The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois were held on November 3, 2020, to elect the 18 U.S. representatives from the state of Illinois, one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the

2020 U.S. presidential election The 2020 United States presidential election was the 59th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and the junior U.S. senator from California Kamala H ...

, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, various state and local elections, and the Illinois Fair Tax.

Statewide

By district

Results of the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois by district:

District 1

The 1st district takes in the South Side of Chicago, the southern suburbs of Chicago, and continues southwest to Joliet. The incumbent is Democrat Bobby Rush, who was re-elected with 73.5% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Bobby Rush, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= * Robert Emmons Jr., nonprofit executive * Sarah Gad, law student and opioid recovery advocate * Ameena Matthews, community activist

Endorsements

Primary results

Republican primary

Nominee

* Philanise White, renal technician

Primary results

Third parties

Removed

* Ruth Pellegrini (Independent)

General election

Predictions

Results

District 2

The 2nd district encompasses

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and its southern suburbs, including eastern Will County and Kankakee County. The incumbent is Democrat Robin Kelly, who was re-elected with 81.1% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Robin Kelly, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= * Marcus Lewis, postal worker

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Theresa Raborn, activist

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 3

The 3rd district includes western and southwestern suburbs of Chicago as far as the DuPage County border, as well part of southwest Chicago itself. The incumbent is Democrat Dan Lipinski, who was re-elected with 73.0% of the vote in 2018. On March 17, 2020, Marie Newman defeated Dan Lipinski in the Democratic primary in a rematch of their 2018 race.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

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=Eliminated in primary

= * Rush Darwish, photographer and former broadcaster * Charles Hughes * Dan Lipinski, incumbent U.S. RepresentativeCandidates Filed
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=Withdrawn

= * Abe Matthew, attorney (''endorsed Newman'')

=Endorsements

Polling

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Mike Fricilone, Republican minority leader of the Will County Board

=Eliminated in primary

= * Arthur Jones, former chairman of the American Nazi Party, Holocaust denier, white supremacist, and nominee for Illinois's 3rd congressional district in

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* Catherine O'Shea, real estate broker

=Endorsements

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

District 4

The 4th district takes in the heavily Hispanic areas of

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. The incumbent is Democrat Chuy García, who was elected with 86.6% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Chuy García, incumbent U.S. Representative

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Christopher Lasky was originally the only Republican Candidate to file, and was the sole Republican Candidate in the primary. Lasky died December 23, 2019, but remained on the ballot as the only candidate winning the nomination, and the Illinois Republican Party nominated Jesus Solorio as his replacement.

=Nominee

= * Jesus E. Solorio Jr., Chicago Republican Party Vice-chair and 23rd Ward Republican Committeeman (nominated by party)

=Winner in primary

= * Christopher Lasky, former member of the board of trustees for the Stickney-Forest View Public Library District (Deceased, December 23, 2019)

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 5

The 5th district is based in North Side Chicago and its northern and western suburbs, including Elmhurst, Elmwood Park, Franklin Park, Hinsdale, La Grange Park,

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, Northlake,

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, Schiller Park, and Oakbrook Terrace. The incumbent is Democrat Mike Quigley, who was re-elected with 76.7% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Mike Quigley, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= * Brian Burns, attorney

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Tom Hanson, nominee for Illinois's 5th congressional district in

=Eliminated in primary

= * Kimball Ladien

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 6

The 6th district encompasses the western Chicago suburbs, and includes parts of Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, and McHenry counties. The incumbent is Democrat Sean Casten, who flipped the district and was elected with 53.6% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Sean Casten, incumbent U.S. Representative

Endorsements

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Jeanne Ives, former state representative and Republican primary candidate for Governor of Illinois in

=Eliminated in primary

= * Jay Kinzler, transplant surgeon and U.S. Army Reserve colonel

=Withdrawn

= * Evelyn Sanguinetti, former Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

=Declined

= * Greg Hart, DuPage County board member

Endorsements

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Polling

;with Generic Democrat and Generic Republican

Results

District 7

The 7th district encompasses West Side Chicago and downtown Chicago, including Bellwood,

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. The incumbent is Democrat Danny K. Davis, who was re-elected with 87.6% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Danny K. Davis, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= * Anthony Clark, teacher, community activist, and candidate for Illinois's 7th congressional district in

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, community organizer and gun control activist * Kristine Schanbacher, attorney

Endorsements

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Craig Cameron, candidate for Illinois's 7th congressional district in 2018

Primary results

Third parties

Candidates

* Tracy Jennings (Independent), former public service administrator

General election

Predictions

Results

District 8

The 8th district is based in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. The incumbent is Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi, who was re-elected with 66.0% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Raja Krishnamoorthi, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= * Inam Hussain, social worker * William Olson

Primary results

Republican primary

Write-in candidates

* Joseph J Hantsch * Richard Mayers

Primary results

Third Parties

Libertarian Party

=Nominee

= * Preston Gabriel Nelson, inventor

General election

Predictions

Results

District 9

The 9th district is based in the northern Chicago suburbs, including all or parts of Arlington Heights, Des Plaines, Evanston, Glenview,

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, Mount Prospect, Niles, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Skokie, Wilmette, and Winnetka. The incumbent is Democrat Jan Schakowsky, who was re-elected with 73.5% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Jan Schakowsky, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Sargis Sangari, former U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 10

The 10th district encompasses the North Shore and the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. The incumbent is Democrat

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, who was re-elected with 65.6% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Withdrawn

= * Andrew Wang, progressive activist

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee, venture capitalist

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 11

The 11th district covers the southwestern and western Chicago suburbs, including all or parts of Aurora,

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, Darien, Joliet, Montgomery, Naperville, Lisle, Downers Grove,

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, Shorewood, and Woodridge. The incumbent is Democrat Bill Foster, who was re-elected with 63.8% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Bill Foster, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= * Rachel Ventura, Will County board member

Endorsements

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Rick Laib, police sergeant with the Will County Sheriff's Office

=Eliminated in primary

= * Krishna Bansal, member of the Naperville Zoning and Planning Commission

Endorsements

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 12

The 12th district takes in southwestern Illinois, taking in the suburbs of St. Louis and Metro Lakeland. The incumbent is Republican Mike Bost, who was re-elected with 51.6% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Mike Bost, incumbent U.S. Representative

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Raymond Lenzi, former chancellor of Southern Illinois University

=Eliminated in primary

= * Joel Funk, financial consultant and U.S. Army veteran

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Results

District 13

The 13th district encompasses parts of Bond, Champaign, Madison,

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, and Sangamon counties, and all of

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, Calhoun, De Witt, Greene, Jersey, Macon, Macoupin, Montgomery, and Piatt counties, including all or parts of the cities of Bloomington, Champaign, Decatur,

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. The incumbent is Republican Rodney Davis, who was re-elected with 50.4% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Rodney Davis, incumbent U.S. Representative

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, former nonprofit leader, entrepreneur, and nominee for Illinois's 13th congressional district in

=Eliminated in primary

= * Stefanie Smith, former sex worker and activist

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

District 14

The 14th district encompasses the western Chicago exurbs, including all or parts of Batavia,

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, Crystal Lake, Geneva, Huntley, McHenry, Naperville, St. Charles, North Aurora, Oswego, Plainfield, Plano, Sycamore, Warrenville, Wauconda, Woodstock, and Yorkville. The incumbent is Democrat Lauren Underwood, who flipped the district and was elected with 52.5% of the vote in 2018. On November 12, the race was called by the '' Associated Press'' for Underwood. On January 5, 2021, Jim Oberweis filed notice with the U.S. House of Representatives challenging the results of the election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Lauren Underwood, incumbent U.S. Representative, former Senior Advisor at the Department of Health and Human Services, and registered nurse

=Endorsements

Primary results

Republican primary

Nominee

* Jim Oberweis, state senator, nominee for U.S. Senate in 2014, nominee for Illinois's 14th congressional district in

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, candidate for governor in 2006, and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2002 and 2004

Eliminated in primary

* Anthony Catella, U.S. Army veteran * Jerry Evans * Ted Gradel, businessman and youth basketball coach * Catalina Lauf, former special adviser to U.S. Department of Commerce * Jim Marter, businessman, former chairman of the Kendall County Republican Party, and candidate for U.S. Senate in

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* Sue Rezin, state senator

Withdrawn

* Danny Malouf, human resource director * Matt Quigley, U.S. Navy veteran

Declined

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, state representative

Endorsements

Polling

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

District 15

The 15th district encompasses rural east-central and southeastern Illinois. The incumbent is Republican John Shimkus, who was re-elected with 70.9% of the vote in 2018. Shimkus announced he would not be seeking re-election on August 30, 2019. After briefly considering reversing his retirement plans, Shimkus reaffirmed his decision to not run on November 4, 2019.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Mary Miller,

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farm owner

=Eliminated in primary

= * Darren Duncan, Vermilion County treasurer * Charles Ellington, family physician * Kerry Wolff, vice president of the Altamont school board

=Withdrawn

= * Alex Walker, U.S. Air Force Veteran

=Declined

= *

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, nominee for Illinois Attorney General in

and former

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* Mike Marron, state representative * Kyle McCarter, U.S. Ambassador to Kenya and former state senator *

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, state senator * John Shimkus, incumbent U.S. Representative

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Erika Weaver, member of the Mattoon school board

=Eliminated in primary

= * Kevin Gaither, nominee for Illinois's 15th congressional district in

* John W. Hursey, Jr., community activist * Craig Morton,

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city councilman

Primary results

General election

Endorsements

Predictions

Results

District 16

The 16th district encompasses north-central Illinois, taking in the east side of Rockford, Belvidere,

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, and DeKalb. The incumbent is Republican Adam Kinzinger, who was re-elected with 59.1% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Adam Kinzinger, incumbent U.S. Representative

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Dani Brzozowski, activist and chairwoman of LaSalle County Democrats

Primary results

Endorsements

General election

Predictions

Results

District 17

The 17th district encompasses

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, including the Quad cities metro, the westside of Rockford, and Peoria. Democratic incumbent Cheri Bustos was re-elected with 52.0% of the vote while the district voted for Donald Trump in the concurrently-held presidential election by 1.6%, making it one of only seven Trump-won districts held by a Democrat in the

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Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Cheri Bustos, incumbent U.S. Representative

=Eliminated in primary

= * Spanky Edwards, chairman of the Youth Works Committee of the Illinois branch of the

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Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Esther Joy King, attorney and businesswoman

=Eliminated in primary

= * Bill Fawell, real estate broker and nominee for Illinois's 17th congressional district in

Primary results

Endorsements

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

District 18

The 18th district covers rural west-central Illinois, including Jacksonville, Quincy, and parts of Bloomington, Peoria, and

. The incumbent is Republican Darin LaHood, who was re-elected with 67.2% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Darin LaHood, incumbent U.S. Representative

Primary results

Democratic primary

After the primaries ended, Democratic Party leaders in the district placed George Petrilli, an attorney, on the ballot.

Withdrawn

* Mark Haasis, former national organizer for United Automobile Workers

General election

Predictions

Results

Notes

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References

External links

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