Illinois' 8th Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 8th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
Incumbent Tammy Duckworth (D), who was first elected in 2012, defeated challenger Lawrence Kaifesh (R) in the general election.[4] She ousted incumbent Joe Walsh (R) in the 2012 general election. She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Kaifesh defeated Manju Goel in the Republican primary despite having almost $150,000 less cash-on-hand. Kaifesh had just above $50,000 cash-on-hand compared to Duckworth's war chest of over $1 million.
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Primary: 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. In Illinois, state law provides for a closed primary where a voter must be affiliated with a party to vote in that party's primary. However, voters state their affiliation at the polls and any voter may change their affiliation on the day of the primary. A voter's eligibility to vote a party's ballot may be challenged.[5]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by February 18, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 7, 2014.[6]
- See also: Illinois elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Tammy Duckworth (D), who was first elected in 2012.
Illinois' 8th Congressional District covers the northern suburbs of Chicago, including portions of Kane, Dupage, and Cook counties. The district includes most of Chicago's northwestern suburbs.[7]
Candidates
General election candidates
Lawrence Kaifesh- Tammy Duckworth - Incumbent
March 18, 2014, primary results
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Election results
General election results
The 8th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Tammy Duckworth (D) defeated challenger Lawrence Kaifesh (R) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Tammy Duckworth Incumbent |
55.7% | 84,178 | |
| Republican | Lawrence Kaifesh | 44.3% | 66,878 | |
| Total Votes | 151,056 | |||
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections Official Results | ||||
Primary results
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Lawrence Kaifesh |
71.5% | 24,657 | ||
| Manju Goel | 28.5% | 9,827 | ||
| Total Votes | 34,484 | |||
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections |
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Key votes
Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the 113th Congress.
Government shutdown
- See also: United States budget debate, 2013
On September 30, 2013, the House passed a final stopgap spending bill before the shutdown went into effect. The bill included a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and would have also stripped the bill of federal subsidies for congressional members and staff. It passed through the House with a vote of 228-201.[10] At 1 a.m. on October 1, 2013, one hour after the shutdown officially began, the House voted to move forward with going to a conference. In short order, Sen. Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.[11] Tammy Duckworth voted against the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[12]
The shutdown ended on October 16, 2013, when the House took a vote on HR 2775 after it was approved by the Senate. The bill to reopen the government lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.[13] The House passed the legislation shortly after the Senate, by a vote of 285-144, with all 144 votes against the legislation coming from Republican members. Tammy Duckworth voted for HR 2775.[14]
Campaign contributions
Tammy Duckworth
| Tammy Duckworth (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[15] | April 15, 2013 | $100,803.86 | $352,544.09 | $(169,490.43) | $283,857.52 | ||||
| July Quarterly[16] | July 15, 2013 | $283,857.52 | $327,127.03 | $(97,009.73) | $513,974.82 | ||||
| October Quarterly[17] | October 13, 2013 | $513,974.82 | $252,905.04 | $(67,581.79) | $699,298.07 | ||||
| Year-end[18] | January 31, 2014 | $699,298 | $288,729 | $(83,330) | $904,697 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[19] | March 6, 2014 | $904,697 | $93,615 | $(86,700) | $911,613 | ||||
| April Quarterly[20] | April 15, 2014 | $911,613 | $220,332 | $(43,693) | $1,088,252 | ||||
| July Quarterly[21] | July 15, 2014 | $1,088,252.00 | $425,504.00 | $(155,297.00) | $1,365,187.00 | ||||
| October Quarterly[22] | October 15, 2014 | $1,365,187 | $462,230 | $(869,231) | $958,186 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $2,422,986.16 | $(1,572,332.95) | ||||||||
Lawrence Kaifesh
| Lawrence Kaifesh (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| Year End[23] | January 31, 2014 | $0 | $66,737 | $(22,781) | $43,955 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[24] | March 3, 2014 | $43,995 | $53,959 | $(68,954) | $28,961 | ||||
| April Quarterly[25] | April 15, 2014 | $28,961 | $24,701 | $(47,287) | $6,376 | ||||
| July Quarterly[26] | July 15, 2014 | $6,376.00 | $95,093.00 | $(50,950.00) | $50,669.00 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $240,490 | $(189,972) | ||||||||
Manju Goel
| Manju Goel (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| October Quarterly[27] | October 16, 2013 | $0.00 | $200,685.00 | $(55.82) | $200,629.18 | ||||
| Year-End[28] | January 31, 2014 | $200,629 | $25,204 | $(57,424) | $168,408 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $225,889 | $(57,479.82) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
The 8th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Newcomer Tammy Duckworth beat incumbent Joe Walsh in the election.[29]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Tammy Duckworth |
54.7% | 123,206 | |
| Republican | Joe Walsh Incumbent | 45.3% | 101,860 | |
| Independent | Robert Gregory Canfield | 0% | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 225,066 | |||
| Source: Illinois Board of Elections "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Joe Walsh won election to the United States House. He defeated Melissa L. Bean (D) and Bill Scheurer (G) in the general election.[30]
| U.S. House, Illinois District 8 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Joe Walsh |
48.5% | 98,115 | |
| Democratic | Melissa L. Bean incumbent | 48.3% | 97,825 | |
| Green | Bill Scheurer | 3.2% | 6,495 | |
| Total Votes | 202,435 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR June 26, 2014," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Fairvote, "FairVote Releases Projections for the 2014 Congressional Elections," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "Senate Election Results," accessed November 12, 2014
- ↑ Illinois General Assembly, "Ill. Rev. Stat. ch. 10, § 5/7–59," accessed September 10, 2025
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Registering to Vote in Illinois," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ June 2011 Illinois Redistricting, "Map," accessed July 23, 2012
- ↑ Daily Herald, "Goel announces 8th congressional candidacy," accessed October 7, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Lawrence Kaifesh," accessed October 30, 2013
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
- ↑ U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 23, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 11, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Pre-Primary," accessed April 23, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed April 21, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed October 14, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 20, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 26, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commisison, "Pre-Primary," accessed May 14, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed May 14, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed October 14, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed November 6, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 26, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Illinois"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
