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Illinois' 9th Congressional District election, 2026

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2024
Illinois' 9th Congressional District
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: November 3, 2025
Primary: March 17, 2026
General: November 3, 2026
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: Pending
Inside Elections: Solid Democratic
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
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Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2026
See also
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All U.S. House districts, including the 9th Congressional District of Illinois, are holding elections in 2026. The general election is November 3, 2026. The primary is March 17, 2026. The filing deadline is November 3, 2025. For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

  • Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
  • Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

General election

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

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 9

Delila Barrera is running in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 9 on November 3, 2026.

Candidate
Delila Barrera (Independent)

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9

The following candidates are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9 on March 17, 2026.


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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9

Rocio Cleveland and Mark Su are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9 on March 17, 2026.


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Voting information

See also: Voting in Illinois

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Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
David Abrevaya Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 As of April 16, 2025
Kat Abughazaleh Democratic Party $1,524,729 $512,454 $1,012,275 As of September 30, 2025
Bushra Amiwala Democratic Party $642,187 $159,962 $482,225 As of September 30, 2025
Phil Andrew Democratic Party $726,035 $78,297 $647,738 As of September 30, 2025
Daniel K. Biss Democratic Party $1,325,884 $315,616 $1,010,268 As of September 30, 2025
Jeff Cohen Democratic Party $430,772 $34,295 $396,477 As of September 30, 2025
Laura Fine Democratic Party $660,741 $181,543 $479,198 As of September 30, 2025
Justin Ford Democratic Party $24,803 $24,079 $724 As of September 30, 2025
Tamika La'Shon Hill Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Hoan Huynh Democratic Party $363,957 $162,179 $201,779 As of September 30, 2025
Bethany Johnson Democratic Party $2,324 $370 $1,954 As of September 30, 2025
Bruce Leon Democratic Party $893,095 $77,645 $815,450 As of September 30, 2025
Jill Manrique Democratic Party $5,397 $5,324 $73 As of September 30, 2025
Lauren Million Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Sam Polan Democratic Party $343,412 $36,942 $306,470 As of September 30, 2025
Nick Pyati Democratic Party $252,931 $96,282 $156,649 As of September 30, 2025
Howard Rosenblum Democratic Party $75,242 $2,838 $72,404 As of September 30, 2025
Mike Simmons Democratic Party $211,694 $77,042 $134,651 As of September 30, 2025
Rocio Cleveland Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Mark Su Republican Party $15,530 $7,212 $8,317 As of September 30, 2025
Delila Barrera Independent $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. 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.[1]
  • 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.[2][3][4]

Race ratings: Illinois' 9th Congressional District election, 2026
Race trackerRace ratings
10/14/202510/7/20259/30/20259/23/2025
The Cook Political Report with Amy WalterSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid DemocraticSolid Democratic
Decision Desk HQ and The HillPendingPendingPendingPending
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

This section will contain information on ballot access related to this state's elections when it is available.

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.

2024

See also: Illinois' 9th Congressional District election, 2024

Illinois' 9th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Republican primary)

Illinois' 9th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 19 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 9

Incumbent Jan Schakowsky defeated Seth Alan Cohen in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 9 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky (D)
 
68.4
 
231,722
Image of Seth Alan Cohen
Seth Alan Cohen (R) Candidate Connection
 
31.6
 
107,106

Total votes: 338,828
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9

Incumbent Jan Schakowsky advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky
 
100.0
 
75,106

Total votes: 75,106
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9

No candidate advanced from the primary.

Candidate
%
Votes
Michael Walters (Write-in)
 
100.0
 
57

Vote totals may be incomplete for this race.

Total votes: 57
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2022

See also: Illinois' 9th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 9

Incumbent Jan Schakowsky defeated Max Rice in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 9 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky (D)
 
71.7
 
179,615
Image of Max Rice
Max Rice (R)
 
28.3
 
70,915

Total votes: 250,530
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9

Incumbent Jan Schakowsky advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky
 
100.0
 
76,956

Total votes: 76,956
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9

Max Rice advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Max Rice
Max Rice
 
100.0
 
22,751

Total votes: 22,751
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2020

See also: Illinois' 9th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 9

Incumbent Jan Schakowsky defeated Sargis Sangari in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 9 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky (D)
 
71.0
 
262,045
Image of Sargis Sangari
Sargis Sangari (R)
 
29.0
 
107,125

Total votes: 369,170
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9

Incumbent Jan Schakowsky defeated Andrew Heldut (Unofficially withdrew) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9 on March 17, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky
 
99.7
 
127,467
Image of Andrew Heldut
Andrew Heldut (Unofficially withdrew) (Write-in)
 
0.3
 
355

Total votes: 127,822
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9

Sargis Sangari defeated Richard Mayers in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9 on March 17, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sargis Sangari
Sargis Sangari
 
100.0
 
11,808
Richard Mayers (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 11,809
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates



District analysis

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See also

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Footnotes

  1. Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  2. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  3. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  4. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018


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