1.2 million, followed by Lipinski with $1 million and Darwish with $657,000.^[8]

Campaign themes

See also: Campaign themes

Campaign themes were available on the following candidates' campaign websites as of March 4, 2020.

Daniel Lipinski

Lipinski's campaign website stated the following:

“

Boosting American Manufacturing

Manufacturing built America and the middle class, and if we’re going to rebuild the middle class we need to boost American manufacturing. That’s why I authored the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act; the passage of this bill into law means that America will have a manufacturing strategy for the first time since Alexander Hamilton. The first plan will be published in Spring 2018, and every four years a revised plan will be created. If we fail to plan, we plan to fail; we cannot fail on manufacturing or else we’re failing America’s middle class.

I have also been a leader in promoting Buy American policies, which assure that when the federal government spends taxpayer money it is investing in American-made goods and American workers. I have been successful in adding Buy American provisions to numerous pieces of legislation and have introduced the Buy American Improvement Act to expand made-in-America requirements to more federal programs and to close loopholes in current policy.

Putting American manufacturing and manufacturing workers on the cutting edge of innovation is vital for our competitiveness. I was a leader in getting the law passed to create the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation, which is the program that led to Chicago’s Digital Manufacturing Design Institute, a pioneering center that will help manufacturing in Illinois and the nation innovate and become more efficient, while also training workers in cutting edge technologies.

Fighting for Fair Trade

Middle-class Americans have suffered from bad trade deals made over the past 25 years. Manufacturing has been particularly hard hit. These agreements have contributed significantly to stagnant wages. I have fought against bad trade deals. I helped lead the fight that killed the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), which would have been the biggest trade deal in history and would have led to more disastrous job losses. We need a new model for trade that protects American workers. That is why I helped introduce legislation to establish a 21st Century Workers Bill of Rights that should be included in all future trade agreements to protect workers’ rights instead of only helping multinational corporations.

Fostering Innovation for Job Growth

America must remain at the cutting edge of innovation if we are going to have a strong economy and create new jobs for the middle class. As the top Democrat on the Science, Space, and Technology Committee’s Research and Technology Subcommittee, I have been a leader in making sure that America continues to fund research and give entrepreneurs the tools they need to innovate. I helped create the Innovation Corps that is helping to turn research at universities, national labs, and federal agencies into new products and new jobs. I also helped bring the federally-funded research center on battery technology to Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont.

Keeping Communities Safe

One of the most important priorities for elected officials should be working to keep their communities safe. I have made it a priority to support our brave police officers, firefighters, and other first responders, and I have secured millions of dollars in federal funding to hire more officers and firefighters and purchase new equipment. I passed a law naming a local post office after a fallen Chicago firefighter – Captain Herbie Johnson, fought for federal funding for memorials for fallen police officers, and helped raised money to purchase bullet-proof vests for local police. I understand the need to do a better job keeping guns out of the hands of criminals and have supported measures that expand background checks to all gun sales and that make gun trafficking a federal crime. I have introduced legislation to improve security on transit systems and worked with the DOT and railroads to develop an app that will help firefighters prepare for and respond to incidents involving hazardous materials. I’ve passed an amendment to strengthen regulations governing railroad tank car safety. To fight the opioid crisis, I have fought for increased funding for addiction treatment and helped establish local drug disposal points.

Standing Up for Women

Unfortunately, women continue to face inequality in pay and treatment at work. To provide greater opportunities for women I’ve supported the Paycheck Fairness Act and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to close the wage gap and prevent pay discrimination. I’ve also cosponsored the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, to require employers to provide proper accommodations for pregnant workers. And to ensure that pregnancy can be increasingly safe, I’ve supported measures to reduce maternal deaths, improve access to maternity care, and to help better address post-partum depression. I have been a strong supporter of reauthorizing and fully funding the Violence Against Women Act, and I was also proud to author legislation, signed into law, that requires the Defense Department to deploy specially-trained sexual assault nurses with all military deployments to assure that we can properly treat sexual assault victims and prosecute perpetrators.

Fixing Local Transportation

As the most senior member from Illinois on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I have been a leader in Congress improving local roads, transit, trails, and airports. I understand that easing congestion on our roads saves every family time and money, as well as helping to spur job growth in our region. I helped author the FAST Act in 2015 which increased federal funding for Illinois roads by 10 percent and increased funding for public transit. I have brought home more than $375 million in federal money for local transportation projects. I fought for and achieved expanded service on Metra’s Southwest Service and Heritage Corridor Lines and helped improve Metra, Pace, and CTA stations and transit centers in the Third District. I’ve brought back tens of millions of dollars to help Midway Airport remain an economic engine on the Southwest Side of Chicago, while also working to alleviate noise issues that affect local residents.

Supporting Seniors

Seniors built this nation through their hard work and sacrifice. We owe it to our seniors and future generations to protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare. I have fought against privatizing Social Security and against raids of the Medicare Trust Fund. During my tenure, I’ve held over 100 Senior Fairs across the 3rd District and helped hundreds of seniors receive help with Social Security, Medicare, and other issues. I’ve helped introduce legislation to create an inflation index based on the real costs that seniors face so that they see more realistic annual increases in their Social Security checks.

Enhancing Access to Affordable Health Care

Working to lower healthcare costs and expand access to quality care continues to be a top priority for me. Our healthcare system must work better for America’s middle class and for small businesses. Having lived with Type-1 diabetes for more than 30 years, I understand the costs and complexities of healthcare. I will continue to advocate for a thoughtful, multi-faceted approach to healthcare reform that addresses costs while protecting doctor and coverage choices. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) needs to be made better and more affordable, not repealed. That’s why I opposed every attempt to repeal or undermine the ACA while supporting multiple improvements. But we must also work to lower insurance premiums and rein in the costs of prescription drugs, hospitals, and doctors for everyone. This is necessary and achievable, but it is not simple. It requires well thought-out solutions, not slogans. You can find my plan here.

Honoring Veterans

We can never fully repay all the brave men and women who have defended our nation and kept us free, but we must do all we can to honor and take care of our veterans. I have consistently worked for more funding for veterans and better medical treatment at the VA. I have fought for better treatment and for jobs and business opportunities for our recently returning service members. I spurred the Defense Department to bring home the remains of Americans who died in the pivotal WWII Battle of Tarawa. I have supported Honor Flight and have helped veterans share their stories through the Veterans History Project. Through my constituent service program, my staff and I have helped hundreds of veterans in the district receive the benefits they have earned.

Championing Small Business

Small businesses are the foundation of our economy and I’ve fought to make sure the federal government expands opportunities for small businesses to thrive. If we don’t support our small business owners, our communities will suffer. That is why I support putting our small businesses on a level playing field with online sellers instead of placing an unfair tax burden on them. I have fought against and helped repeal overburdensome regulations that were hurting small businesses. I cosponsored and helped enact into law the Small Business Health Care Relief Act and the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act, which fixed flaws in the ACA that would have destabilized the small business insurance market and effectively prohibited small businesses from assisting their workers with purchasing health coverage. While we’ve lost local manufacturers over the years we still have many fighting to survive and provide good-paying jobs. When a local small manufacturer lost a contract because the DOD didn’t follow Buy American laws, I stepped in and got the decision reversed, resulting in dozens of more jobs. I’ve been a leader in expanding the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs to give new businesses an early boost.

Reforming our Immigration Laws

Most immigrants come to the United States to work hard and make a better life for themselves and their families. It is in our national interest for Congress to act on comprehensive immigration reform. I will continue to push for legislation that allows immigrants to contribute to and become a part of our nation, while also stopping illegal immigration, defending our borders, and protecting American workers. We should start by passing the BRIDGE Act – which I have cosponsored and built bipartisan support for – to protect from deportation those brought to our nation as children and who have qualified for DACA status. While we must always protect our nation from those who would do us harm, I have opposed President Trump’s ill-conceived travel ban which has been harmful to innocent individuals, including refugees fleeing persecution.

Improving Education

I taught American Government to college students before being elected to Congress, so I understand how critical a good, affordable education is for every American to reach their potential and for our nation to thrive. I have fought to make college more affordable and lower the onerous college loans that are saddling so many young people and their families. I helped repeal the ill-conceived No Child Left Behind Act which was hindering K-12 education, and replace it with a better law to help state and local governments determine how to best educate our children. As co-chair of the congressional STEM Education Caucus, the top Democrat on the Science Committee’s Research and Technology Subcommittee, and a former engineer, I have been a leader in improving science, technology, engineering, and math education at all levels and helping to increase the pipeline of students into STEM.

Keeping America Safe

Americans face numerous security threats from countries like North Korea, China, Russia, and Iran, as well as terrorist organizations such as ISIS and their sympathizers. To keep our nation safe, we must have a strong military that provides our brave service members with the tools they need to protect us. I have supported robust funding for our military while opposing wasteful spending. And I have opposed intervention when it was not in the best interest of our nation, such as in Libya.

Protecting the Environment

I know that we must take care of our environment to protect the health and well-being of all Americans. I have been a leader in creating policies that promote energy efficiency, cut emissions of dangerous pollutants, and help develop and bring to market clean alternative energy technologies. The Great Lakes are a tremendous environmental asset; I have continuously fought against pollution in the lake and I am leading efforts to support their restoration. I am a member of the House Climate Solutions Caucus and have brought Republican members into the group to advance effective policy solutions to deal with climate threats. I’ve been a strong supporter of the Clean Power Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from energy production, and to make investments in helping developing nations transition to a clean energy future. I have protected our national parks and other federal lands from exploitation. I’ve also fought for clean water, to protect this important national asset and assure safe drinking water for all Americans.

Defending Consumers

Far too often, Americans are not treated fairly by some businesses. These hassles make everyday life more difficult and end up wasting our time and money. That is why I have been a champion for consumers’ rights, pushing commonsense rules to require airlines to take better care of passengers whose flights are delayed by fault of the airline, and passing legislation that requires the return of baggage fees for delayed luggage. I’ve also fought to prevent telemarketers from being able to use ringless voicemails that would fill up cell phone voicemail boxes, and have fought against legislation that would undermine net neutrality and let cable companies and others limit your access to the content you want from the Internet.

Promoting Fiscal Responsibility

Our growing national debt threatens the long-term solvency of Medicare, Social Security, and our ability to invest in national priorities like infrastructure, education, and research. I’ve made it a priority to try to keep our government’s focus on budget sanity a priority, and the Concord Coalition has recognized me for my fiscal leadership. Since passing a budget is one of Congress’s most important responsibilities, I support No Budget, No Pay, so that when we don’t pass our bills on time, we don’t get paid.^[26]

”

—Dan Lipinski’s campaign website (2020)^[27]

Rush Darwish

Darwish's campaign website stated the following:

“

I support Medicare for all who want it.

Americans are suffering from a healthcare crisis. While politicians in Washington debate, Americans face serious uncertainty regarding their coverage and their employer-provided plans. In every other developed country, healthcare is treated as a basic right and is provided at significantly lower cost. Today, the United States is the wealthiest country that has ever existed. Our healthcare system must reflect this reality and treat healthcare as a human right, not a privilege.

As it exists today, healthcare policy in the United States creates a two-tiered system that favors the richest at the expense of millions of Americans. To provide millions of Americans with the healthcare they both need and deserve, I support the Medicare for America Act as proposed by Reps. Rosa DeLauro and Jan Schakowsky. Medicare for America would provide coverage for every uninsured American and lower costs for those already insured by doing the following:

1. Allow Americans who like their insurance plans to keep them.

Under the Medicare For America plan, those enrolled in employer-sponsored insurance programs would have the option to remain enrolled in their current plan. However, prior authorization and step therapy will be banned, meaning your insurance provider will no longer be able to require you to “try” cheaper or generic medications before covering the best possible treatment. This plan will allow the government to negotiate prescription drug prices, so that Big Pharma will no longer be able to charge unlimited amounts on necessary medications and pharmaceutical products. Should providers refuse to negotiate with the Department of Health and Human Services, prices would be established according to the Department of Veterans Affairs prices or by basing prices on average global market rates. Additionally, Medicare for America finally puts an end to Fee For Service private arrangements, which will help in lowering overall private insurance costs.

2. Provide a low-cost, public option for every uninsured American as well as those who would like to switch.

Medicare for America provides a low-cost, public option for insurance coverage, in which enrollees would “pay in” no more than 8% of their monthly income. Those with incomes twice the federal poverty line or below would pay no premiums at all.

3. Allow for expanded coverage through Medicare Advantage.

Medicare For America also provides greater choice in the form of Medicare Advantage. Individuals and families can enroll in Medicare Advantage plans and pay separate premiums for additional coverage, on top of the public and private insurance options. Increased coverage under Medicare For America would include long term services, as well as disability and senior citizen coverage, a great improvement on the current state of Medicare and private insurance providers.

So how do we pay for it?

Voters have a right to know how healthcare plans will be paid for. Reps. DeLauro and Schakowsky propose getting rid of the 2017 Republican tax bill and implementing a 5% surtax on adjusted gross incomes of over $500K.[1] If you make less than $500,000 a year, your taxes won’t go up. Medicare for America also makes sure that states would pay no more into Medicaid and CHIP programs than they already do under what are known as maintenance of effort payments. The rate of inflation on these payments for states will grow over time, however.[2]

I support Medicare for all who want it because I believe in providing choice.

Too many politicians in Washington don’t believe that healthcare is a right, or don’t trust Americans to choose what is right for them. I believe that Medicare for America is the best way to ensure choice while providing coverage for every American. The reason I support Medicare for America is because I trust my fellow Americans to make the right decision for themselves and their families.

[1] This accounts for additional incomes outside of primary source of income like capital gains.

[2] States that accepted the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act would receive a discount on inflation rates for maintenance of effort payments for the first 10 years, after which all states would pay the same amount.

Economy/Job Creation

Thousands of families across the 3rd District are struggling to make ends meet. It’s becoming more difficult than ever to qualify to buy a home and people are pushing their dreams off further and further. At the same time there’s a rising demand in the technology, manufacturing, and transportation industries for skilled workers. I believe in social innovation, and the reality is that the current economic situation for a lot of families in our district is unsustainable; while I fully support a Federal Minimum Wage of $15, I believe that more must be done to support our families. As your Congressman I would:

Support a system which moves the minimum wage to a living wage that will scale with the average cost of living.
Support paid family leave.
Support and advance workers’ rights.
Create an economic development council for the 3rd District called 20Up with a two-pronged responsibility to:
- Identify businesses with a need for full and part-time skilled workers to fill $20/hr or higher positions and pair those students to those positions.
- Partner with industry leaders in technology, manufacturing, and transportation with local community and city colleges to teach students critical, transferable industry skills.

Education

My wife and I have been dealing with student loans throughout our marriage, 18 years and 2 kids later and we’re still paying them. This experience is a systemic crisis, thousands of students across the US graduate each year with tens, sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loan debt. These folks are forced to put off their goals and instead spend years and years paying off this debt. I firmly believe that the key to our future as a nation is investing in our public education systems – primary, secondary, and post-secondary – to allow them to have adequate funding, providing students with low, or no cost education. In an effort to do our part, my family and I founded an annual scholarship at Moraine Valley Community College to lessen the financial burden on recipients, but what we need as a country is a reallocation of funds to our public education systems to support our students. As your Congressman I would:

Work to drastically reduce the cost of higher education.
Support living wages for teachers.
Work to ensure that every school, from the suburbs to the inner city, have the resources they need to provide successful outcomes: including funding for upgrading facilities, new classroom technologies and their associated trainings, comprehensive health education, and after school programs.
Support STEM programs across IL-3, including advocating for federal and private sector grants.
Develop and introduce The Blend Program, aimed at providing vocational training and teaching high school students real world skills including financial literacy. This will prepare students with the skills they need to slot into industry positions immediately after graduation.

Immigration

This country was built by immigrants seeking freedom from persecution, seeking a better opportunity, and working towards a better tomorrow. My parents are immigrants who came here for a better opportunity, with the dream to raise our family. The current administration’s anti-immigrant rhetoric and actions are simply unacceptable: the Muslim ban, the family separation policy, making migrants fleeing violence wait for months at the border to apply for asylum, the ICE raids on places of business, the actions being taken to deny green card applicants and visa applicants by expanding the LPC test, the almost everyday stream of racist and tasteless comments about different communities. This is an attack not only on those communities, but on our ideals and values as Americans. This administration is dehumanizing these families and I am absolutely unwilling to allow it to continue. Asylum is an internationally recognized human right. In my personal time, I have been connecting undocumented families I know with pro-bono immigration attorneys to assist them in gaining legal status. While I believe that has made a small difference, what we need as a country is comprehensive and fair immigration reform to put these families on a path to citizenship and prevent any future administration from the egregious actions which have taken place over the last few years. As your Congressman I would:

Stand first and foremost for human dignity.
Support sanctuary cities and asylum seekers as asylum is an internationally recognized human right.
Support Comprehensive and Fair immigration reform to make our immigration system simpler, more accessible, particularly for non-native English speakers, while retaining the highest level of security.
Expand my work personally to create and market a large network of pro-bono immigration attorneys to assist undocumented families in gaining legal status.

Women’s Rights

As a government which prides itself on being a leader in human rights, civil rights, and civil liberties I believe we have done a great disservice to half of our constituents. To think that in our country today I, as a male, have a higher income sheerly on the basis of my sex is absurd. What’s more is women’s reproductive rights are regularly under attack in states across the country. In the case of Georgia specifically, that bill allows for a woman who miscarried to potentially be investigated, does not include language protecting women from criminal prosecution should they seek an abortion, among other ludicrous inclusions. This is a far governmental overreach into the lives of constituents. The fact of the matter is the Georgia bill and bills like it, passed in Alabama, Mississippi, Ohio, and introduced in many other states put women’s health and lives at risk. I believe in a woman’s right to choose; that we have control over our own bodies is essential to the very core of personal liberty. As your Congressman I would:

Support Equal Pay for Equal Work.
Support Women’s reproductive rights.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

In America today there are crises surrounding substance use, particularly opioids, and mental health which we can no longer avoid. 130 people die everyday as a result of opioid overdoses, and the CDCP estimates that the cost of prescription opioid misuse is over 78 billion dollars each year! (reference footnoted) I believe in accountability, and the fact is this crisis is primarily due to a lack of oversight and regulation over the Pharmaceutical industry, which promoted these drugs to physicians with the false pretense that they were non-addictive. I think it speaks volumes about our current mental health system when one of the largest mental health facilities in the country is Cook County Jail. On top of the fact that the stigma of mental health is a barrier from seeking proper care, mental health centers have been closing across our state due to a decrease in funding. Our families simply do not have adequate access to the programs and resources they need to help them overcome these issues. As your Congressman I would:

Partner with existing sliding scale mental health clinics and rehabilitation centers across IL-3 and create an outreach and transportation plan for underserved communities.
Push for a reallocation of federal funding to support the creation of sustainable, sliding scale mental health clinics and rehabilitation centers, particularly in underserved areas.
Hold pharmaceutical companies accountable by working to initiate investigations into their practices surrounding their promotion of opioids to Physicians from the mid 1990s to early 2000s.

Supporting Small Businesses

I’ve always had the vision of owning my own production company. In 2006, I started Rush Productions from the basement of my home. I couldn’t qualify for a loan, and I had very little equipment of my own so I borrowed equipment from some generous friends in the industry. Business picked up quickly, but then the recession in 2008 hit, practically erasing all of the progress I made. With the help of family and friends, I was fortunate enough to get back up and running and today have a fully functional storefront business with multiple locations and all the equipment and gadgets I could possibly need. As a small business owner I understand how difficult it can be at times. All across our country, the same banks that caused the recession and got bailed out with our tax dollars are denying families the small business loans they need to achieve their dreams. Corporations like Amazon and Walmart are getting larger and larger, putting existing small businesses at risk. All this while our government sits by and does nothing. As your Congressman I would:

Expand funding and community outreach efforts for the U.S. Small Business Administration to provide low-interest, government backed loans and grants to existing and new small business owners.
Work with the U.S. Small Business Administration to ensure that requirements for loan qualifications are reasonable and fair.
Create a network of partnerships with small businesses and government in a variety of industries across IL-3, ensuring government always contracts to small and family-owned businesses when possible and that small business owners have access to free promotional services.
Develop and advance legislation which works to enhance small business competitiveness in the market.

Campaign Finance Reform

There is too much money in politics and, as much as some politicians like to deny it, money buys influence. In our current system industries have the upper hand, they’re worth billions of dollars and have no issue putting in hundreds of millions towards candidate’s committees. If an incumbent comes out against them, they pour millions of dollars into their opponent’s campaign. This issue is further exacerbated by the use of dark money, and lack of enforcement surrounding campaign finance violations. The funding system has become very complex and far-reaching, and lost in the midst of things are the issues families care about the most. While grassroots, crowd-sourced, funding strategies are effective in theory, they simply cannot create as much funding as quickly. This is why we need comprehensive reform. As your Congressman I would:

Introduce a federal hard-cap model, whereby the FEC determines a hard-cap funding limit for each Federal race. This ensures no candidate has an unfair spending advantage over their opponent, and it is simply the best ideas that will succeed.
Develop and advance legislation which would strictly limit campaign spending to campaign committees, such that no committee can have a peripheral influence on a race.
Support legislation which would repeal the Citizens United ruling, and eliminate dark money.

Climate Change and the Environment

The science is clear, global climate patterns are shifting and it is up to us to take action to protect our future generations. We simply cannot continue to put off action on this issue, in the past 10 years climate change has cost US taxpayers over 350 billion dollars. Corporations cannot be allowed to continue to pollute our air with toxins, which is why I supported the Sterigenics shutdown. We cannot continue to rely on fossil fuels and coal to power our lives. We have a responsibility to ensure our future generations will have clean air, water, energy, and be safe from environmental disasters resulting from climate change. As your Congressman I would:

Support legislation shifting fossil fuel subsidies to clean energy subsidies, while protecting workers and local economies.
Expand funding for clean energy sources like wind and solar, as well as funding research into other forms of sustainable, renewable energy.
Expand and promote tax credits to families utilizing solar energy, as well as electric vehicles.
Develop and advance legislation to ensure that all federally supported construction and infrastructure bids have a sustainable, environmental approach.
Support legislation tightening enforcement of environmental standards.

Gun Violence Prevention

Gun violence is an epidemic in our country and recent events have demonstrated the gun violence epidemic is in fact a national emergency. In recent years, we have all seen the tragic violence that domestic terrorists can inflict with assault rifles and demented ideology, be it anarchy or white supremacy. Policies need to focus on the disproportionate impact of gun violence on communities of color – Black men are over 10 times as likely and Hispanic men are over 3 times as likely to be gun homicide victims than white men. Here in the 3rd District, we are also exposed on a weekly basis to the less publicized displays of gun violence on our city streets.

I believe that federal legislation regulating the purchase of firearms does not infringe on the rights afforded by the Second Amendment. Legislation I am proposing does not stop an individual from purchasing a firearm. Rather, these proposals are focused on three primary goals:

1. Creating harsher federal sentences for those who buy and sell illegal guns

Rush believes that those who profit from and exploit the straw purchasing loopholes in various states, as well as those criminals stockpile weapons by acquiring guns illegally from these straw purchasers, are the biggest contributors to the endless gun violence in Chicagoland and other urban areas.

Rush has proposed “Sell for Life” legislation, which would ensure that straw purchasers and anyone else who buys or sells guns illegally would be charged with a federal crime with a life sentence. Illegal gun sales contribute to thousands of deaths across the country each year and should be treated the same way as the crime of first-degree murder. Representative Robin Kelly’s H.B 6441, making all straw purchases of firearms a federal crime, is a good first step on this front and should be passed by Congress immediately.

2. Taking assault rifles, high capacity magazine clips, and other weapons of war completely off our streets

The use of assault rifles in mass killings across the country has allowed domestic terrorists to rack up tragically high body counts in a short period of time. Assault rifles and high capacity magazine clips are weapons of war and should be treated as such.

Rush believes Congress should immediately pass a national ban on the importation and sale of all assault rifles and high capacity magazine clips. These weapons should only be utilized by our Armed forces and at certain times by local law enforcement.

3. Implementing the most thorough and transparent set of federal background checks for those wishing to purchase a firearm

Unfortunately, the number of white nationalist groups in the United States, those particularly electrified by Trump’s presidency, surged by almost 50 percent in 2018. Recent events have demonstrated that inhabitants of the dark web attracted to radical ideologies like anarchy and white nationalism should not be allowed to purchase firearms, and a federal database that takes this into account in its background checks may very well stop the next mass shooting. Homeland Security should be investing the resources and the manpower to address this rising white nationalist threat that threatens the safety of all Americans.

We are living in a data-rich age and private companies often know more about our internet search history and consumer habits than we do ourselves. There is no reason big data can’t work towards developing a national background check database that would be a required screening step before any American purchases a firearm.^[26]

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—Rush Darwish’s campaign website (2020)^[28]

Marie Newman

Newman's campaign website stated the following:

“

Economy That Works for All

Working families, workers, and the middle class are working harder with fewer opportunities to get ahead. I pledge to bridge the income divide by helping and empowering working families, workers, and the middle class. This will be my priority.

Repeal the GOP tax scam and raise taxes on the highest earners
Elevate wages by raising the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour plus cost of living increases
Creating workforce training, short-term certification training, and skills training programs for new and displaced workers in community colleges for gig economy jobs, green jobs, trades, and tech opportunities
Empower unions through requirements to include a member of labor management on every board of directors, 6-12 grade vocational training opportunities, access to new job and apprenticeship programs
Convening community leaders, developers, local elected officials, and grassroots groups in discussions to expand the number of affordable housing units in IL03
Enforcing affordable housing requirements and creating pathways to income growth by means of home ownership
By expanding access to public transportation and allocating federal funds to do so, we can prioritize community development on vacant and under-utilized land and foster neighborhood growth.
Allocating funds for green space in every community. When there is more green space in a community, it not only creates recreational amenities, but it also improves physical and mental health outcomes.
Prioritize affordable and universal childcare
Guarantee paid family leave

Health Care for All

Health care is a right, not a privilege
Roll out Medicare for All
Reduce drug pricing significantly with negotiated pricing, trade with other countries
Bringing mental health services to all health care facilities, decreasing the stigma of mental health diagnoses, and restoring a budget for mental health research
Prioritizing funding for cancer therapy and cancer research
Reproductive health care for all, including access to birth control and abortion
Opioid Crisis
- Passing the CARE Act, which would expand funding for treatment, support, and research on addiction through a 2% a “wealth tax” on ultra-millionaires
- Address the opioid crisis as a public health issue
  - Reduce opioid prescriptions by appropriating funding to research alternative treatments to pain and increasing federal penalties for pharmaceutical companies that overprescribe
  - Educating health care providers about new initiatives for treatment and alternatives to opioids
- Expanding access and funding for addiction treatment and facilities in communities that need them the most
- Increase the use of Naloxone by first responders. Naloxone is a life-saving medication that reverses overdoes and can save lives.

Immigration

Secure and advance immigrants’ rights
Protect DACA recipients
Implement a path to citizenship that is unambiguous and expedient
Keep families together
Provide information about a path to citizenship in a kiosk in every library and post office
Create a strong guest/temporary worker pathway to citizenship
Strengthen, improve, and streamline the visa and green card process
Partner with border countries on practical solutions to solve their crises in their countries to reduce the need to leave

Transportation and Infrastructure

Advance transportation and infrastructure in IL03 and the entire Chicagoland area
Review the entire transportation market from top to bottom to prioritizing top sites, particularly crumbling bridges throughout the district, address the 65th Street and 71st Street overpasses, I-80 Bridge
Convene all levels of government with the RTA, CTA, Metra, and BNSF to address commuter issues
Require all railroad carriers to stop freight trains from idling at stops for extended periods of time in densely populated areas
Implement an environmentally-sound reparation for faulty window and door installation around the city’s airports
Create an environmentally-sound and efficient bike and walking trail that would connect Willow Springs to Joliet, allowing recreational users and travelers to experience the beautiful forests and grasslands of IL03
I support installing proper ramps, improving audible cues with all trains and buses, and providing a more accurate tracking system through software so people with disabilities can plan their transportation more efficiently.
Fill transportation deserts with new modes of transportation that allow new businesses to thrive and allow individuals to travel easily, examples:
- Midway Airport area near 65th street and 71st streets’ congestion. Create overpasses and through-traffic systems
- Bridgeport lacks a consistent 31st St bus. There must be a new steady bus system.
- The Southwest Service Metra line has virtually no train transportation on weekends.
- Will County has few public transportation options and there must be new options added to reduce the reliance on driving.
- Address mid-southwest and west suburbs’ constant delays and ongoing train issues
- Extend the CTA Orange Line beyond Midway Airport to alleviate transportation deserts in the southwest suburbs

Take Money Out of Politics

End Citizens United and adopting a small-dollar fundraising model for all federal campaigns/support H.R.1
Stop legislators from being able to take money from corporations,lobbyists and billionaires
I pledge to never take lobbyist or corporate PAC money.

Green Economy

Support the Select Committee designated to develop the Green New Deal and helping them achieve their goals through a program-based approach with budget and tactics that will reduce the carbon footprint dramatically in the next decade
Re-join the Paris Climate Accord and the rest of the world in establishing environmental standards
Encourage and create programs to develop renewable energy projects and jobs, such as wind and solar, and reducing our dependence on foreign oil
Ban ethylene oxide (EtO) and shut down facilities like Sterigenics that are emitting known carcinogens
Rebuild the EPA to enable the protection of our air and water for future generations

Commonsense Gun Reform

Support H.R.8 and universal background checks for all gun sales
Support the Second Amendment for law-abiding and responsible gun owners
Reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban
Require gun safety training with any issuance of a license
Red flag laws
- Prevent purchases of firearms by people who are demonstrating threatening behavior in-person, people who have restraining orders or have been arrested on assault, battery/other threatening behavior on social media, or a history/pattern of making threatening statements
- Requiring those convicted of domestic violence, known criminals, terrorists, and those under court orders of protection to turn in their guns

Education That Leads to Real Jobs

College curriculum rejuvenation to address the lack of secure, well-paying careers after graduation
Expand community college degrees and funding to enable more certifications, degrees, and programs to create more direct-to-hire graduates
Use community colleges for trades and apprenticeships training programs as well as other technical certifications and training programs
Convene schools, government, and employers to discuss a new, more aggressive, and pertinent curriculum that introduces the importance of unions, specifically through trades jobs and apprenticeship programs
Engage the trades with education leaders to encourage employment after high school for students who choose not to attend college
Tuition debt relief with incentives and credits for taking on critical jobs that are unfilled.
I support debt cancellation of up to $50,000 for those with outstanding student loans and incomes of less than $100,000 a year. Additionally, I support robust debt cancellation on a sliding scale for those with incomes between $100,000 and $250,000.
Work toward creating state colleges/universities and trade schools that are much more affordable and phasing into free tuition at state colleges
Education is key to breaking the cycle of poverty. Higher education leads to greater social mobility and economic opportunity, and when we prioritize education in all communities, the middle class will grow.

Promoting Small and New Businesses

80% of our businesses are small businesses with under $5 million in revenue. Let’s allow banks to lend to them again so they can scale up and add jobs.
Implement new tax credits for small business owners so they can pay fair wages and support their families and build for the future
Put significantly stronger emphasis to continue to cultivate our business-driven areas near Midway Airport
Diversify our base of businesses by encouraging new retail, manufacturing, industry, and infrastructure projects, while bringing new jobs to our district
Remove the cost of health insurance by supporting Medicare for All, so that small businesses will have a higher profit margin and will be able to raise their own wages
Increase awareness of and prioritize workforce training, especially green workforce training, to empower small businesses and increase their ability to thrive
Support the extension of tax credits to small businesses that are LEED certified
Encourage business growth and environmentalism by:
- Addressing electricity use during and after operation hours and supporting purchases of sustainable appliances
- Reducing waste by guaranteeing proper garbage disposal (especially through recycling and composting)
- Authorizing federal agencies to ensure compliance with all laws while guaranteeing a sustainable business model, and working alongside all sectors–private, public, and nonprofit–to craft a uniform message surrounding the importance of green energy and sustainability
Support the creation of a workforce training center that would provide small business workshops and offering incentives to small businesses to build locations near said workforce center

Protecting and Advancing Everybody’s Rights

Racial Justice

Voting Rights
- Restoring the Voting Rights Act
- Passing automatic voter registration legislation
- Ending the practice of gerrymandering through establishing independent redistricting committees
- Making Election Day a federal holiday
Reforming the broken criminal justice system
- Fighting for the federal legalization of marijuana and working to roll back mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses
- Banning private prisons and detention centers nationwide
- Ending cash bail
- Banning the death penalty
Economic Justice
- Creating jobs for every American through empowering trade schools and using green infrastructure for all projects across IL03
- Enforcing affordable housing requirements and creating pathways to income growth by means of homeownership
Environmental Justice
- Through passing the Green New Deal and establishing programs through its framework, we can end the practice of environmental racism that still exists in Chicagoland

LGBTQ Rights

Supporting the Equality Act, which would guarantee legal protections to anyone that identifies as LGBTQ+
Full inclusion of all students in all spaces and discussions–including LGBTQ students, students with diverse religious or racial backgrounds, and students with disabilities–through full integration
Encouraging awareness around the LGBTQ community through teaching LGBTQ history, culture, and sharing perspectives

Supporting People with Disabilities

Increase access to Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) by passing the Disability Integration Act (H.R.555)
Fully implement and enforce the ADA, mandate all buildings follow it, and ensure there is proper funding allocated to guarantee these updates are executed properly
Set and enforce goals for inclusivity in all classrooms so students with disabilities aren’t forced to learn in isolation. Currently, about 63% of students with disabilities spend 80% of the school day in integrated classrooms, and we should increase that standard by updating federal law.
End the sub-minimum wage. People with disabilities deserve a living wage, and there is no justification for paying them only a few dollars per hour.
People with disabilities continue to face barriers to transportation because many CTA and Metra stations in IL03 are not ADA-compliant, and spotty bus service makes it even more challenging to get around. I support installing proper ramps, improving audible cues with all trains and buses, and providing a more accurate tracking system through software so people can plan their transportation more efficiently.

Women

Supporting ERA, removing the arbitrary deadline, and working to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment
Protecting and expanding reproductive freedom for all
Working to repeal the Hyde Amendment
Fighting for paid family leave^[26]

”

—Marie Newman’s campaign website (2020)^[29]

Campaign advertisements

This section shows advertisements released in this race. Ads released by campaigns and, if applicable, satellite groups are embedded or linked below. If you are aware of advertisements that should be included, please email us.

Daniel Lipinski

Supporting Lipinski

"Standing Up" - Lipinski campaign ad, released March 13, 2020

Opposing Newman

"Sore Loser" - Lipinski campaign ad, released March 15, 2020

Lipinski campaign ad, released February 21, 2020

Rush Darwish

Supporting Darwish

"A Humanitarian, Not A Politician" - Darwish campaign ad, released February 4, 2020

"Your Healthcare, Your Choice" - Darwish campaign ad, released January 27, 2020

"Rush on Diversity" - Darwish campaign ad, released October 23, 2019

"It's About Us Campaign Launch Film" - Darwish campaign ad, released May 19, 2019

Opposing Lipinski and Newman

"Peas in pod" - Darwish campaign ad, released February 18, 2020

Marie Newman

Supporting Newman

"A Clear Choice for IL03" - Newman campaign ad, released March 4, 2020

"Meet Marie Newman" - Newman campaign ad, released February 4, 2020

Opposing Lipinski

"Lipinski Skips Coronavirus Vote" - Newman campaign ad, released March 15, 2020

Satellite group ads

Click "show" to the right to see satellite group ads.

Opposing Lipinski

"Better Choice" - WomenVOTEProject ad, released February 20, 2020

"March" - WomenVOTEProject ad, released February 20, 2020

Polls

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Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.^[30] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.^[31] The chart below contains data from financial reports submitted to the Federal Election Commission.

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Daniel Lipinski	Democratic Party	$1,751,438	$2,170,908	$30,685	As of December 31, 2020
Rush Darwish	Democratic Party	$872,010	$834,328	$37,682	As of March 31, 2020
Charles Hughes	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Marie Newman	Democratic Party	$2,835,512	$2,732,742	$102,841	As of December 31, 2020
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2020. 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.

Satellite spending

See also: Satellite spending

Satellite spending, commonly referred to as outside spending, describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.^[32]^[33]^[34]

This section lists satellite spending in this race reported by news outlets in alphabetical order. If you are aware of spending that should be included, please email us.

The Susan B. Anthony List-affiliated Women Speak Out super PAC announced a "five-figure campaign" supporting Lipinski on March 6, 2020. According to a press release, the campaign would target 17,000 households with digital ads, phone calls, and mail.^[22]

The super PAC Women Vote! spent $330,000 on TV ads criticizing Lipinski as part of a $1.4 million campaign supporting Newman. The campaign was backed by a group of organizations that also included NARAL, SEIU, Indivisible, Planned Parenthood Votes, and the Illinois Federation of Teachers. Politico reported the spending on February 25, 2020.^[23]^[24]

Interviews and questionnaires

Click the links below to view candidates' responses to questionnaires.

Chicago Sun-Times questionnaires:
- Lipinski
- Darwish
- Hughes
- Newman

Chicago Tribune questionnaires:
- Lipinski
- Darwish
- Newman

WTTW questionnaires:
- Lipinski
- Darwish
- Hughes
- Newman

Debates and forums

March 6, 2020

Lipinski, Darwish, Hughes, and Newman participated in a forum on WTTW that aired on March 10, 2020.

Video: WTTW

Coverage: Chicago Tribune

Click [show] to view footage of the debate

February 20, 2020

Darwish and Hughes participated in a forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of the La Grange Area.

Video: League of Women Voters of the La Grange Area

Coverage: Riverside Brookfield Landmark

Primaries in Illinois

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.^[35]^[36]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

What's at stake in the general election?

U.S. House elections were held on November 3, 2020, and coincided with the 2020 presidential election. All 435 House districts were up for election, and the results determined control of the U.S. House in the 117th Congress.

At the time of the election, Democrats had a 232-197 advantage over Republicans. There was one Libertarian member, and there were five vacancies. Republicans needed to gain a net 21 seats to win control of the House. Democrats needed to gain seats or lose fewer than 14 net seats to keep their majority.

In the 2018 midterm election, Democrats had a net gain of 40 seats, winning a 235-200 majority in the House. Heading into the 2018 election, Republicans had a 235-193 majority with seven vacancies.

In the 25 previous House elections that coincided with a presidential election, the president's party had gained House seats in 16 elections and lost seats in nine. In years where the president's party won districts, the average gain was 18. In years where the president's party lost districts, the average loss was 27. Click here for more information on presidential partisanship and down-ballot outcomes.

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.^[37]
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.^[38]^[39]^[40]

Race ratings: Illinois' 3rd Congressional District election, 2020
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 3, 2020	October 27, 2020	October 20, 2020	October 13, 2020
The Cook Political Report	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia updates external race ratings every week throughout the election season.

District analysis

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

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

The 2017 Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+6, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were 6 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Illinois' 3rd Congressional District the 156th most Democratic nationally.^[41]

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 1.00. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.00 points toward that party.^[42]

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Eleven of 102 Illinois counties—10.8 percent—are Pivot Counties. These are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County	Trump margin of victory in 2016	Obama margin of victory in 2012	Obama margin of victory in 2008
Alexander County, Illinois	8.30%	13.65%	12.62%
Carroll County, Illinois	26.69%	1.49%	4.81%
Fulton County, Illinois	14.93%	11.04%	21.33%
Henderson County, Illinois	28.43%	12.25%	17.67%
Henry County, Illinois	20.99%	3.08%	7.74%
Jo Daviess County, Illinois	14.64%	1.16%	10.49%
Knox County, Illinois	2.91%	17.37%	19.89%
Mercer County, Illinois	20.36%	7.39%	11.91%
Putnam County, Illinois	19.92%	1.82%	15.64%
Warren County, Illinois	16.50%	5.47%	8.08%
Whiteside County, Illinois	6.18%	17.02%	17.56%

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won Illinois with 55.8 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 38.8 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Illinois voted Republican 50 percent of the time and Democratic 50 percent of the time. Illinois voted Democratic in all five elections from 2000 to 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Illinois. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.^[43]^[44]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 75 out of 118 state House districts in Illinois with an average margin of victory of 39.2 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 76 out of 118 state House districts in Illinois with an average margin of victory of 42.1 points. Clinton won 13 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.

In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 43 out of 118 state House districts in Illinois with an average margin of victory of 15 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 42 out of 118 state House districts in Illinois with an average margin of victory of 22.1 points. Trump won four districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

2016 presidential results by state House district
District	Obama	Romney	2012 Margin	Clinton	Trump	2016 Margin	Party Control
1	83.62%	15.21%	D+68.4	82.32%	14.37%	D+68	D
2	82.39%	15.42%	D+67	80.05%	14.65%	D+65.4	D
3	79.93%	18.51%	D+61.4	79.31%	17.11%	D+62.2	D
4	85.70%	11.51%	D+74.2	86.74%	8.01%	D+78.7	D
5	85.51%	13.50%	D+72	86.81%	9.67%	D+77.1	D
6	87.98%	11.09%	D+76.9	85.82%	10.82%	D+75	D
7	80.06%	18.99%	D+61.1	80.62%	15.84%	D+64.8	D
8	86.10%	13.03%	D+73.1	85.11%	11.52%	D+73.6	D
9	87.33%	11.58%	D+75.8	87.72%	8.52%	D+79.2	D
10	89.16%	9.51%	D+79.7	89.44%	6.93%	D+82.5	D
11	70.89%	26.65%	D+44.2	80.64%	13.16%	D+67.5	D
12	72.73%	24.96%	D+47.8	81.23%	13.31%	D+67.9	D
13	83.32%	14.08%	D+69.2	85.26%	10.09%	D+75.2	D
14	86.60%	10.95%	D+75.7	86.67%	8.59%	D+78.1	D
15	61.08%	37.44%	D+23.6	63.15%	32.35%	D+30.8	D
16	67.28%	31.33%	D+36	70.19%	26.06%	D+44.1	D
17	61.83%	36.93%	D+24.9	69.97%	25.22%	D+44.8	D
18	66.52%	31.94%	D+34.6	76.28%	18.12%	D+58.2	D
19	63.32%	34.68%	D+28.6	60.22%	34.98%	D+25.2	D
20	52.74%	45.64%	D+7.1	51.65%	43.61%	D+8	R
21	74.33%	24.11%	D+50.2	74.36%	21.32%	D+53	D
22	71.92%	26.75%	D+45.2	72.11%	24.01%	D+48.1	D
23	68.15%	30.25%	D+37.9	68.21%	27.01%	D+41.2	D
24	76.56%	21.82%	D+54.7	78.51%	17.01%	D+61.5	D
25	93.09%	5.86%	D+87.2	91.45%	5.66%	D+85.8	D
26	85.59%	13.65%	D+71.9	86.53%	10.16%	D+76.4	D
27	81.90%	17.46%	D+64.4	79.07%	18.14%	D+60.9	D
28	79.41%	19.90%	D+59.5	75.46%	21.59%	D+53.9	D
29	83.65%	15.75%	D+67.9	81.69%	15.87%	D+65.8	D
30	82.89%	16.29%	D+66.6	79.99%	16.71%	D+63.3	D
31	82.49%	16.80%	D+65.7	77.74%	19.39%	D+58.4	D
32	87.17%	12.26%	D+74.9	82.32%	15.18%	D+67.1	D
33	87.38%	12.10%	D+75.3	85.39%	12.24%	D+73.2	D
34	80.42%	18.91%	D+61.5	76.17%	21.23%	D+54.9	D
35	56.71%	41.96%	D+14.8	53.87%	41.66%	D+12.2	D
36	56.82%	41.83%	D+15	56.15%	39.16%	D+17	D
37	39.72%	58.89%	R+19.2	39.49%	55.32%	R+15.8	R
38	78.87%	20.34%	D+58.5	76.44%	20.51%	D+55.9	D
39	82.46%	14.81%	D+67.7	82.71%	12.52%	D+70.2	D
40	81.75%	15.46%	D+66.3	82.84%	11.67%	D+71.2	D
41	47.44%	51.05%	R+3.6	55.32%	38.20%	D+17.1	R
42	45.06%	53.21%	R+8.2	51.28%	41.48%	D+9.8	R
43	65.55%	32.50%	D+33.1	65.81%	28.61%	D+37.2	D
44	62.30%	36.05%	D+26.3	62.48%	32.17%	D+30.3	D
45	48.18%	50.30%	R+2.1	48.39%	46.46%	D+1.9	R
46	58.46%	39.71%	D+18.8	59.07%	35.26%	D+23.8	D
47	43.33%	55.30%	R+12	51.72%	41.63%	D+10.1	R
48	49.08%	49.10%	R+0	55.13%	37.66%	D+17.5	R
49	47.84%	50.47%	R+2.6	52.14%	40.94%	D+11.2	R
50	42.69%	55.72%	R+13	44.59%	48.88%	R+4.3	R
51	42.13%	56.55%	R+14.4	50.03%	43.68%	D+6.3	R
52	44.02%	54.27%	R+10.3	45.31%	48.09%	R+2.8	R
53	49.78%	48.75%	D+1	55.58%	38.54%	D+17	R
54	47.53%	50.89%	R+3.4	53.16%	40.31%	D+12.9	R
55	55.26%	43.04%	D+12.2	57.50%	37.06%	D+20.4	D
56	55.72%	42.70%	D+13	56.72%	37.77%	D+19	D
57	57.78%	40.95%	D+16.8	61.54%	33.50%	D+28	D
58	56.67%	42.28%	D+14.4	67.90%	27.15%	D+40.8	D
59	59.17%	39.44%	D+19.7	64.53%	30.30%	D+34.2	D
60	75.70%	23.34%	D+52.4	75.53%	20.08%	D+55.5	D
61	50.84%	47.70%	D+3.1	51.76%	42.09%	D+9.7	R
62	54.69%	43.51%	D+11.2	55.13%	38.21%	D+16.9	D
63	45.16%	52.83%	R+7.7	40.55%	52.68%	R+12.1	R
64	44.10%	54.17%	R+10.1	41.29%	52.51%	R+11.2	R
65	43.52%	55.10%	R+11.6	46.78%	47.37%	R+0.6	R
66	46.19%	52.24%	R+6.1	46.91%	46.96%	R+0.1	R
67	70.11%	28.12%	D+42	64.34%	30.36%	D+34	D
68	48.13%	50.10%	R+2	44.36%	49.75%	R+5.4	R
69	43.41%	54.91%	R+11.5	38.97%	55.13%	R+16.2	R
70	49.12%	48.75%	D+0.4	46.09%	46.77%	R+0.7	R
71	56.68%	41.68%	D+15	43.93%	50.00%	R+6.1	R
72	62.60%	35.95%	D+26.7	53.78%	40.19%	D+13.6	D
73	37.57%	60.78%	R+23.2	34.45%	59.10%	R+24.7	R
74	50.34%	47.90%	D+2.4	37.36%	56.41%	R+19.1	R
75	43.44%	54.51%	R+11.1	36.58%	57.17%	R+20.6	R
76	52.08%	46.00%	D+6.1	42.52%	51.68%	R+9.2	R
77	64.97%	33.66%	D+31.3	64.89%	30.98%	D+33.9	D
78	80.57%	18.10%	D+62.5	80.12%	15.92%	D+64.2	D
79	48.61%	49.64%	R+1	41.25%	53.07%	R+11.8	R
80	66.23%	32.75%	D+33.5	64.99%	31.42%	D+33.6	D
81	49.98%	48.31%	D+1.7	54.80%	38.55%	D+16.3	R
82	41.03%	57.68%	R+16.7	43.86%	50.67%	R+6.8	R
83	69.12%	29.20%	D+39.9	69.54%	24.80%	D+44.7	D
84	59.63%	38.93%	D+20.7	63.03%	31.19%	D+31.8	D
85	63.64%	34.81%	D+28.8	60.90%	33.45%	D+27.5	D
86	65.21%	33.17%	D+32	61.15%	34.04%	D+27.1	D
87	36.99%	60.88%	R+23.9	30.62%	63.34%	R+32.7	R
88	40.02%	57.84%	R+17.8	38.41%	54.54%	R+16.1	R
89	45.79%	52.18%	R+6.4	35.99%	57.98%	R+22	R
90	42.91%	55.12%	R+12.2	36.05%	57.26%	R+21.2	R
91	50.46%	47.13%	D+3.3	37.74%	55.81%	R+18.1	R
92	63.44%	34.67%	D+28.8	59.86%	34.18%	D+25.7	D
93	49.27%	48.45%	D+0.8	36.82%	57.40%	R+20.6	R
94	37.54%	60.67%	R+23.1	26.64%	68.63%	R+42	R
95	42.49%	54.95%	R+12.5	28.84%	65.74%	R+36.9	R
96	58.74%	39.47%	D+19.3	50.73%	44.13%	D+6.6	D
97	46.85%	51.64%	R+4.8	47.31%	46.94%	D+0.4	R
98	59.53%	39.10%	D+20.4	58.02%	36.87%	D+21.2	D
99	41.40%	56.65%	R+15.3	41.34%	52.43%	R+11.1	R
100	37.26%	60.42%	R+23.2	25.75%	69.57%	R+43.8	R
101	33.91%	64.22%	R+30.3	28.70%	65.31%	R+36.6	R
102	33.32%	64.74%	R+31.4	26.87%	67.69%	R+40.8	R
103	67.85%	28.35%	D+39.5	71.56%	20.92%	D+50.6	D
104	46.02%	52.10%	R+6.1	42.48%	52.16%	R+9.7	R
105	41.33%	56.81%	R+15.5	45.19%	47.11%	R+1.9	R
106	29.26%	68.84%	R+39.6	22.90%	71.51%	R+48.6	R
107	34.01%	64.10%	R+30.1	22.81%	72.62%	R+49.8	R
108	34.28%	63.51%	R+29.2	26.75%	67.49%	R+40.7	R
109	27.23%	70.75%	R+43.5	17.21%	79.13%	R+61.9	R
110	37.75%	60.20%	R+22.5	27.66%	67.10%	R+39.4	R
111	51.31%	46.13%	D+5.2	39.05%	55.40%	R+16.4	D
112	48.97%	48.87%	D+0.1	44.35%	49.85%	R+5.5	D
113	58.59%	39.41%	D+19.2	53.73%	41.03%	D+12.7	D
114	63.89%	34.84%	D+29.1	57.60%	38.35%	D+19.3	D
115	43.13%	53.93%	R+10.8	33.20%	61.29%	R+28.1	R
116	41.16%	56.77%	R+15.6	29.39%	66.21%	R+36.8	D
117	37.92%	59.99%	R+22.1	26.42%	69.38%	R+43	R
118	39.86%	58.03%	R+18.2	28.44%	67.59%	R+39.2	D
Total	57.61%	40.74%	D+16.9	55.96%	38.85%	D+17.1	-
Source: Daily Kos

District election history

2018

See also: Illinois' 3rd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 3

Incumbent Daniel Lipinski defeated Arthur Jones in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 3 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Daniel Lipinski (D)	73.0	163,053
	Arthur Jones (R)	25.9	57,885
	Other/Write-in votes	1.1	2,396

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 223,334 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Mat Tomkowiak (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 3

Incumbent Daniel Lipinski defeated Marie Newman in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 3 on March 20, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Daniel Lipinski	51.1	48,675
	Marie Newman	48.9	46,530

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 95,205
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 3

Arthur Jones advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 3 on March 20, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Arthur Jones	100.0	20,681

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 20,681
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2016

	2022 → ← 2018
Illinois' 3rd Congressional District
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election
Election details
	Filing deadline: December 2, 2019
	Primary: March 17, 2020; General: November 3, 2020; Pre-election incumbent:; Daniel Lipinski (Democratic)
How to vote
	Poll times: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Voting in Illinois
Race ratings
	Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic; Inside Elections: Solid Democratic; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
	U.S. Senate battlegrounds; U.S. House battlegrounds; Federal and state primary competitiveness; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2020
See also
	Illinois' 3rd Congressional District; U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th • 7th • 8th • 9th • 10th • 11th • 12th • 13th • 14th • 15th • 16th • 17th • 18th; Illinois elections, 2020; U.S. Congress elections, 2020; U.S. Senate elections, 2020; U.S. House elections, 2020; Alabama U.S. House racesAlaska U.S. House racesArizona U.S. House racesArkansas U.S. House racesCalifornia U.S. House racesColorado U.S. House racesConnecticut U.S. House racesDelaware U.S. House racesFlorida U.S. House racesGeorgia U.S. House racesHawaii U.S. House racesIdaho U.S. House racesIllinois U.S. House racesIndiana U.S. House racesIowa U.S. House racesKansas U.S. House racesKentucky U.S. House racesLouisiana U.S. House racesMaine U.S. House racesMaryland U.S. House racesMassachusetts U.S. House racesMichigan U.S. House racesMinnesota U.S. House racesMississippi U.S. House racesMissouri U.S. House racesMontana U.S. House racesNebraska U.S. House racesNevada U.S. House racesNew Hampshire U.S. House racesNew Jersey U.S. House racesNew Mexico U.S. House racesNew York U.S. House racesNorth Carolina U.S. House racesNorth Dakota U.S. House racesOhio U.S. House racesOklahoma U.S. House racesOregon U.S. House racesPennsylvania U.S. House racesRhode Island U.S. House racesSouth Carolina U.S. House racesSouth Dakota U.S. House racesTennessee U.S. House racesTexas U.S. House racesUtah U.S. House racesVermont U.S. House racesVirginia U.S. House racesWashington U.S. House racesWest Virginia U.S. House racesWisconsin U.S. House racesWyoming U.S. House racesSubmit

See also: Illinois' 3rd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Daniel Lipinski (D) was unopposed in the general election on November 8, 2016, as the only Republican to file, Arthur Jones, was removed from the ballot prior to the primary. Lipinski also faced no opposition in the Democratic primary on March 15, 2016.^[45]^[46]

**U.S. House, Illinois District 3 General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Daniel Lipinski Incumbent	100%	225,320
	N/A	Write-in	0%	91
Total Votes				225,411
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections

2014

See also: Illinois' 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 3rd Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Daniel Lipinski (D) defeated Sharon Brannigan (R) in the general election.

**U.S. House, Illinois District 3 General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Dan Lipinski Incumbent	64.6%	116,764
	Republican	Sharon Brannigan	35.4%	64,091
Total Votes				180,855
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections Official Results

2012

See also: Illinois' 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 3rd Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Daniel Lipinski won re-election in the district.^[47]

**U.S. House, Illinois District 3 General Election, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Daniel Lipinski Incumbent	68.5%	168,738
	Republican	Richard Grabowski	31.5%	77,653
Total Votes				246,391
Source: Illinois Board of Elections "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals"

2010

On November 2, 2010, Daniel Lipinski won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Michael A. Bendas (R) and Laurel Lambert Schmidt (G) in the general election.^[48]

U.S. House, Illinois District 3 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Daniel Lipinski incumbent	69.7%	116,120
	Republican	Michael A. Bendas	24.3%	40,479
	Green	Laurel Lambert Schmidt	6%	10,028
Total Votes				166,627

State profile

See also: Illinois and Illinois elections, 2020

Partisan data

The information in this section was current as of March 5, 2020.

Presidential voting pattern

Illinois voted for the Democratic candidate in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

Congressional delegation

Following the 2018 elections, the two U.S. senators from Illinois were Democrats.
Illinois had 13 Democratic and five Republican U.S. representatives.

State executives

Democrats held six of 13 state executive offices. The Illinois Commerce Commission was composed of individuals with different affiliations. Elections for the other six offices were nonpartisan.
Illinois' governor was Democrat J.B. Pritzker.

State legislature

Democrats had a veto-proof majority in the Illinois State Senate of 40 members to Republicans' 19 members.
Democrats had a veto-proof majority in the Illinois House of Representatives of 74 members to Republicans' 44 members.

Illinois Party Control: 1992-2025
Nineteen years of Democratic trifectas • Two years of Republican trifectas
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Illinois quick stats

Became a state in 1818
21st state admitted to the United States
Illinois' population doubled every 10 years between 1820 and 1860,
making it one of the fastest-growing places in the world at the time.^[49]
Members of the Illinois State Senate: 59
Members of the Illinois House of Representatives: 118
U.S. senators: 2
U.S. representatives: 18

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Demographic data for Illinois
	Illinois	U.S.
Total population:	12,839,047	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	55,519	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	72.3%	73.6%
Black/African American:	14.3%	12.6%
Asian:	5%	5.1%
Native American:	0.2%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0%	0.2%
Two or more:	2.2%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	16.5%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	87.9%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	32.3%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$57,574	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	16.8%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Illinois. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

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Footnotes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 YouTube, "IL-03: Dan Lipinski ad," February 21, 2020
↑ Facebook, "Dan Lipinski for Congress on March 5, 2020," accessed March 8, 2020
↑ Marie Newman 2020 campaign website, "Meet Marie," accessed March 8, 2020
↑ Chicago Tribune, "Who is Marie Newman, Democratic candidate for 3rd Congressional District?" February 19, 2020
↑ YouTube, "A Clear Choice for IL03," March 4, 2020
↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 17, 2019
↑ Chicago Sun-Times, "Challenger Newman sees gain in Lipinski’s pain — third candidate ‘stunned’ by bad blood," January 22, 2020
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Federal Election Commission, "Illinois - House District 03," accessed March 14, 2020 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "yearend" defined multiple times with different content
↑ The Washington Post, "Gillibrand backs challenger to antiabortion House Democrat," April 16, 2019
↑ In battleground primaries, Ballotpedia based its selection of noteworthy candidates on polling, fundraising, and noteworthy endorsements. In battleground general elections, all major party candidates and any other candidates with the potential to impact the outcome of the race were included.
↑ Chicago Tribune, "Editorial: Endorsements for the U.S. House: Lipinski, Fricilone, Emmons Jr. and Kelly," February 14, 2020
↑ ^12.00 ^12.01 ^12.02 ^12.03 ^12.04 ^12.05 ^12.06 ^12.07 ^12.08 ^12.09 ^12.10 ^12.11 ^12.12 ^12.13 ^12.14 ^12.15 ^12.16 ^12.17 ^12.18 ^12.19 ^12.20 ^12.21 ^12.22 ^12.23 ^12.24 ^12.25 ^12.26 ^12.27 ^12.28 ^12.29 ^12.30 ^12.31 ^12.32 ^12.33 ^12.34 ^12.35 ^12.36 ^12.37 ^12.38 ^12.39 ^12.40 ^12.41 ^12.42 ^12.43 ^12.44 ^12.45 ^12.46 ^12.47 ^12.48 ^12.49 ^12.50 ^12.51 ^12.52 ^12.53 ^12.54 ^12.55 ^12.56 ^12.57 ^12.58 ^12.59 ^12.60 ^12.61 ^12.62 ^12.63 Marie Newman 2020 campaign website, "Endorsements," accessed March 8, 2020
↑ Daily Kos, "We're endorsing two fantastic progressive women to help boot out the lousiest Democrats in Congress," November 18, 2019
↑ Gazette Chicago, "Endorsements 2020," accessed March 9, 2020
↑ Facebook, "Marie Newman on February 20, 2020," accessed March 8, 2020
↑ Facebook, "Worth Township Democratic Organization on March 2, 2020," accessed March 3, 2020
↑ ^17.00 ^17.01 ^17.02 ^17.03 ^17.04 ^17.05 ^17.06 ^17.07 ^17.08 ^17.09 ^17.10 ^17.11 ^17.12 ^17.13 ^17.14 ^17.15 Daniel Lipinski 2020 campaign website, "Endorsements," accessed March 8, 2020
↑ Facebook, "Marie Newman on March 10, 2020," accessed March 10, 2020
↑ Twitter, "Friends of Intelligent Democracy PAC on March 5, 2020," accessed March 8, 2020
↑ Chicago Tribune, "In 3rd Congressional District Democratic primary forum, challenger Marie Newman says time is up for Mike Madigan as party chairman; U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski says that’s up to party members," March 6, 2020
↑ WTTW, "Candidate Forum: US Rep. Dan Lipinski Faces 3 Primary Challengers," March 10, 2020
↑ ^22.0 ^22.1 Susan B. Anthony List, "Women Speak Out PAC Launches Five-Figure Campaign to Support Pro-life Champion Rep. Dan Lipinski," March 6, 2020
↑ ^23.0 ^23.1 Politico, "Illinois Playbook," February 25, 2020
↑ ^24.0 ^24.1 Politico, "Morning Score," February 25, 2020
↑ Riverside Brookfield Landmark, "Congressional hopefuls slam no-show frontrunners," February 25, 2020
↑ ^26.0 ^26.1 ^26.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ Dan Lipinski 2020 campaign website, “Issues,” accessed March 3, 2020
↑ Rush Darwish 2020 campaign website, "The Issues," accessed March 3, 2020
↑ Marie Newman 2020 campaign website, "The Issues," accessed March 4, 2020
↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Outside Spending," accessed September 22, 2015
↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Total Outside Spending by Election Cycle, All Groups," accessed September 22, 2015
↑ National Review.com, "Why the Media Hate Super PACs," November 6, 2015
↑ 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
↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
↑ 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
↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed November 30, 2015
↑ The New York Times, "Illinois Primary Results," March 15, 2016
↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Illinois"
↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
↑ Encyclopedia.com, "Illinois," accessed May 7, 2019

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Illinois' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Tammy Duckworth (D)

Dick Durbin (D)

Representatives

District 1

Jonathan Jackson (D)

District 2

Robin Kelly (D)

District 3

Delia Ramirez (D)

District 4

Jesus Garcia (D)

District 5

Mike Quigley (D)

District 6

Sean Casten (D)

District 7

Danny Davis (D)

District 8

Raja Krishnamoorthi (D)

District 9

Jan Schakowsky (D)

District 10

Brad Schneider (D)

District 11

Bill Foster (D)

District 12

Mike Bost (R)

District 13

Nikki Budzinski (D)

District 14

Lauren Underwood (D)

District 15

Mary Miller (R)

District 16

Darin LaHood (R)

District 17

Eric Sorensen (D)

Democratic Party (16)

Republican Party (3)

[Lipinskiad-1] 1.0 ^1.1 YouTube, "IL-03: Dan Lipinski ad," February 21, 2020

[2] Facebook, "Dan Lipinski for Congress on March 5, 2020," accessed March 8, 2020

[3] Marie Newman 2020 campaign website, "Meet Marie," accessed March 8, 2020

[4] Chicago Tribune, "Who is Marie Newman, Democratic candidate for 3rd Congressional District?" February 19, 2020

[5] YouTube, "A Clear Choice for IL03," March 4, 2020

[bio-6] Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 17, 2019

[7] Chicago Sun-Times, "Challenger Newman sees gain in Lipinski’s pain — third candidate ‘stunned’ by bad blood," January 22, 2020

[yearend-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Federal Election Commission, "Illinois - House District 03," accessed March 14, 2020 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "yearend" defined multiple times with different content

[9] The Washington Post, "Gillibrand backs challenger to antiabortion House Democrat," April 16, 2019

[10] In battleground primaries, Ballotpedia based its selection of noteworthy candidates on polling, fundraising, and noteworthy endorsements. In battleground general elections, all major party candidates and any other candidates with the potential to impact the outcome of the race were included.

[11] Chicago Tribune, "Editorial: Endorsements for the U.S. House: Lipinski, Fricilone, Emmons Jr. and Kelly," February 14, 2020

[newmanendorsements-12] 12.00 ^12.01 ^12.02 ^12.03 ^12.04 ^12.05 ^12.06 ^12.07 ^12.08 ^12.09 ^12.10 ^12.11 ^12.12 ^12.13 ^12.14 ^12.15 ^12.16 ^12.17 ^12.18 ^12.19 ^12.20 ^12.21 ^12.22 ^12.23 ^12.24 ^12.25 ^12.26 ^12.27 ^12.28 ^12.29 ^12.30 ^12.31 ^12.32 ^12.33 ^12.34 ^12.35 ^12.36 ^12.37 ^12.38 ^12.39 ^12.40 ^12.41 ^12.42 ^12.43 ^12.44 ^12.45 ^12.46 ^12.47 ^12.48 ^12.49 ^12.50 ^12.51 ^12.52 ^12.53 ^12.54 ^12.55 ^12.56 ^12.57 ^12.58 ^12.59 ^12.60 ^12.61 ^12.62 ^12.63 Marie Newman 2020 campaign website, "Endorsements," accessed March 8, 2020

[13] Daily Kos, "We're endorsing two fantastic progressive women to help boot out the lousiest Democrats in Congress," November 18, 2019

[14] Gazette Chicago, "Endorsements 2020," accessed March 9, 2020

[15] Facebook, "Marie Newman on February 20, 2020," accessed March 8, 2020

[16] Facebook, "Worth Township Democratic Organization on March 2, 2020," accessed March 3, 2020

[lipinskiendorsements-17] 17.00 ^17.01 ^17.02 ^17.03 ^17.04 ^17.05 ^17.06 ^17.07 ^17.08 ^17.09 ^17.10 ^17.11 ^17.12 ^17.13 ^17.14 ^17.15 Daniel Lipinski 2020 campaign website, "Endorsements," accessed March 8, 2020

[18] Facebook, "Marie Newman on March 10, 2020," accessed March 10, 2020

[19] Twitter, "Friends of Intelligent Democracy PAC on March 5, 2020," accessed March 8, 2020

[WTTWCT-20] Chicago Tribune, "In 3rd Congressional District Democratic primary forum, challenger Marie Newman says time is up for Mike Madigan as party chairman; U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski says that’s up to party members," March 6, 2020

[WTTW-21] WTTW, "Candidate Forum: US Rep. Dan Lipinski Faces 3 Primary Challengers," March 10, 2020

[SBAList-22] 22.0 ^22.1 Susan B. Anthony List, "Women Speak Out PAC Launches Five-Figure Campaign to Support Pro-life Champion Rep. Dan Lipinski," March 6, 2020

[womenvote-23] 23.0 ^23.1 Politico, "Illinois Playbook," February 25, 2020

[NARAL-24] 24.0 ^24.1 Politico, "Morning Score," February 25, 2020

[LWVLGA-25] Riverside Brookfield Landmark, "Congressional hopefuls slam no-show frontrunners," February 25, 2020

[quotedisclaimer-26] 26.0 ^26.1 ^26.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

[27] Dan Lipinski 2020 campaign website, “Issues,” accessed March 3, 2020

[28] Rush Darwish 2020 campaign website, "The Issues," accessed March 3, 2020

[29] Marie Newman 2020 campaign website, "The Issues," accessed March 4, 2020

[30] Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.

[31] Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022

[definition-32] OpenSecrets.org, "Outside Spending," accessed September 22, 2015

[stats-33] OpenSecrets.org, "Total Outside Spending by Election Cycle, All Groups," accessed September 22, 2015

[34] National Review.com, "Why the Media Hate Super PACs," November 6, 2015

[primary-35] Illinois General Assembly, "Illinois Compiled Statutes 10 ILCS 5/7-41," accessed August 12, 2024

[36] National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed August 12, 2024

[37] Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.

[38] Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018

[39] Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018

[40] Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018

[41] Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017

[42] FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018

[43] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013

[44] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017

[45] Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed November 30, 2015

[46] The New York Times, "Illinois Primary Results," March 15, 2016

[47] Politico, "2012 Election Map, Illinois"

[48] U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013

[49] Encyclopedia.com, "Illinois," accessed May 7, 2019

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