Illinois' 4th Congressional District elections, 2014
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Cook Political Report: Solid D[1] Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe D[2]
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The 4th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
Incumbent Luis Gutierrez (D), who was first elected in 1992, defeated challenger Hector Concepcion (R) in the general election. Gutierrez won re-election in 2012 with 83 percent of the vote. He fended off a primary challenge from Jorge G. Zavala and Alexandra Eidenberg.
Concepcion ran in the Republican primary unopposed to secure his nomination. Gutierrez had over $200,000 cash-on-hand according to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The FEC did not have any data stating the finances of Concepcion.
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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.[4]
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.[5]
- See also: Illinois elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Luis Gutierrez (D), who was first elected in 1992.
Illinois' 4th Congressional District includes part of Cook County.[6]
Candidates
General election candidates
Hector Concepcion- Luis Gutierrez - Incumbent
March 18, 2014, primary results
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Election results
General election results
The 4th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Luis Gutierrez (D) defeated challenger Hector Concepcion (R) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Luis Gutierrez Incumbent |
78.1% | 79,666 | |
| Republican | Hector Concepcion | 21.9% | 22,278 | |
| Total Votes | 101,944 | |||
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections Official Results | ||||
Primary results
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Luis Gutierrez Incumbent |
74.3% | 21,625 | ||
| Alexandra Eidenberg | 16.5% | 4,796 | ||
| Jorge G. Zavala | 9.2% | 2,670 | ||
| Total Votes | 29,091 | |||
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections |
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Issues
Noteworthy events
Ethics investigation
On May 5, 2014, The House Ethics Committee decided not to move forward with a full-scale investigation into whether incumbent Luis Gutierrez improperly paid a lobbying firm.[10]
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.[11] 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.[12] Luis Gutierrez voted against the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[13]
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.[14] 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. Luis Gutierrez voted for HR 2775.[15]
Campaign contributions
Luis Gutierez
| Luis V. Gutierrez (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[16] | July 28, 2013 | $354,393.16 | $9,326.55 | $(99,967.32) | $263,752.39 | ||||
| July Quarterly[17] | July 15, 2013 | $263,752.39 | $49,822.33 | $(37,418.39) | $276,156.33 | ||||
| October Quarterly[18] | October 13, 2013 | $276,156.33 | $31,500.00 | $(48,112.03) | $259,544.30 | ||||
| Year-end[19] | January 31, 2014 | $259,544 | $11,210 | $(43,197) | $227,556 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[20] | March 6, 2014 | $227,556 | $8,063 | $(37,565) | $198,054 | ||||
| April Quarterly[21] | April 15, 2014 | $198,054 | $44,154 | $(12,941) | $229,267 | ||||
| July Quarterly[22] | July 15, 2014 | $229,267.00 | $26,321.00 | $(43,039.00) | $212,556.00 | ||||
| October Quarterly[23] | October 15, 2014 | $212,556 | $18,828 | $(32,360) | $199,023 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $199,224.88 | $(354,599.74) | ||||||||
Alexandra Eidenberg
| Alexandra Eidenberg (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[24] | April 15, 2013 | $0 | $17,273 | $(8,240) | $9,033 | ||||
| July Quarterly[25] | July 15, 2013 | $9,033 | $5,927 | $(14,997) | $−9,069 | ||||
| October Quarterly[26] | October 15, 2013 | $−9,069 | $13,040 | $(11,338) | $1,666 | ||||
| Year End[27] | January 31, 2014 | $1,666 | $969 | $(3,305) | $−669 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $37,209 | $(37,880) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
The 4th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Luis Gutierrez won re-election in the district.[28]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Luis Gutierrez Incumbent |
83% | 133,226 | |
| Republican | Hector Concepcion | 17% | 27,279 | |
| Total Votes | 160,505 | |||
| Source: Illinois Board of Elections "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Luis V. Gutierrez won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Israel Vasquez (R) and Robert J. Burns (G) in the general election.[29]
| U.S. House, Illinois District 4 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Luis V. Gutierrez incumbent |
77.4% | 63,273 | |
| Republican | Israel Vasquez | 14.3% | 11,711 | |
| Green | Robert J. Burns | 8.3% | 6,808 | |
| Total Votes | 81,792 | |||
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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Counties by Congressional Districts," accessed June 8, 2016
- ↑ Illinois Board of Elections, "Candidate Detail," accessed December 2, 2013
- ↑ Illinois Elections Division, "Candidate Detail," accessed December 2, 2013
- ↑ Illinois Division of Elections, "Candidate Detail," accessed December 3, 2013
- ↑ Politico, "Ethics panel won’t move forward on Luis Gutierrez," accessed May 6, 2014
- ↑ 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 23, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 23, 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 22, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed April 22, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed October 14, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 20, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed February 26, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed February 26, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election commission, "October Quarterly," accessed February 26, 2014
- ↑ 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
