The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois were held on November 6, 2018, to elect U.S. representatives, one from each of the state's eighteen

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. The primaries for all parties were held on March 20, 2018. The state congressional delegation changed from an 11–7 Democratic majority to a 13–5 Democratic majority.

Overview

Statewide

By district

Results of the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois by district:

District 1

Incumbent 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 had represented the district since 1993, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 74.1% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+27.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

=Withdrew

= *

Howard Brookins Howard Beamon Brookins Jr. (born October 21, 1963) is the Alderman of the 21st Ward of the City of Chicago. He was elected in 2003 and is currently serving his fifth term. Early life Brookins, the son of legislator Howard B. Brookins Sr., atten ...

, Chicago alderman for the 21st Ward and candidate for this seat in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Jimmy Lee Tillman, II, son of former Chicago alderman

Dorothy Tillman Dorothy Jean Tillman (née Wright; May 12, 1947) is an American politician, civil rights activist and former Chicago, Illinois alderman. Tillman served as the alderman of the city's 3rd wardmap from 1985 until 2007. A member of the Democrati ...

, nominee for this seat in

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

and candidate in

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 2

Incumbent 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 had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. She was re-elected with 79.8% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+29.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

=Eliminated in primary

= * Marcus Lewis, postal worker, independent candidate for this seat in

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

and Democratic candidate in

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * David Merkle

=Eliminated in primary

= * Patrick Harmon * John Morrow, nominee for this seat in

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 3

Incumbent Democrat

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. ...

, who had represented the district since 2005, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 100.0% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+6.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

=Eliminated in primary

= *

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 ...

, businesswoman and activist

Endorsements

Polling

Primary results

Republican primary

Jewish Republicans called for Cook County Republican chairman Sean Morrison to resign for failing to recruit any candidate to oppose Art Jones, a self-professed Nazi, Holocaust denier, white nationalist, and white supremacist who became the Republican nominee.

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Arthur Jones, former chair of the

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holocaust denier Denial of the Holocaust is an antisemitic conspiracy theory that asserts that the genocide of Jews by the Nazis is a fabrication or exaggeration. It includes making one or more of the following false claims: *Nazi Germany's "Final Solution" wa ...

, and white supremacist

Primary results

Other candidates

Write-in

=Declared

= * Justin Hanson, lawyer and Republican former congressional staffer * Richard Mayers, perennial candidate and alleged

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congressional candidate in 2000, 2002,

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

, and

; 1998 State House candidate; 1993 Berwyn city clerk and city treasurer candidate * Kenneth Yerkes, dentist

=Declined

= * Christopher Reilly, Palos Township trustee

General election

Predictions

Results

District 4

Incumbent Democrat

Luis Gutiérrez Luis Vicente Gutiérrez (born December 10, 1953) is an American politician. He served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 1993 to 2019. From 1986 until his election to United States Congress, Congress, he ...

, who had represented the district since 1993, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 79.8% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+33.

Democratic primary

A day after filing petitions to run for reelection, Gutierrez announced he would not seek re-election in 2018 and retire at the end of his current term. Chuy Garcia at rally

Gutierrez's announcement led multiple Democrats to begin circulating petitions.

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, a member of the

Cook County Board of Commissioners The Cook County Board of Commissioners is a legislative body made up of 17 commissioners who are elected by district, and a president who is elected county-wide, all for four-year terms. Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, which includes the City ...

Carlos Ramirez-Rosa Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (born February 18, 1989) is an politics of the United States, American politician and the incumbent superintendent and CEO of the Chicago Park District. He previously served as Alderperson for Chicago's 35th Ward from May 2015 ...

, and

Proco Joe Moreno Proco Joe Moreno III (born May 19, 1972) is an American politician who served as alderman from the 1st ward in the Chicago City Council. He was appointed to replace Manny Flores on March 26, 2010. His term ended on May 20, 2019, after his los ...

, both members of the

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, circulated petitions for the nomination. Ramirez-Rosa and Moreno withdrew. Gutiérrez endorsed García. On November 28, 2017, Richard Gonzalez filed to run for the Democratic nomination.

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

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for the 7th district

=Eliminated in primary

= * Sol Flores, founding executive director of La Casa Norte * Richard Gonzalez,

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sergeant

=Withdrew

= *

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, Chicago city councilman for the 15th ward *

, Chicago city councilman for the 1st ward *

, Chicago city councilman for the 35th ward ''(endorsed Jesús "Chuy" García)''

Endorsements

Polling

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Mark Lorch

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 5

Incumbent 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 had represented the district since 2009, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 67.8% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+20. Per the Illinois Board of Elections, four Democrats and one Republican filed to run in the 5th congressional district.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

=Eliminated in primary

= * Sameena Mustafa * Steven J. Schwartzberg * Ben Wolf, former FBI agent

Endorsements

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

* Tom Hanson

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 6

Incumbent Republican

Peter Roskam Peter James Roskam (born September 13, 1961) is an American politician and lobbyist who is the former United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for , serving six terms from 2007 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party ...

, who had represented the district since 2007, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 59.2% of the vote in 2016, while Democrat

Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, lawyer and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, a U.S. senator represent ...

defeated Republican

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 45 ...

in the

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by a seven-point margin in that district. The district had a PVI of R+2.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

Primary results

Democratic primary

Clinton's victory in the historically Republican district led to a large amount of Democratic interest. On January 30, 2017, the

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announced the 6th as one of three Illinois targets.

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

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 ...

, scientist and former energy business owner

=Eliminated in primary

= * Becky Anderson Wilkins,

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city council member * Carole Cheney, former chief of staff to U.S. Representative Bill Foster and candidate for

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in 2012 * Amanda Howland,

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trustee, nominee for this seat in

, candidate for

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and candidate for Illinois House of Representatives in 2006 & 2008 * Ryan Huffman, data analyst * Kelly Mazeski, Barrington Hills planning commissioner and candidate for Illinois State Senate in

* Jennifer Zordani, regulatory attorney and former non-profit president

=Withdrawn

= * Grace Haaf, business owner and former CIA cyber security analyst * Suzyn Price, former Naperville Board of Education member

=Declined

= * Geoffrey Petzel, candidate for this seat in

* Jason Snelson, restaurant operations manager * Austin Songer, U.S. Navy veteran

Endorsements

Forum

Primary results

General election

Forum

Complete radio debate (2 parts): July 1, 2018

Endorsements

Polling

Predictions

Results

District 7

Incumbent Democrat Danny K. Davis, who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 84.2% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+38.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

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

=Eliminated in primary

= * Anthony Clark, high school teacher

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Craig Cameron

=Eliminated in primary

= * Jeffrey Leef

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 8

Incumbent 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 had represented the district since 2017, ran for re-election. He was elected with 58.3% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+8.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Jitendra "JD" Diganvker, entrepreneur

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 9

Incumbent Democrat

Jan Schakowsky Janice Schakowsky ( ; née Danoff; born May 26, 1944) is an American politician who has served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from since 1999, and she previously served as a member of the Illinois House of Re ...

, who had represented the district since 1999, ran for re-election. She was re-elected with 66.5% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+18.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *John D. Elleson, pastor

=Eliminated in primary

= *Maxwell Rice *Sargis Sangari, U.S. Army veteran *D. Vincent Thomas Jr., U.S. Coast Guard veteran

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 10

Incumbent 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 had represented the district since 2017 and he previously between 2013 and 2015, ran for re-election. He was reelected with 52.6% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+10.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Douglas Bennett, computer engineer

=Eliminated in primary

= *Sapan Shah, physician *Jeremy Wynes, midwest director of the

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and the

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Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 11

Incumbent Democrat Bill Foster, who had represented the district since 2013 and had previously served the 14th district from 2008 to 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 60.4% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of D+9.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Bill Foster, incumbent U.S. representative

Primary results

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Nick Stella

=Eliminated in primary

= * Connor Vlakancic

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 12

Incumbent Republican

Mike Bost Michael Joseph Bost ( ; born December 30, 1960) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he has served as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 12th congressional district since 2015. From 19 ...

, who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 54.3% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+5.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

=Eliminated in primary

= * Preston Nelson

Primary results

Democratic primary

On May 22, 2017, the

announced the 12th as a target on the list of expanded targets.

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Brendan Kelly, St. Clair County state attorney

=Eliminated in primary

= * David Bequette, businessman

=Withdrawn

= * Adam King, bartender and former archive technician at the

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* Pat McMahan,

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city councilman * Chris Miller, businessman * Dean Pruitt, businessman, mathematician, and co-founder and former science director of the

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* John Sholar, attorney

=Declined

= * Nathan Colombo, marketing executive

Primary results

Green primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Randall Auxier, professor of philosophy and communications studies at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale

Primary results

General election

Endorsements

Debates

Polling

Predictions

Results

District 13

Incumbent Republican Rodney Davis, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 59.7% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+3.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Declared

= * Rodney Davis, incumbent U.S. representative

Primary results

Democratic primary

On January 30, 2017, the

announced the 13th as one of three Illinois targets.

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, nonprofit executive

=Eliminated in primary

= * Jon Ebel, director of graduate studies in religion at

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* David Gill, physician and nominee for the 15th district in

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

and for this seat in

* Erik Jones, former Illinois assistant attorney general * Angel Sides

=Withdrawn

= * Benjamin Webb, teacher

=Declined

= * Carol Ammons, state representative * Dillon Clark,

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board member

Endorsements

Primary results

General election

Debate

Polling

Predictions

Results

District 14

Incumbent

Randy Hultgren Randall Mark Hultgren (; born March 1, 1966) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2011 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. Hultgren represented the 48th district Senate seat in the Illinois Gener ...

, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 59.3% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+5.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

Primary results

Democratic primary

On January 30, 2017, the

announced the 14th as one of three Illinois targets.

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

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 ...

, nurse and former senior advisor at the

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=Eliminated in primary

= * Matt Brolley, Montgomery village president * Victor Swanson, high school teacher * Jim Walz, nominee for this seat in

Endorsements

Primary results

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Predictions

Results

District 15

Incumbent Republican

John Shimkus John Mondy Shimkus (, born February 21, 1958) is an American politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from 1997 to 2021, representing the 20th, 19th and 15th congressional districts of Illinois. Shi ...

, who had represented the district since 1997, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 100.0% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+21.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Kevin Gaither, teacher

=Eliminated in primary

= * Carl Spoerer

=Withdrawn

= * Anthony March

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 16

Incumbent Republican

Adam Kinzinger Adam Daniel Kinzinger (; born February 27, 1978) is an American politician, senior political commentator for CNN, and former lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard. He served as a United States representative from Illinois from 2011 to 20 ...

, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 100.0% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+8.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

=Eliminated in primary

= * James Marter, candidate for U.S. Senate in

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Sara Dady, lawyer

=Eliminated in primary

= * Neill Mohammad, healthcare management consultant * Amy Murri Briel

=Withdrew

= * Chris Minelli, attorney

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

District 17

Incumbent Democrat Cheri Bustos, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election, after exploring a run for

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. She was re-elected with 60.3% of the vote in 2016, while Republican

defeated Democrat

in the

by less than a one-point margin in the district. The district had a PVI of D+3.

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Cheri Bustos, incumbent U.S. representative

Primary results

Republican primary

On February 8, 2017, the

National Republican Congressional Committee The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is the United States Republican Party, Republican Hill committee which works to elect Republicans to the United States House of Representatives. The NRCC was formed in 1866, when the Repub ...

announced the 17th as one of its initial targets.

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Bill Fawell, real estate broker

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 18

Incumbent Republican

Darin LaHood Darin McKay LaHood ( ; born July 5, 1968) is an American attorney and politician who has served as a U.S. representative from Illinois since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, LaHood has represented the 16th district since 2023, and previo ...

, who had represented the district since 2015, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 72.1% of the vote in 2016. The district had a PVI of R+15.

Republican primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= *

, incumbent U.S. representative

=Eliminated in primary

= * Donald Rients

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Nominee

= * Junius Rodriguez, history professor

=Eliminated in primary

= * Brian Deters * Darrel Miller

Primary results

General election

Predictions

Results

Notes

Partisan clients

References

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Official campaign websites of first district candidates
Bobby Rush (D) for CongressJimmy Lee Tillman II (R) for Congress
Official campaign websites of second district candidates
Robin Kelly (D) for Congress
Official campaign websites of third district candidates
Justin Hanson (R) for CongressDan Lipinski (D) for Congress

Mateusz Tomkowiak (I) for CongressKenneth Yerkes (R) for Congress
Official campaign websites of fourth district candidates
Jesús Chuy García (D) for CongressMark Lorch (R) for Congress
Official campaign websites of fifth district candidates
Mike Quigley (D) for Congress
Official campaign websites of sixth district candidates
Sean Casten (D) for CongressPeter Roskam (R) for Congress
Official campaign websites of seventh district candidates
Craig Cameron (R) for Congress
* Official campaign websites of eighth district candidates
Jitendra Diganvker (R) for CongressRaja Krishnamoorthi (D) for Congress
Official campaign websites of ninth district candidates
John Elleson (R) for Congress

Jan Schakowsky (D) for Congress
Official campaign websites of tenth district candidates
Doug Bennett (R) for CongressBrad Schneider (D) for Congress
Official campaign websites of eleventh district candidates
Bill Foster (D) for CongressNick Stella, MD (R) for Congress
Official campaign websites of twelfth district candidates
Mike Bost (R) for CongressBrendan Kelly (D) for Congress
Official campaign websites of thirteenth district candidates
Rodney Davis (R) for Congress

Betsy Dirksen Londrigan (D) for Congress
Official campaign websites of fourteenth district candidates
Randy Hultgren (R) for CongressLauren Underwood (D) for Congress
Official campaign websites of fifteenth district candidates *
John Shimkus (R) for Congress
Official campaign websites of sixteenth district candidates
Sara Dady (D) for Congress

Adam Kinzinger (R) for Congress
Official campaign websites of seventeenth district candidates
Cheri Bustos (D) for CongressBill Fawell (R) for Congress
Official campaign websites of eighteenth district candidates
Darin LaHood (R) for Congress

Junius Rodriguez (D) for Congress
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