Illinois' 6th Congressional District election, 2024

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Illinois' 6th Congressional District
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: December 4, 2023
Primary: March 19, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in Illinois
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe 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
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All U.S. House districts, including the 6th Congressional District of Illinois, held elections in 2024. The general election was November 5, 2024. The primary was March 19, 2024. The filing deadline was December 4, 2023. The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

At the time of the election, Republicans held a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As a result of the election, Republicans retained control of the U.S. House, winning 220 seats to Democrats' 215.[2] To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Democratic candidate won 54.4%-45.6%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 54.5%-43.6%.[3]

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Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Incumbent Sean Casten defeated Niki Conforti and Peter Meyer Jr. in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sean Casten
Sean Casten (D) Candidate Connection
 
54.2
 
196,647
Image of Niki Conforti
Niki Conforti (R)
 
45.8
 
166,116
Peter Meyer Jr. (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
86

Total votes: 362,849
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Incumbent Sean Casten defeated Mahnoor Ahmad and Charles Hughes in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sean Casten
Sean Casten Candidate Connection
 
77.1
 
56,750
Image of Mahnoor Ahmad
Mahnoor Ahmad Candidate Connection
 
14.2
 
10,483
Image of Charles Hughes
Charles Hughes
 
8.6
 
6,366

Total votes: 73,599
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Niki Conforti advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Niki Conforti
Niki Conforti
 
100.0
 
30,543

Total votes: 30,543
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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: Yes

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography "I ran for this office in 2018 on the premise that there's an awful lot more that unites us than divides us. The overwhelming majority of us trust science. We believe that women should have full control of their body and that the government should not be involved in their health care decisions. We think markets are extremely powerful tools to harness ingenuity, but they require a functioning, ethical, and competent government to make sure everybody gets a fair chance. Most importantly, the overwhelming majority of us know that we are only as good as the world we leave to our children. Over my three terms in Congress, I’ve been reassured by the voters and my colleagues that my idealism is justified. I served on the climate committee that recommended the legislation that became the Inflation Reduction Act - the biggest climate bill ever passed anywhere. We were intimately involved in the recovery from COVID that led to a US economy that recovered faster and is growing faster than any other country in the world - with growth across red states and blue states and income growth fastest among the most needy. But, to be blunt, our work isn’t finished. Global temperatures continue to rise. A woman’s right to control her body depends on the state she is in. We still have too many guns, and too many gun deaths. It’s an amazing privilege and responsibility to have this job. And as long as we still have work to do, I’ll keep at it."


Key Messages

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Climate change remains the existential threat to our species and addressing this crisis remains my top priority in Congress. I am proud to have served on the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis where we wrote substantially all of what became the Inflation Reduction Act. This term I have introduced the Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act to debottleneck our electric grid and ensure that all the new investments have a path to market. We have an opportunity to expand access to cleaner, cheaper energy and create jobs at the same time. I’m working to make sure that we seize that opportunity.


I am 100% pro-choice without exception, and I’m running to ensure women have the right to make their own health care decisions no matter the state they are in. Congress can and should codify this right by passing the Women’s Health Protection Act, which I was proud to co-sponsor and help pass in the House in the 117th Congress. That bill would reaffirm that abortion access is not an issue of federal rights nor states rights but of women’s rights. I also led over 100 of my colleagues in a letter calling on the Senate to eliminate or modify the filibuster so that we can pass this into law - because given the choice between the rights of 167 million American women and 40 US Senators I will always side with the former.


Our country has too many guns and too many gun deaths. Both are the direct result of courts that have taken a wildly excessive and expansive interpretation of the 2nd Amendment. Since the Heller decision the Supreme Court has manufactured an entire view of the Second amendment that is at odds with our founders’ intent. We need to go back to the 2nd Amendment our founders intended. I support, among other things, banning assault weapons and preventing anyone with a history of domestic violence from owning a firearm - since that demographic comprises two-thirds of all mass shooters in the United States. Until we reduce access to guns in our society we are going to continue to lose too many Americans from needless gun violence.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Illinois District 6 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Illinois

Election information in Illinois: Nov. 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 8, 2024
  • Online: Oct. 20, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

Yes

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 4, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Oct. 31, 2024
  • Online: Oct. 31, 2024

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by Nov. 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Sep. 26, 2024 to Nov. 4, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

6:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (CST)

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Climate change remains the existential threat to our species and addressing this crisis remains my top priority in Congress. I am proud to have served on the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis where we wrote substantially all of what became the Inflation Reduction Act. This term I have introduced the Clean Electricity and Transmission Acceleration Act to debottleneck our electric grid and ensure that all the new investments have a path to market. We have an opportunity to expand access to cleaner, cheaper energy and create jobs at the same time. I’m working to make sure that we seize that opportunity.

I am 100% pro-choice without exception, and I’m running to ensure women have the right to make their own health care decisions no matter the state they are in.

Congress can and should codify this right by passing the Women’s Health Protection Act, which I was proud to co-sponsor and help pass in the House in the 117th Congress. That bill would reaffirm that abortion access is not an issue of federal rights nor states rights but of women’s rights. I also led over 100 of my colleagues in a letter calling on the Senate to eliminate or modify the filibuster so that we can pass this into law - because given the choice between the rights of 167 million American women and 40 US Senators I will always side with the former.

Our country has too many guns and too many gun deaths. Both are the direct result of courts that have taken a wildly excessive and expansive interpretation of the 2nd Amendment. Since the Heller decision the Supreme Court has manufactured an entire view of the Second amendment that is at odds with our founders’ intent. We need to go back to the 2nd Amendment our founders intended.

I support, among other things, banning assault weapons and preventing anyone with a history of domestic violence from owning a firearm - since that demographic comprises two-thirds of all mass shooters in the United States. Until we reduce access to guns in our society we are going to continue to lose too many Americans from needless gun violence.
Addressing the climate crisis, protecting women's reproductive rights, lowering costs for families, and ending gun violence.
The first time I remember getting paid for the work I did was when I learned that there was a scrap metal yard near my house that would pay for aluminum and tin by the pound. I was probably 12 - 13 years old, having lunch with my dad at a pizza restaurant in town and noticed that all the cans of soda were made of aluminum and tin and were being thrown away. (This was before the 5 cent per can recycling laws were passed.) My dad told me I should come back with a trash can and ask the owner if he'd consider separating them out for me. I remember being embarrassed to ask the question, but I did, and he said yes. And then I would come down once a week to pick up the cans he'd pulled for me and take them over to the scrap yard to earn a few extra dollars. I got to know the guy who ran the yard, and he gave me a tour of their facility, including the molten slabs of aluminum that they produced from my cans to resell - it was a neat, and very visual understanding of the circular economy. I doubt I earned more than $100 for my efforts that summer, but the idea that you can turn other people's waste into money and improve the environment has stuck with me ever since.
I represent a purple district that elected Republicans for almost 50 years straight before I was elected in 2018. Put simply, I would not be in this job unless my values and priorities mapped to the bipartisan interests of my constituents.

And indeed, outside of political jobs, it is never seen as particularly praiseworthy to work well with people who disagree with you on some things. All of us, in our personal and professional lives have undoubtedly made good friends and done good work with people who disagree with us on any number of politically charged issues in Washington.

Ultimately, my view is that if we must choose, we should put the bipartisan interests of our voters first. Where that finds common cause with bipartisanship in Washington, by all means do both. Which I have, whether working with Tim Burchett (R-TN) to introduce bills to provide financial assistance to teachers who pay for classroom supplies out of pocket, with Mike Bost (R-IL) on legislation to lower crop insurance payments for farmers who plant cover crops or with Senators Graham (R-SC), Warren (D-MA) and Marshall (R-KS) on anti-money laundering legislation.

But in the final analysis, what matters is that we make good policy. How we cobble together a majority in the House and Senate is the path to that goal - but we should never elevate paths over goals.


Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Sean Casten Democratic Party $3,128,625 $2,488,899 $694,143 As of December 31, 2024
Mahnoor Ahmad Democratic Party $97,025 $97,025 $0 As of August 12, 2024
Charles Hughes Democratic Party $7,947 $2,954 $0 As of May 7, 2024
Niki Conforti Republican Party $32,256 $22,894 $9,362 As of December 31, 2023
Peter Meyer Jr. Independent $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. 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.

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.[4]
  • 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.[5][6][7]

Race ratings: Illinois' 6th Congressional District election, 2024
Race trackerRace ratings
November 5, 2024October 29, 2024October 22, 2024October 15, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy WalterSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid Democratic
Decision Desk HQ and The HillSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe DemocraticSafe Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Illinois in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Illinois, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Illinois U.S. House Democratic 685[8] N/A 12/4/2023 Source
Illinois U.S. House Republican 536[9] N/A 12/4/2023 Source
Illinois U.S. House Unaffiliated 12,188[10] N/A 6/24/2024 Source

District analysis

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  • District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.


Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

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

Illinois U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Year Districts/
offices
Seats Open seats Candidates Possible primaries Contested Democratic primaries Contested Republican primaries % of contested primaries Incumbents in contested primaries % of incumbents in contested primaries
2024 17 17 0 46 34 5 6 32.4% 5 29.4%
2022 17 17 4 95 34 8 11 55.9% 7 46.7%
2020 18 18 1 73 36 13 8 58.3% 10 58.8%
2018 18 18 1 79 36 12 8 55.6% 7 41.2%
2016 18 18 1 49 36 8 6 38.9% 7 41.2%
2014 18 18 0 50 36 4 5 25.0% 3 16.7%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Illinois in 2024. Information below was calculated on 2/16/2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time. </noinclude>

Forty-nine candidates filed to run for Illinois' 17 U.S. House districts, including 24 Democrats and 25 Republicans. That's 2.59 candidates per district. In 2022, the first election after the number of Congressional districts in Illinois decreased from 18 to 17, 5.59 candidates filed per district.

In 2020, when the state still had 18 Congressional districts, 4.1 candidates ran. In 2018, 4.4 candidates did.

The number of total candidates who ran for the U.S. House in 2024 was the fewest since at least 2014.

All incumbents ran for re-election this year, meaning no seats were open for the first time since 2014. In 2022, four seats were open, and one seat was open in 2020, 2028, and 2016.

Six candidates—five Democrats and one Republican—ran in the 7th district, including incumbent Danny K. Davis (D). That was the most candidates who ran for a single district in 2024.

Eleven primaries were contested in 2024—five Democratic and six Republican. That was the fewest contested primaries since 2014, when nine were.

Five incumbents faced primary challengers—four Democrats and one Republican. That was also the fewest since 2014, when three incumbents faced primary challengers.

The 4th District was guaranteed to Democrats because no Republican candidates filed. The 15th and Illinois' 16th Congressional District were guaranteed to Republicans because no Democrats filed.

Partisan Voter Index

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

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+3. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 3 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Illinois' 6th the 182nd most Democratic district nationally.[11]

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' 6th based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
54.5% 43.6%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[12] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline Democratic Party Republican Baseline Republican Party Difference
53.1 43.7 D+9.3

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
See also: Party control of Illinois state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Illinois' congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Illinois
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 2 14 16
Republican 0 3 3
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 17 19

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Illinois' top four state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in Illinois, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party J.B. Pritzker
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party Juliana Stratton
Secretary of State Democratic Party Alexi Giannoulias
Attorney General Democratic Party Kwame Raoul

State legislature

Illinois State Senate

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 40
     Republican Party 19
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 59

Illinois House of Representatives

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 78
     Republican Party 40
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 118

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Illinois Party Control: 1992-2024
Eighteen 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 23 24
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 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 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 D D

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.

2022

See also: Illinois' 6th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Incumbent Sean Casten defeated Keith Pekau and Arthur Jones in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sean Casten
Sean Casten (D)
 
54.4
 
150,496
Image of Keith Pekau
Keith Pekau (R)
 
45.6
 
126,351
Image of Arthur Jones
Arthur Jones (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
12

Total votes: 276,859
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Incumbent Sean Casten defeated incumbent Marie Newman and Charles Hughes in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sean Casten
Sean Casten
 
67.7
 
45,654
Image of Marie Newman
Marie Newman
 
29.2
 
19,726
Image of Charles Hughes
Charles Hughes
 
3.1
 
2,085

Total votes: 67,465
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Keith Pekau
Keith Pekau
 
38.7
 
20,178
Image of Gary Grasso
Gary Grasso Candidate Connection
 
27.2
 
14,150
Image of Niki Conforti
Niki Conforti Candidate Connection
 
11.4
 
5,947
Image of Catherine A. O'Shea
Catherine A. O'Shea
 
10.1
 
5,243
Image of Scott Kaspar
Scott Kaspar Candidate Connection
 
6.9
 
3,573
Image of Rob Cruz
Rob Cruz Candidate Connection
 
5.8
 
3,003

Total votes: 52,094
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: Illinois' 6th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Incumbent Sean Casten defeated Jeanne M. Ives and Bill Redpath in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sean Casten
Sean Casten (D)
 
52.8
 
213,777
Image of Jeanne M. Ives
Jeanne M. Ives (R)
 
45.4
 
183,891
Image of Bill Redpath
Bill Redpath (L) Candidate Connection
 
1.7
 
7,079

Total votes: 404,747
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Incumbent Sean Casten advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on March 17, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sean Casten
Sean Casten
 
100.0
 
82,909

Total votes: 82,909
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Jeanne M. Ives defeated Gordon Kinzler and Richard Mayers in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on March 17, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jeanne M. Ives
Jeanne M. Ives
 
70.8
 
29,144
Image of Gordon Kinzler
Gordon Kinzler
 
29.2
 
12,017
Richard Mayers (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 41,162
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: Illinois' 6th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Sean Casten defeated incumbent Peter J. Roskam in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sean Casten
Sean Casten (D)
 
53.6
 
169,001
Image of Peter J. Roskam
Peter J. Roskam (R)
 
46.4
 
146,445

Total votes: 315,446
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on March 20, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sean Casten
Sean Casten
 
29.5
 
19,774
Image of Kelly Mazeski
Kelly Mazeski
 
26.8
 
17,984
Image of Carole Cheney
Carole Cheney
 
17.4
 
11,663
Image of Amanda Howland
Amanda Howland
 
12.7
 
8,483
Image of Becky Anderson Wilkins
Becky Anderson Wilkins
 
6.0
 
4,001
Image of Jennifer Zordani
Jennifer Zordani
 
4.1
 
2,743
Image of Ryan Huffman
Ryan Huffman
 
3.5
 
2,365

Total votes: 67,013
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6

Incumbent Peter J. Roskam advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on March 20, 2018.

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%
Votes
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Peter J. Roskam
 
100.0
 
56,544

Total votes: 56,544
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Footnotes

  1. A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
  2. These figures include the seat of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned on Nov. 13, 2024, after winning re-election.
  3. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  4. Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  5. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  6. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  7. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
  8. Average of all congressional districts.
  9. Average of all congressional districts.
  10. Average of all congressional districts.
  11. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  12. Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023


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