Pete DiCianni

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Pete DiCianni

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2016

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Pete DiCianni was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 8th Congressional District of Illinois.

Elections

2016

See also: Illinois' 8th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. The seat was open following incumbent Tammy Duckworth's U.S. Senate run. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D) defeated Pete DiCianni (R) and write-in candidate Andrew Straw in the general election on November 8, 2016.

Krishnamoorthi defeated Michael Noland and Deb Bullwinkel in the Democratic primary on March 15, 2016. DiCianni defeated write-in candidate Andrew Straw in the Republican primary.

U.S. House, Illinois District 8 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Raja Krishnamoorthi	58.3%	144,954
	Republican	Pete DiCianni	41.7%	103,617
	Write-in votes	Andrew Straw	0%	5
Total Votes				248,576
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections

U.S. House, Illinois District 8 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Raja Krishnamoorthi	57%	44,950
Michael Noland	29.1%	22,925
Deb Bullwinkel	14%	11,005
Total Votes		78,880
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections

DiCianni was a member of the NRCC's Young Guns Program in 2016. The Young Guns program "supports and mentors challenger and open-seat candidates in races across the country."

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See also

• United States House of Representatives
• Illinois' 8th Congressional District election, 2016
• Illinois' 8th Congressional District

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Footnotes

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Illinois' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Tammy Duckworth (D)

Dick Durbin (D)

Representatives

District 1

Jonathan Jackson (D)

District 2

Robin Kelly (D)

District 3

Delia Ramirez (D)

District 4

Jesus Garcia (D)

District 5

Mike Quigley (D)

District 6

Sean Casten (D)

District 7

Danny Davis (D)

District 8

Raja Krishnamoorthi (D)

District 9

Jan Schakowsky (D)

District 10

Brad Schneider (D)

District 11

Bill Foster (D)

District 12

Mike Bost (R)

District 13

Nikki Budzinski (D)

District 14

Lauren Underwood (D)

District 15

Mary Miller (R)

District 16

Darin LaHood (R)

District 17

Eric Sorensen (D)

Democratic Party (16)

Republican Party (3)