Illinois' 5th Congressional District

Illinois' 5th Congressional District

Incumbent

Mike Quigley

Assumed office: April 7, 2009

Illinois' 5th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Mike Quigley (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

• 2030
• 2028
• 2026
• 2024
• 2022
• 2020
• 2018

See also: Illinois's 5th Congressional District election, 2030

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2028

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Illinois' 5th Congressional District election, 2026

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.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5

Incumbent Mike Quigley (D), Jonathan Bishop (D), Matthew Conroy (D), Ellen Corley (D), and Anthony Michael Tamez (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5 on March 17, 2026.

		Candidate
		Mike Quigley
	Submit photo	Jonathan Bishop
		Matthew Conroy
	Submit photo	Ellen Corley
		Anthony Michael Tamez

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5

Tom Hanson (R), Kimball Ladien (R), and Barry Wicker (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5 on March 17, 2026.

		Candidate
		Tom Hanson
	Submit photo	Kimball Ladien
		Barry Wicker

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See also: Illinois' 5th Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 5

Incumbent Mike Quigley (D) defeated Tom Hanson (R) and Frank Rowder (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 5 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Quigley (D)	69.0	251,025
		Tom Hanson (R)	31.0	112,931
	Submit photo	Frank Rowder (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	9

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 363,965
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5

Incumbent Mike Quigley (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Quigley	97.3	87,002
		Other/Write-in votes	2.7%	2,418

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 89,420
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jonathan Bishop (D)
• Jerico Matias Cruz (D)
• Dan Wozniczka (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5

Tom Hanson (R) defeated Frank Rowder (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5 on March 19, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Hanson	99.9	18,841
	Submit photo	Frank Rowder (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1%	10

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 18,851
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See also: Illinois' 5th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 5

Incumbent Mike Quigley (D) defeated Tom Hanson (R) and Jerico Matias Cruz (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 5 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Quigley (D)	69.6	190,999
		Tom Hanson (R)	28.8	79,112
		Jerico Matias Cruz (Independent)	1.6	4,439

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 274,550
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5

Incumbent Mike Quigley (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Quigley	100.0	82,490

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 82,490
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Rami Blan (D)
• Raleigh Bowman (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5

Tom Hanson (R) defeated Malgorzata McGonigal (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5 on June 28, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Hanson	55.4	14,806
		Malgorzata McGonigal	44.6	11,916
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0%	2

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,724
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kimball Ladien (R)

See also: Illinois' 5th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 5

Incumbent Mike Quigley (D) defeated Tom Hanson (R), Thomas Wilda (G), and Frank Rowder (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 5 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Quigley (D)	70.8	255,661
		Tom Hanson (R)	26.6	96,200
		Thomas Wilda (G)	2.6	9,408
	Submit photo	Frank Rowder (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	2

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 361,271
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5

Incumbent Mike Quigley (D) defeated Brian Burns (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5 on March 17, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Quigley	75.1	97,865
		Brian Burns	24.9	32,440

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 130,305
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5

Tom Hanson (R) defeated Kimball Ladien (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5 on March 17, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Hanson	83.0	9,764
	Submit photo	Kimball Ladien	17.0	1,993

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,757
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See also: Illinois' 5th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 5

Incumbent Mike Quigley (D) defeated Tom Hanson (R) in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 5 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Quigley (D)	76.7	213,992
		Tom Hanson (R)	23.3	65,134
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0%	5

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 279,131 (100% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5

Incumbent Mike Quigley (D) defeated Sameena Mustafa (D), Benjamin Thomas Wolf (D), and Steve Schwartzberg (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5 on March 20, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Quigley	62.5	66,254
		Sameena Mustafa	24.1	25,591
		Benjamin Thomas Wolf	9.5	10,032
		Steve Schwartzberg	4.0	4,196

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 106,073
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5

Tom Hanson (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 5 on March 20, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Hanson	100.0	18,837

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Previous election results

2016

See also: Illinois' 5th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Mike Quigley (D) defeated Vince Kolber (R) and Rob Sherman (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Quigley was unopposed in the Democratic primary on March 15, 2016, while Sherman defeated Warren Grimsley to win the Green Party nomination. No Republicans filed in the race.

U.S. House, Illinois District 5 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mike Quigley Incumbent	67.8%	212,842
	Republican	Vince Kolber	27.5%	86,222
	Green	Rob Sherman	4.7%	14,657
	N/A	Write-in	0%	3
Total Votes				313,724
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections

U.S. House, Illinois District 5 Green Party Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Rob Sherman	57.9%	157
Warren Grimsley	42.1%	114
Total Votes		271
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections

2014

See also: Illinois' 5th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 5th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Mike Quigley (D) defeated challengers Vince Kolber (R) and Nancy Wade (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 5 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mike Quigley Incumbent	63.2%	116,364
	Republican	Vince Kolber	30.6%	56,350
	Green	Nancy Wade	6.1%	11,305
Total Votes				184,019
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections Official Results

General election candidates

• Vince Kolber
• Mike Quigley - Incumbent
• Nancy Wade

March 18, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary

• No candidate filed to run

Democratic Primary

• Mike Quigley - Incumbenta

Green Party Primary

• Nancy Wadea

Withdrew from race

• Fred White

2012

See also: Illinois' 5th congressional district elections, 2012

The 5th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Mike Quigley won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, Illinois District 5 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mike Quigley Incumbent	65.7%	177,729
	Republican	Dan Schmitt	28.6%	77,289
	Green	Nancy Wade	5.7%	15,359
Total Votes				270,377
Source: Illinois Board of Elections "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Mike Quigley won re-election to the United States House. He defeated David Ratowitz (R) and Matthew Reichel (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 5 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mike Quigley incumbent	70.6%	108,360
	Republican	David Ratowitz	25.4%	38,935
	Green	Matthew Reichel	4%	6,140
Total Votes				153,435

2009 special
On April 7, 2009, Mike Quigley won election to the United States House. He defeated four candidates in the special general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 5 Special election, 2009
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Mike Quigley	69.2%	30,561
	Republican	Rosanna Pulido	24.2%	10,662
	Green	Matt Reichel	6.6%	2,911
	Write-in	Frances E. Farley	0%	3
	Write-in	Goran Davidovac	0%	1
Total Votes				44,138
Source: Results via Illinois State Board of Elections

2008
On November 4, 2008, Rahm Emanuel won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Tom Hanson (R) and Alan Augustson (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 5 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rahm Emanuel incumbent	73.9%	170,728
	Republican	Tom Hanson	22%	50,881
	Green	Alan Augustson	4%	9,283
Total Votes				230,892

2006
On November 7, 2006, Rahm Emanuel won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Kevin Edward White (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 5 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rahm Emanuel incumbent	78%	114,319
	Republican	Kevin Edward White	22%	32,250
	N/A	Write-in	0%	12
Total Votes				146,581

2004
On November 2, 2004, Rahm Emanuel won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bruce Best (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 5 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rahm Emanuel incumbent	76.2%	158,400
	Republican	Bruce Best	23.8%	49,530
Total Votes				207,930

2002
On November 5, 2002, Rahm Emanuel won election to the United States House. He defeated Mark A. Augusti (R) and Maggie Kohls (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 5 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rahm Emanuel	66.8%	106,514
	Republican	Mark A. Augusti	28.9%	46,008
	Libertarian	Maggie Kohls	4.3%	6,913
Total Votes				159,435

2000
On November 7, 2000, Rod R. Blagojevich won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Matt Beauchamp (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Illinois District 5 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rod R. Blagojevich incumbent	87.3%	142,161
	Green	Matt Beauchamp	12.7%	20,728
Total Votes				162,889

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. 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."

2020

2024

2010-2011

This is the 5th 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.

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+19. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 19 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Illinois' 5th the 62nd 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+18. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 18 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Illinois' 5th the 75th 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) 68.9%-29.3%.

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+18. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 18 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Illinois' 5th the 74th 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 68.9% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 29.3%.

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+20. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 20 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Illinois' 5th Congressional District the 66th 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 1.05. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.05 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Illinois
• Illinois' 5th Congressional District election, 2024
• Illinois' 5th Congressional District election, 2022
• Illinois' 5th Congressional District election, 2020
• Illinois' 5th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 5

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)