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United States House elections in Illinois, 2022 (June 28 Democratic primaries)
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Illinois were on November 8, 2022. Voters elected 17 candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's 17 U.S. House districts. The primary was scheduled for June 28, 2022. The filing deadline was March 14, 2022.
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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.[1]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on Illinois' Democratic primaries for the U.S. House. For more in-depth information on the state's Republican primaries and the general election, see the following pages:
- United States House elections in Illinois, 2022 (June 28 Republican primaries)
- United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2022
Candidates and election results
District 1
Democratic primary candidates
- Kirby Birgans
- Chris Butler
- Jahmal Cole
- Jacqueline Collins
- Steven DeJoie
- Pat Dowell
- Cassandra Goodrum
- Jonathan Jackson ✔
- Terre Layng Rosner
- Marcus Lewis
- Karin Norington-Reaves
- Ameena Nuur Matthews
- Robert Palmer
- Nykea Pippion McGriff
- Jonathan Swain
- Michael Thompson
- Charise Williams
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 2
Democratic primary candidates
- Robin Kelly (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
District 3
Democratic primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 4
Democratic primary candidates
- Jesus Garcia (Incumbent) ✔
District 5
Democratic primary candidates
- Mike Quigley (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
District 6
Democratic primary candidates
- Sean Casten (Incumbent) ✔
- Marie Newman (Incumbent)
- Charles Hughes
District 7
Democratic primary candidates
- Danny K. Davis (Incumbent) ✔
- Kina Collins
- Denarvis Mendenhall
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 8
Democratic primary candidates
- Raja Krishnamoorthi (Incumbent) ✔
- Junaid Ahmed
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 9
Democratic primary candidates
- Jan Schakowsky (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
District 10
Democratic primary candidates
- Brad Schneider (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
District 11
Democratic primary candidates
- Bill Foster (Incumbent) ✔
District 12
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 13
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 14
Democratic primary candidates
- Lauren Underwood (Incumbent) ✔
District 15
Democratic primary candidates
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
District 16
Democratic primary candidates
The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
District 17
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Illinois.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Illinois in 2022. Information below was calculated on June 13, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Ninety-five candidates filed to run for Illinois' 17 U.S. House districts, including 47 Democrats and 48 Republicans. That's 5.59 candidates per district, more than the 4.05 candidates per district in 2020 and the 4.39 in 2018.
This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census, which resulted in Illinois losing one U.S. House district. The 95 candidates who filed to run in 2022 were the most candidates running for Illinois' U.S. House seats since at least 2014, the earliest year for which we have data.
The 2022 elections featured two districts where two incumbents ran against each other. Rep. Marie Newman (D), who represented the 3rd district, ran against incumbent Rep. Sean Casten (D) in the 6th district, and Rep. Rodney Davis (R), who represented the 13th district, ran against incumbent Rep. Mary Miller (R) in the 15th district. Four seats, including Newman's 3rd and Davis' 13th, were open, the most since at least 2014. Rep. Bobby Rush (D), who represented the 1st district, and Rep. Cheri Bustos (D), who represented the 17th district, decided to retire.
Twenty-one candidates filed to run in the 1st district to replace Rush, the most candidates who ran for a seat this year. There were 19 contested primaries, the fewest since 2016, when there were 14 contested primaries. Eight of the contested primaries were Democratic, and 11 were Republican. Eight incumbents — one Republican and seven Democrats — did not face any primary challengers.
The 7th district was guaranteed to Democrats because no Republicans filed, and the 16th district was guaranteed to Republicans because no Democrats filed.
See also
- United States House elections in Illinois, 2022 (June 28 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2022
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2022
Footnotes
