The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the 17 U.S. representatives from

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

, one from each of the state's 17

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(reduced from 18 in the redistricting cycle following the 2020 United States census). The elections coincided with the 2022 U.S. Senate race in Illinois, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, other

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to the

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and various

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and

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. On November 23, 2021, Governor

J. B. Pritzker Jay Robert Pritzker (born January 19, 1965) is an American businessman and politician serving since 2019 as the 43rd governor of Illinois. A member of the wealthy Pritzker family that owns the Hyatt hotel chain, Pritzker has started several vent ...

signed the Illinois Congressional Redistricting Act of 2021, which established the new boundaries of the districts, into law. ''

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'' ranked Illinois as the most

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Congressional map drawn by Democrats following 2022 redistricting.

Results summary

Statewide

District 1

Before the 2020 redistricting cycle, the 1st district was primarily based in the South Side of

Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...

. Under the new congressional map, although the 1st district is still based in Chicago, including portions of Bronzeville, Hyde Park, Grand Crossing, Morgan Park, and Roseland, it now reaches down to the southwest and takes in a collection of exurban and rural areas in

Cook County Cook County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Illinois and the second-most-populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, California. More than 40 percent of all residents of Illinois live within Cook County. ...

Will County Will County is a county in the northeastern part of the state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 696,355, an increase of 2.8% from 677,560 in 2010, making it Illinois's fourth-most populous county. The county sea ...

, and

Kankakee County Kankakee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 107,502. Its county seat is Kankakee. Kankakee County comprises the Kankakee, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. History ...

. The former section is heavily black and the latter is heavily white; as a result, the district as a whole is slightly over 50% black. The incumbent was Democrat

Bobby Rush Bobby Lee Rush (born November 23, 1946) is an American politician, activist, and pastor who served as the U.S. representative for for three decades, ending in 2023. A civil rights activist during the 1960s, Rush co-founded the Illinois chapter ...

, who was re-elected with 73.8% of the vote in 2020. On January 3, 2022, Rush announced that he would retire rather than seek a sixteenth term in office.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Jonathan Jackson, business professor; spokesperson for the Rainbow/PUSH coalition and son of

Jesse Jackson Jesse Louis Jackson (Birth name#Maiden and married names, né Burns; born October 8, 1941) is an American Civil rights movements, civil rights activist, Politics of the United States, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. Beginning as a ...

=Eliminated in primary

= *Kirby Birgans, educator and advocate *Chris Butler, pastor *Jahmal Cole, founder of My Block, My Hood, My City * Jacqueline Collins, state senator *Steven DeJoie, consultant and restaurateur *

Pat Dowell Pat Dowell is a member of the Chicago City Council representing the City of Chicago's 3rd ward in Cook County, Illinois. Dowell was elected in April 2007 in a runoff election against incumbent Dorothy Tillman. Dowell had lost to Tillman in 2003. ...

Chicago City Council The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the Law and government of Chicago, government of the Chicago, City of Chicago in Illinois. It consists of 50 alderpersons elected from 50 Wards of the United States, wards to serve four-year t ...

member *Cassandra Goodrum, Professor of Criminal Justice at

Chicago State University Chicago State University (CSU) is a Historically black colleges and universities, predominantly black (PBI) public university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It includes an honors program for undergraduates and offers bachelor's and master ...

*Marcus Lewis, minister *Ameena Matthews, anti-violence activist, subject of '' The Interrupters'', and candidate for this district in

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

*Karin Norington-Reaves, attorney and CEO of the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership *Robert Palmer, educator *Terre Layng Rosner, Professor of Communication at the

University of St. Francis The University of St. Francis (USF) is a private Franciscan university with its main campus in Joliet, Illinois. It enrolls nearly 3,200 students at locations throughout the country with about 1,300 students at its main campus. History Early h ...

*Jonathan Swain, businessman and former chair of the Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals *Michael Thompson, educator *Charise Williams, former deputy director of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Eric Carlson, Army veteran

=Eliminated in primary

= *Jeff Regnier,

New Lenox New Lenox is a village in central Will County, Illinois, United States. It is a Southwest suburb of Chicago. The village population was 27,214 as of the 2020 census. New Lenox has schools like Lincoln-Way West High School, Providence Catholic H ...

businessman *Philanise White *Geno Young, musician

Results

District 2

The incumbent was Democrat

Robin Kelly Robin Lynne Kelly (born April 30, 1956) is an American politician from Illinois who has served as the U.S. representative from since 2013. A Democrat, Kelly served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007. She then served as c ...

, who was re-elected with 78.8% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Nominee

* Thomas Lynch, former

Iroquois County Iroquois County is a county located in the northeast part of the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States Census, it has a population of 27,077. It is the only county in the United States named Iroquois. The county seat is W ...

Board member

=Eliminated in primary

= *

Shane Cultra Shane Cultra (born ) is an American politician and former Republican member of the Illinois General Assembly. Early life and career Cultra was born in Onarga, Illinois. He graduated from Michigan State University with an agricultural technology ...

, former

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(2011–2013) * Ashley Ramos

Results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 3

During the 2020 redistricting process, the Illinois General Assembly decided to create a second Latino-influenced district. As such, the 3rd congressional district had no incumbent. The district is approximately 47% Latino and unites heavily Latino communities from Chicago to Elgin. Among potential voters, the communities in the district include 63.4% White, 25.2% Latino, 6.2% Black, and 4.7% Asian people. It includes parts of the Chicago neighborhoods of West Town, Logan Square, Humboldt Park,

Belmont Cragin Belmont Cragin is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas located on the Northwest Side of the City of Chicago, Illinois. It is designated Community Area 19, and is located NW of the Loop. Surrounding community areas include: ...

, Portage Park, Irving Park, Albany Park, Montclare, Dunning, and all or parts of the suburbs of Elmwood Park, River Grove, Franklin Park,

Bensenville Bensenville is a village located near O'Hare International Airport in DuPage County, Illinois, with a portion of the town in Cook County. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 18,813. First known as Tioga, it was formally establishe ...

Elk Grove Village Elk Grove Village is a village in Cook and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Per the 2020 census, the population was 32,812. Located northwest of Chicago along the Golden Corridor, the Village of Elk Grove Village was incorpor ...

Wood Dale Wood Dale is a city in Addison Township, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 14,012. History Wood Dale was originally known as ''Lester's Station'', after John Lester, an early settler. Geography Acc ...

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, Glendale Heights, Wheaton,

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, Wayne, Bartlett, Hanover Park, and

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Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Delia Ramirez,

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=Eliminated in primary

= *Juan Aguirre * Iymen Chehade, professor of history at the Columbia College of Chicago and

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* Gilbert Villegas,

member

=Declined

= * Omar Aquino,

''(endorsed Ramirez)''

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Justin Burau, real estate consultant

Endorsements

Results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 4

The incumbent was Democrat

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, who was re-elected with 84.1% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

=Declined

= *

Marie Newman Marie Newman (née Klassen; born April 13, 1964) is an American politician and marketing consultant who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Illinois's 3rd congressional district from 2021 to 2023. The d ...

, incumbent U.S. representative ''(unsuccessfully ran in the 6th district)''

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *James Falakos, businessman

Results

Working Class Party

Nominee

* Ed Hershey

General election

Predictions

Results

District 5

The incumbent was Democrat

Mike Quigley Michael Bruce Quigley ( ; born October 17, 1958) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since the April 7, 2009 special election. The district includes most of Chicago's North Side and several of its western suburbs. ...

, who was re-elected with 70.8% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

=Removed from ballot

= * Raleigh Bowman, manager

=Withdrawn

= * Hoan Huynh, entrepreneur and investor ''( running for state house)''

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Tommy Hanson, Republican nominee for IL-05 in

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, and

=Eliminated in primary

= * Malgorzata McGonigal

Results

Independents

* Jerico Matias Cruz, U.S. Army Special Operations combat veteran

General election

Predictions

Results

District 6

Due to redistricting, the borders of several districts in the Chicago area changed dramatically. 3rd District Incumbent

was drawn into the Latino-majority

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. As a result, Newman decided to switch to the redrawn 6th district and announced that she would be running against 6th district incumbent

Sean Casten Sean Thomas Casten (born November 23, 1971) is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for . The district covers southwestern Chicago, as well as many of Chicago's inner southwestern suburbs, such as Downers Gro ...

. The new district contains about 40% of Newman's old district and about 25% of Casten's. In the opening stages of the campaign both Casten and Newman declared an intent to run on their legislative records, and declared that they would not campaign negatively against each other.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

=Eliminated in primary

= *Charles Hughes, candidate for Illinois's 3rd congressional district in

, incumbent U.S. representative

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Keith Pekau, mayor of

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=Eliminated in primary

= * Niki Conforti, businesswoman * Rob Cruz, member of the Oak Lawn Community High School District 229 Board of Education * Gary Grasso, mayor of

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, candidate for

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* Scott Kaspar,

attorney * Catherine O'Shea, Oak Lawn real estate agent and candidate for Illinois's 3rd congressional district in

=Withdrawn

= * Justin Burau, real estate consultant ''(running in the 3rd district)''

Endorsements

Results

Independents

Declined

Dan Lipinski Daniel William Lipinski (born July 15, 1966) is an American politician and political scientist who served eight terms as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Illinois's 3rd congressional district from 2005 to 2021. ...

, former Democratic U.S. representative from Illinois's 3rd congressional district (2005–2021)

General election

Predictions

Results

District 7

The incumbent was Democrat Danny Davis, who was re-elected with 80.4% of the vote in 2020. He was running for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Danny Davis, incumbent U.S. representative

=Eliminated in primary

= * Kina Collins, activist and candidate in

*Denarvis Mendenhall, veteran and

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investigator

Endorsements

Results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 8

The incumbent was Democrat

Raja Krishnamoorthi Subramanian Raja Krishnamoorthi ( ; born July 19, 1973) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2017. The district includes many of Chicago's western and northwestern suburbs, such as Hoffman Estates, ...

, who was re-elected with 73.2% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

=Eliminated in primary

= * Junaid Ahmed, community activist

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Chris Dargis, Ukrainian-American retired Navy officer and businessman

=Eliminated in primary

= * Karen Kolodziej * Chad Koppie, former trustee of the Kane County Regional Board of Schools and perennial candidate * Peter Kopsaftis, businessman and Barrington Township Republican committeeman * Phillip Wood

Results

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

District 9

The incumbent was Democrat

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, who was re-elected with 71.0% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

Results

Endorsements

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Max Rice, candidate for IL-9 in

Results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 10

The incumbent was Democrat

Brad Schneider Bradley Scott Schneider (born August 20, 1961) is an American businessman and politician who has served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Illinois's 10th congressional district since 2017 and also served fro ...

, who was re-elected with 63.9% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Joseph Severino, businessman

Results

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

District 11

The incumbent was Democrat Bill Foster, who was re-elected with 63.3% of the vote in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Bill Foster, incumbent U.S. representative

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Catalina Lauf, former advisor at the

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and candidate for the Republican nomination for

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in the

=Eliminated in primary

= * Mark Carroll * Jerry Evans, music teacher * Susan Hathaway-Altman * Andrea Heeg * Cassandra Tanner Miller, domestic violence advocate

=Withdrew

= * Juan Ramos

Endorsements

Results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 12

The incumbents are Republican

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, who was re-elected with 60.4% of the vote in 2020, and Republican Mary Miller who was redistricted from the 15th Congressional District.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

=Declined

= * Mary Miller, incumbent U.S. representative (running in IL15)

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Chip Markel,

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veteran

=Eliminated in primary

= * Joshua Qualls

Results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 13

Due to redistricting, the 13th congressional district was created as a new seat, with no incumbent.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Regan Deering, former chair of the Decatur Public Schools Foundation

=Eliminated in primary

= * Matt Hausman, aerospace engineer * Terry Martin, journalist * Jesse Reising, former federal prosecutor

Endorsements

Debate

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

Nikki Budzinski Nicole Jai Budzinski ( ; pol. /bud͡ʑiɲski/) (born March 11, 1977) is an American trade unionist and politician. She has served as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 13th congressional district since 2023, and is a member of the Democratic ...

, former

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chief of staff and former senior advisor to

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=Eliminated in primary

= *David Palmer, financial planner

=Removed from ballot

= * Ellis Everett Taylor

Endorsements

Forum & debate

Results

General election

Debate

Predictions

Post-primary endorsements

Polling

Results

District 14

The incumbent was Democrat

Lauren Underwood Lauren Ashley Underwood (born October 4, 1986) is an American politician and registered nurse who is a U.S. representative from Illinois's 14th congressional district as a member of the Democratic Party. Her district, once represented by former ...

, who was re-elected with 50.7% of the vote in 2020. The 14th district as drawn during the 2020 redistricting cycle includes all or parts of

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, DeKalb, Granville, Joliet, Montgomery,

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, Oswego,

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, Plainfield, Shorewood, Spring Valley, Sugar Grove, and

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Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Scott Gryder, chair of the Kendall County Board

=Eliminated in primary

= *Michael Koolidge, former radio host *Jack Lombardi *James Marter,

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, software consultant, and chair of the Kendall County Republican Central Committee * Jaime Milton

Endorsements

Forum

Results

General election

Forum

Predictions

Results

District 15

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, Montgomery,

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counties.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Mary Miller, incumbent U.S. representative

=Eliminated in primary

= * Rodney Davis, incumbent U.S. representative

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Paul Lange, commodity broker

Results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 16

The incumbents were Republican

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, who was re-elected with 64.7% of the vote in 2020, and Republican

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, who was redistricted from the 18th Congressional District. Kinzinger chose to retire, while LaHood chose to run in his new district.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative.

=Eliminated in primary

= * JoAnne Guillemette * Walt Peters *Michael Rebresh, truck driver

=Withdrew

= *Gene Koprowski, former official at the

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*Catalina Lauf, nutritional company adviser ''(running in District 11)'' *Jack Lombardi ''(running in District 14)'' *James Marter, software consultant ''(running in District 14)'' *Teresa Pfaff, home improvement worker ''(running in District 17)'' *Geno Young, musician ''(running in District 1)''

=Declined

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

Endorsements

Results

Democratic nominee

*Elizabeth Haderlein,

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city councillor

Endorsements

General election

Predictions

Results

District 17

The incumbent was Democrat Cheri Bustos, who was re-elected with 52.0% of the vote in 2020. She did not seek re-election in 2022. The new 17th was drawn to be more Democratic-leaning than its predecessor. The new district contains nearly all of its Democratic-leaning urban portions of its former territory, while most of the Republican-leaning areas of the old 17th were drawn into the neighboring 15th and 16th districts. Had the new 17th existed in the 2020 election,

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would have carried it by eight points, whereas

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carried the old 17th by two points in 2020.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Eric Sorensen, former meteorologist

=Eliminated in primary

= *Jonathan Logemann,

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veteran and Rockford

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from the 2nd ward *Jacqueline McGowan, cannabis lobbyist,

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candidate *Angie Normoyle,

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Board member * Litesa Wallace, former state representative and candidate for

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*Marsha Williams, chair of the Minooka Alumni Association

=Declined

= * Cheri Bustos, incumbent U.S. representative

=Disqualified

= *Linda McNeely, Rockford

from the 13th ward888

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *Esther Joy King, nominee for

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=Eliminated in primary

= *Charlie Hemlick

Endorsements

Results

General election

Debate

Predictions

Polling

Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

Results

Notes

Partisan clients

References

External links

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