Michael Donahue (Illinois)

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Michael Donahue

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Democratic Party

Michael Donahue (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 9th Congressional District. Donahue did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on March 19, 2024.

Elections

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
✔		Jan Schakowsky (D)	68.4	231,722
		Seth Alan Cohen (R)	31.6	107,106

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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
✔		Jan Schakowsky	100.0	75,106

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Michael Donahue (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9

No candidate advanced from the primary.

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

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Vote totals may be incomplete for this race.
	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 57
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Donahue in this election.

Campaign themes

2024

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Campaign finance summary

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Michael Donahue campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Illinois District 9	Withdrew primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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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)