Illinois' 7th Congressional District

Illinois' 7th Congressional District

Incumbent

Danny K. Davis

Assumed office: January 3, 1997

Illinois' 7th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Danny K. Davis (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Illinois representatives represented an average of 754,279 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 714,688 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Illinois' 7th Congressional District election, 2024

Illinois' 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Republican primary)

Illinois' 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Incumbent Danny K. Davis defeated Chad Koppie, Lien Choi, and Lowell Seida in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 7 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Danny K. Davis (D)	83.3	222,408
		Chad Koppie (R)	16.7	44,598
		Lien Choi (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	133
		Lowell Seida (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	13

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 267,152
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Incumbent Danny K. Davis defeated Melissa Conyears-Ervin, Kina Collins, Nikhil Bhatia, and Kouri Marshall in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Danny K. Davis	52.4	42,248
		Melissa Conyears-Ervin	21.3	17,154
		Kina Collins	18.9	15,188
		Nikhil Bhatia	4.7	3,808
		Kouri Marshall	2.7	2,156

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 80,554
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Rhonda Sherrod (D)
• Kip Knutson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Chad Koppie advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chad Koppie	100.0	5,604

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,604
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2022

See also: Illinois' 7th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Incumbent Danny K. Davis defeated Chad Koppie, Roger Romanelli, and Joshua Loyd in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 7 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Danny K. Davis (D)	99.9	167,650
		Chad Koppie (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	83
	Submit photo	Roger Romanelli (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	10
		Joshua Loyd (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	3

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 167,746
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Incumbent Danny K. Davis defeated Kina Collins and Denarvis Mendenhall in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Danny K. Davis	51.9	39,230
		Kina Collins	45.7	34,574
		Denarvis Mendenhall	2.4	1,808

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 75,612
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Edward Ward (D)

2020

See also: Illinois' 7th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Incumbent Danny K. Davis defeated Craig Cameron, Tracy Jennings, Deirdre McCloskey, and Richard Mayers in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 7 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Danny K. Davis (D)	80.4	249,383
		Craig Cameron (R)	13.3	41,390
		Tracy Jennings (Independent)	6.2	19,355
	Submit photo	Deirdre McCloskey (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	Richard Mayers (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 310,128
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Incumbent Danny K. Davis defeated Kina Collins, Anthony Clark, and Kristine Schanbacher in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7 on March 17, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Danny K. Davis	60.2	79,813
		Kina Collins	13.9	18,399
		Anthony Clark	13.0	17,206
		Kristine Schanbacher	13.0	17,187

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 132,605
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Craig Cameron advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7 on March 17, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Craig Cameron	100.0	3,799

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,799
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2018

See also: Illinois' 7th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Incumbent Danny K. Davis defeated Craig Cameron in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 7 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Danny K. Davis (D)	87.6	215,746
		Craig Cameron (R)	12.4	30,497

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 246,243 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Incumbent Danny K. Davis defeated Anthony Clark in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7 on March 20, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Danny K. Davis	73.9	81,570
		Anthony Clark	26.1	28,867

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 110,437
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ahmed Salim (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Craig Cameron defeated Jeffrey Leef in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7 on March 20, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Craig Cameron	56.3	3,706
		Jeffrey Leef	43.7	2,873

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 6,579
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2016

See also: Illinois' 7th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Danny K. Davis (D) defeated Jeffrey Leef (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Davis defeated Thomas Day in the Democratic primary on March 15, 2016.

U.S. House, Illinois District 7 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Danny K. Davis Incumbent	84.2%	250,584
	Republican	Jeffrey Leef	15.8%	46,882
Total Votes				297,466
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections

U.S. House, Illinois District 7 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Danny Davis Incumbent	81.2%	139,378
Thomas Day	18.8%	32,261
Total Votes		171,639
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections

2014

See also: Illinois' 7th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 7th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Danny K. Davis (D) defeated challenger Robert Bumpers (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 7 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Danny K. Davis Incumbent	85.1%	155,110
	Republican	Robert Bumpers	14.9%	27,168
Total Votes				182,278
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections Official Results

General election candidates

• Robert Bumpers
• Danny K. Davis - Incumbent

March 18, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary

• Robert Bumpersa

Democratic Primary

• Danny K. Davis - Incumbenta

Withdrew prior to primary

• Dan Roche

2012

See also: Illinois' 7th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 7th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Danny K. Davis won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, Illinois District 7 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Danny K. Davis Incumbent	84.6%	242,439
	Republican	Rita Zak	11%	31,466
	Independent	John H. Monaghan	4.4%	12,523
Total Votes				286,428
Source: Illinois Board of Elections "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Danny K. Davis won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Mark M. Weiman (R) and Clarence Desmond Clemons (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 7 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Danny K. Davis incumbent	81.5%	149,846
	Republican	Mark M. Weiman	16.1%	29,575
	Independent	Clarence Desmond Clemons	2.4%	4,428
Total Votes				183,849

2008
On November 4, 2008, Danny K. Davis won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Steve Miller (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 7 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Danny K. Davis incumbent	85%	235,343
	Republican	Steve Miller	15%	41,474
Total Votes				276,817

2006
On November 7, 2006, Danny K. Davis won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Charles Hutchinson (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 7 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Danny K. Davis incumbent	86.7%	143,071
	Republican	Charles Hutchinson	13.3%	21,939
	N/A	Write-in	0%	1
Total Votes				165,011

2004
On November 2, 2004, Danny K. Davis won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Antonio Davis-Fairman (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 7 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Danny K. Davis incumbent	86.1%	221,133
	Republican	Antonio Davis-Fairman	13.9%	35,603
Total Votes				256,736

2002
On November 5, 2002, Danny K. Davis won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Mark Tunney (R) and Martin Pankau (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 7 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Danny K. Davis incumbent	83.2%	137,933
	Republican	Mark Tunney	15.3%	25,280
	Libertarian	Martin Pankau	1.5%	2,543
Total Votes				165,756

2000
On November 7, 2000, Danny K. Davis won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Robert Dallas (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 7 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Danny K. Davis incumbent	85.9%	164,155
	Republican	Robert Dallas	14.1%	26,872
Total Votes				191,027

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Illinois after the 2020 census

Illinois enacted a congressional map on November 24, 2021, after Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signed the proposal into law. The Illinois State Senate voted 41-18 in favor of the map on October 28, 2021, followed by the Illinois House of Representatives voting 71-43 in favor on October 29, 2021.

How does redistricting in Illinois work? The Illinois General Assembly is responsible for drawing both congressional and state legislative district lines. Both chambers of the state legislature must approve a redistricting plan. The governor may veto the lines drawn by the state legislature.

In the event that both chambers of the state legislature do not approve a legislative redistricting plan, a backup commission must draw the lines. The majority and minority leaders of each chamber must appoint two members each to the commission (one legislator and one general citizen). Of the eight commission members, no more than four may belong to the same political party. In the event that these eight members cannot approve a plan, the Illinois Supreme Court must select two individuals (from different political parties) as potential tiebreakers. The secretary of state must then appoint one of these individuals to the backup commission to break the tie.

The Illinois Constitution requires that state legislative districts be "contiguous and reasonably compact." There are no such requirements in place for the state's congressional districts.

State law also mandates the establishment of state legislative districts "that allow racial or language minority communities to elect--or influence the election of--the candidates of their choice, even if no comparable district would be required by the federal Voting Rights Act."

Illinois District 7
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Illinois District 7
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2010-2011

This is the 7th Congressional District of Illinois after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Illinois after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Illinois State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census. On March 30, 2012, the 7th District was included in a list released by the National Journal of the top ten most contorted congressional districts due to redistricting.

District analysis

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

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+34. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 34 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Illinois' 7th the 7th most Democratic district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+36. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 36 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Illinois' 7th the 8th most Democratic district nationally.

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) 85.6%-12.8%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+36. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 36 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Illinois' 7th the 8th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 85.6% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 12.8%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+38. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 38 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Illinois' 7th Congressional District the sixth most Democratic nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.72. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.72 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Illinois
• Illinois' 7th Congressional District election, 2024
• Illinois' 7th Congressional District election, 2022
• Illinois' 7th Congressional District election, 2020
• Illinois' 7th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 7

Footnotes

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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)