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Illinois' 4th Congressional District election, 2022 (June 28 Democratic primary)

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Filing deadline: March 14, 2022
Primary: June 28, 2022
General: November 8, 2022
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Poll times: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in Illinois
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Cook Partisan Voter Index (2022): D+22
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic
Inside Elections: Solid Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
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A Democratic Party primary took place on June 28, 2022, in Illinois' 4th Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the district's general election on November 8, 2022.

Incumbent Jesus Garcia advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 4.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
March 14, 2022
June 28, 2022
November 8, 2022


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.[1][2]

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

This page focuses on Illinois' 4th Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

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Candidates and election results

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 4

Incumbent Jesus Garcia advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 4 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Jesus Garcia
 
100.0
 
37,499

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 37,499
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Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Illinois in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Illinois, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Illinois U.S. House Ballot-qualified party 400 N/A 3/14/2022 Source
Illinois U.S. House Unaffiliated 5,000 N/A 7/11/2022 Source

District analysis

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

  • District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
  • Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.

Illinois District 4
until January 2, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.

Illinois District 4
starting January 3, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.


Effect of redistricting

See also: Redistricting in Illinois after the 2020 census

The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.[3] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.[4]

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Illinois
District 2022 district Political predecessor district
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
Illinois' 1st 70.5% 28.1% 73.9% 24.7%
Illinois' 2nd 69.3% 29.3% 77.5% 21.2%
Illinois' 3rd 69.7% 28.3% 55.5% 42.9%
Illinois' 4th 72.3% 25.9% 80.7% 17.3%
Illinois' 5th 68.9% 29.3% 72.1% 26.0%
Illinois' 6th 54.5% 43.6% 55.3% 42.6%
Illinois' 7th 85.6% 12.8% 86.3% 12.1%
Illinois' 8th 56.8% 41.4% 59.2% 39.0%
Illinois' 9th 69.9% 28.4% 71.0% 27.4%
Illinois' 10th 62.0% 36.1% 64.2% 34.0%
Illinois' 11th 56.6% 41.3% 61.9% 36.2%
Illinois' 12th 27.7% 70.5% 41.9% 56.1%
Illinois' 13th 54.4% 43.2% 47.0% 50.5%
Illinois' 14th 54.7% 43.3% 50.2% 47.8%
Illinois' 15th 29.6% 68.3% 25.9% 72.2%
Illinois' 16th 38.1% 59.6% 36.8% 60.9%
Illinois' 17th 52.7% 44.9% 48.1% 49.7%

Competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

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

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Illinois in 2022. Information below was calculated on June 13, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Ninety-five candidates filed to run for Illinois' 17 U.S. House districts, including 47 Democrats and 48 Republicans. That's 5.59 candidates per district, more than the 4.05 candidates per district in 2020 and the 4.39 in 2018.

This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census, which resulted in Illinois losing one U.S. House district. The 95 candidates who filed to run in 2022 were the most candidates running for Illinois' U.S. House seats since at least 2014, the earliest year for which we have data.

The 2022 elections featured two districts where two incumbents ran against each other. Rep. Marie Newman (D), who represented the 3rd district, ran against incumbent Rep. Sean Casten (D) in the 6th district, and Rep. Rodney Davis (R), who represented the 13th district, ran against incumbent Rep. Mary Miller (R) in the 15th district. Four seats, including Newman's 3rd and Davis' 13th, were open, the most since at least 2014. Rep. Bobby Rush (D), who represented the 1st district, and Rep. Cheri Bustos (D), who represented the 17th district, decided to retire.

Twenty-one candidates filed to run in the 1st district to replace Rush, the most candidates who ran for a seat this year. There were 19 contested primaries, the fewest since 2016, when there were 14 contested primaries. Eight of the contested primaries were Democratic, and 11 were Republican. Eight incumbents — one Republican and seven Democrats — did not face any primary challengers.

The 7th district was guaranteed to Democrats because no Republicans filed, and the 16th district was guaranteed to Republicans because no Democrats filed.

Presidential elections

Partisan Voter Index

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

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+22. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 22 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Illinois' 4th the 52nd most Democratic district nationally.[5]

2020 presidential election results

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

2020 presidential results in Illinois' 4th based on 2022 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
72.3% 25.9%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Illinois, 2020

Illinois presidential election results (1900-2020)

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


Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Illinois and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Illinois
Illinois United States
Population 12,812,508 331,449,281
Land area (sq mi) 55,512 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 69.8% 70.4%
Black/African American 14.1% 12.6%
Asian 5.6% 5.6%
Native American 0.3% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0% 0.2%
Other (single race) 6% 5.1%
Multiple 4.2% 5.2%
Hispanic/Latino 17.2% 18.2%
Education
High school graduation rate 89.7% 88.5%
College graduation rate 35.5% 32.9%
Income
Median household income $68,428 $64,994
Persons below poverty level 12% 12.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**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.


State party control

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Illinois' congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Illinois, November 2022
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 2 13 15
Republican 0 5 5
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 18 20

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Illinois' top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in Illinois, November 2022
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party J.B. Pritzker
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party Juliana Stratton
Secretary of State Democratic Party Jesse White
Attorney General Democratic Party Kwame Raoul

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Illinois State Legislature as of November 2022.

Illinois State Senate

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 41
     Republican Party 18
     Vacancies 0
Total 59

Illinois House of Representatives

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 73
     Republican Party 45
     Vacancies 0
Total 118

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, Illinois was a Democratic trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Illinois Party Control: 1992-2022
Sixteen years of Democratic trifectas  •  Two years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

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

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Illinois General Assembly, "Illinois Compiled Statutes 10 ILCS 5/7-41," accessed August 12, 2024
  2. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed August 12, 2024
  3. ↑ Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.
  4. ↑ Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 12, 2022
  5. ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023


Illinois' current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Tammy Duckworth (D)
Dick Durbin (D)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
Mike Bost (R)
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
Democratic Party (16)
Republican Party (3)


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