Illinois' 7th Congressional District

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

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

General election

The primary will occur on March 17, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Nathan Billips (Independent) and Anita Rao (Independent) are running in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 7 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Nathan Billips (Independent)
	Submit photo	Anita Rao (Independent)

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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7

The following candidates are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7 on March 17, 2026.

		Candidate
		Richard Boykin
		Kina Collins
		Melissa Conyears-Ervin
		Anthony Driver Jr.
		David Ehrlich
		Thomas Fisher
		La Shawn Ford
		Jason Friedman
		Rory Hoskins
		Anabel Mendoza
		Jazmin Robinson
		Reed Showalter
		Felix Tello

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Patricia Easley (R) and Chad Koppie (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7 on March 17, 2026.

		Candidate
		Patricia Easley
		Chad Koppie

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Tekita Martinez (R)

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Incumbent Danny K. Davis (D) defeated Chad Koppie (R), Lien Choi (Independent), and Lowell Seida (Independent) 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

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

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Incumbent Danny K. Davis (D) defeated Melissa Conyears-Ervin (D), Kina Collins (D), Nikhil Bhatia (D), and Kouri Marshall (D) 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

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Kip Knutson (D)
Rhonda Sherrod (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7

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

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chad Koppie	100.0	5,604

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

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Incumbent Danny K. Davis (D) defeated Chad Koppie (Independent), Roger Romanelli (Independent), and Joshua Loyd (Independent) 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

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

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Incumbent Danny K. Davis (D) defeated Kina Collins (D) and Denarvis Mendenhall (D) 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

	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)

Republican primary

The Republican primary scheduled for June 28, 2022, was canceled.

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Incumbent Danny K. Davis (D) defeated Craig Cameron (R), Tracy Jennings (Independent), Richard Mayers (Independent), and Deirdre McCloskey (Independent) 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	Richard Mayers (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	Deirdre McCloskey (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0

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

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Incumbent Danny K. Davis (D) defeated Kina Collins (D), Anthony Clark (D), and Kristine Schanbacher (D) 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

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

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7

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

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Craig Cameron	100.0	3,799

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

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Incumbent Danny K. Davis (D) defeated Craig Cameron (R) 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

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 246,243 (100% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Incumbent Danny K. Davis (D) defeated Anthony Clark (D) 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

	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

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 7

Craig Cameron (R) defeated Jeffrey Leef (R) 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

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

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.^[1]^[2]

**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 Bumpers^[3]a

Democratic Primary

Danny K. Davis - Incumbenta

Withdrew prior to primary

Dan Roche^[4]

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.^[5]

**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.^[6]

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.^[7]

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.^[8]

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.^[9]

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.^[10]

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.^[11]

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

District map

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.^[12] 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.^[13]

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.^[14]

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.^[14]

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.^[14]

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."^[14]

2020

2024

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.^[15]

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.^[16]

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.^[17]

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%.^[18]

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.^[19]

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%.^[20]

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.^[21]

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.^[22]

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)

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

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

[3] Illinois Election Division, "Robert Bumpers," accessed December 2, 2013

[4] Federal Election Commission, "Dan Roche," accessed October 30, 2013

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

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

[7] U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013

[8] U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013

[9] U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013

[10] U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013

[11] U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013

[congress24-12] The Associated Press, "Gov. Pritzker signs new Illinois congressional map into law," Nov. 24, 2021

[13] Chicago Tribune, "Fourth version of a Democratic-drawn congressional map passed by legislators, heads to Pritzker," Oct. 29, 2021

[illinoisloyola-14] 14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 ^14.3 All About Redistricting, "Illinois," accessed April 16, 2015

[national-15] National Journal, "Modern Gerrymanders: 10 Most Contorted Congressional Districts—MAPS," accessed March 31, 2012

[16] Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025

[17] Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024

[18] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022

[19] Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023

[20] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022

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

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

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