United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2020

Elections in Illinois, 2020

• Election date: Nov. 3
• Registration deadline(s): Nov. 3 (in person); Oct. 6 (by mail); Oct. 18 (online)
• Online registration: Yes
• Same-day registration: Yes
• Recount laws

• Early voting starts: Sept. 24
• Absentee/mail voting deadline(s): Nov. 3 (postmarked); Nov. 17 (received)
• Processing, counting, and challenging absentee/mail-in ballots
• Voter ID: No ID
• Poll times: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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2020 U.S. House Elections in Illinois

Primary Date March 17, 2020

Partisan breakdown • Candidates

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2020 U.S. Senate Elections

The 2020 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Illinois took place on November 3, 2020. Voters elected 18 candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's 18 congressional districts.

Candidate filing deadline	Primary election	General election
December 2, 2019	March 17, 2020	November 3, 2020

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Illinois modified its absentee/mail-in voting and candidate filing procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

• Absentee/mail-in voting: Mail-in ballot applications were sent to all registered voters in the general election who cast ballots in the 2018 general election, the 2019 consolidated election, or the 2020 primary election.
• Candidate filing procedures: The following changes were made to the filing procedures for unaffiliated and new-party candidates: petition signature requirements were reduced to 10 percent of their original numbers; candidates were authorized to collect petition signatures electronically; and the filing deadline was extended to July 20, 2020.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 3 election, the Democratic Party held 13 of the 18 congressional seats from Illinois.

Members of the U.S. House from Illinois -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 2020	After the 2020 Election
	Democratic Party	13	13
	Republican Party	5	5
Total		18	18

Incumbents

Heading into the 2020 election, the incumbents for the 18 congressional districts were:

Name	Party	District
Bobby Rush	Democratic	1
Robin Kelly	Democratic	2
Daniel Lipinski	Democratic	3
Jesus Garcia	Democratic	4
Mike Quigley	Democratic	5
Sean Casten	Democratic	6
Danny K. Davis	Democratic	7
Raja Krishnamoorthi	Democratic	8
Jan Schakowsky	Democratic	9
Brad Schneider	Democratic	10
Bill Foster	Democratic	11
Mike Bost	Republican	12
Rodney Davis	Republican	13
Lauren Underwood	Democratic	14
John Shimkus	Republican	15
Adam Kinzinger	Republican	16
Cheri Bustos	Democratic	17
Darin LaHood	Republican	18

Voting in Illinois

See also: Voting in Illinois

2020 election results

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Click the links below for more information on Illinois elections in 2020:

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Battleground races

Ballotpedia has identified the following Illinois elections as battlegrounds:

• Cook County State's Attorney election, 2020 (March 17 Democratic primary)
• Illinois' 13th Congressional District election, 2020
• Illinois' 14th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Republican primary)
• Illinois' 15th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Republican primary)
• Illinois' 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Democratic primary)
• Illinois' 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Republican primary)
• Illinois' 7th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Democratic primary)
• Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2020)

Candidates

District 1

General election candidates

• Bobby Rush  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
• Philanise White  (Republican Party)
• Ruth Pellegrini  (Independent) (Write-in) 

Did not make the ballot:

• Ruth Pellegrini (Independent)  

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Bobby Rush (Incumbent) ✔
• Robert Emmons Jr. 
• Sarah Gad
• Ameena Nuur Matthews

Did not make the ballot:

• Darnell Leatherwood 
• Robert Palmer 

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 Republican primary candidates

• Philanise White ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Lynn Franco
• Jimmy Lee Tillman II
• John Wassenaar

District 2

General election candidates

• Robin Kelly  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
• Theresa Raborn  (Republican Party) 

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Robin Kelly (Incumbent) ✔
• Marcus Lewis

Did not make the ballot:

• John Morrow

 Republican primary candidates

• Theresa Raborn ✔ 

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District 3

General election candidates

• Marie Newman  (Democratic Party) ✔ 
• Mike Fricilone  (Republican Party)

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Daniel Lipinski (Incumbent)
• Rush Darwish 
• Charles Hughes
• Marie Newman ✔ 

Did not make the ballot:

• Abe Matthew 

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 Republican primary candidates

• Mike Fricilone ✔
• Arthur Jones
• Catherine A. O'Shea

District 4

General election candidates

• Jesus Garcia  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
• Jesus Solorio  (Republican Party) 

Did not make the ballot:

• Christopher Lasky (Republican Party)
• Ruben Sosa (Independent)  (Write-in) 

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Jesus Garcia (Incumbent) ✔

 Republican primary candidates

• Christopher Lasky ✔

District 5

General election candidates

• Mike Quigley  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
• Tom Hanson  (Republican Party)
• Thomas Wilda  (Green Party)
• Frank Rowder  (Independent) (Write-in)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Mike Quigley (Incumbent) ✔
• Brian Burns 

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 Republican primary candidates

• Tom Hanson ✔
• Kimball Ladien

District 6

General election candidates

• Sean Casten  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
• Jeanne M. Ives  (Republican Party)
• Bill Redpath  (Libertarian Party) 

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Sean Casten (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Robert Marshall

 Republican primary candidates

• Jeanne M. Ives ✔
• Gordon Kinzler
• Richard Mayers (Write-in)

Did not make the ballot:

• Evelyn Sanguinetti

District 7

General election candidates

• Danny K. Davis  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
• Craig Cameron  (Republican Party)
• Tracy Jennings  (Independent) 
• Richard Mayers  (Independent) (Write-in)
• Deirdre McCloskey  (Independent) (Write-in)

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Danny K. Davis (Incumbent) ✔
• Anthony Clark 
• Kina Collins 
• Kristine Schanbacher 

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 Republican primary candidates

• Craig Cameron ✔

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

District 8

General election candidates

• Raja Krishnamoorthi  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
• Preston Nelson  (Libertarian Party) 

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Raja Krishnamoorthi (Incumbent) ✔
• Inam Hussain
• W. Thomas La Fontaine Olson 

Did not make the ballot:

• Mohammed Faheem 

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 Republican primary candidates

The Republican Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

District 9

General election candidates

• Jan Schakowsky  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
• Sargis Sangari  (Republican Party)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Jan Schakowsky (Incumbent) ✔
• Andrew Heldut (Write-in) (unofficially withdrew)

 Republican primary candidates

• Sargis Sangari ✔
• Richard Mayers (Write-in)

Did not make the ballot:

• Michael Sollich

District 10

General election candidates

• Brad Schneider  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
• Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee  (Republican Party)
• Joseph Kopsick  (Independent) (Write-in) 
• David Rych  (Independent) (Write-in)

Did not make the ballot:

• Bradley Heinz (Independent)

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Brad Schneider (Incumbent) ✔
• Adam Broad (Write-in) 

Did not make the ballot:

• Andrew Wang 

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 Republican primary candidates

• Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee ✔

District 11

General election candidates

• Bill Foster  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
• Rick Laib  (Republican Party) 
• Jon Harlson  (Independent) (Write-in)

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Bill Foster (Incumbent) ✔
• Rachel Ventura 

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 Republican primary candidates

• Krishna Bansal 
• Rick Laib ✔ 

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District 12

General election candidates

• Mike Bost  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
• Ray Lenzi  (Democratic Party) 

Did not make the ballot:

• Brian Boeving (Federalist Party)

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Joel Funk 
• Ray Lenzi ✔ 

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 Republican primary candidates

• Mike Bost (Incumbent) ✔

District 13

General election candidates

• Rodney Davis  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
• Betsy Londrigan  (Democratic Party)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Betsy Londrigan ✔
• Stefanie Smith

 Republican primary candidates

• Rodney Davis (Incumbent) ✔

District 14

General election candidates

• Lauren Underwood  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
• Jim Oberweis  (Republican Party)
• Joseph Monack  (Independent) (Write-in)

 Democratic primary candidates

• Lauren Underwood (Incumbent) ✔

 Republican primary candidates

• Anthony Catella
• Jerry Evans
• Ted Gradel
• Catalina Lauf
• James Marter
• Jim Oberweis ✔
• Sue Rezin

Did not make the ballot:

• Danny Malouf
• Matt Quigley

District 15

General election candidates

• Erika Weaver  (Democratic Party) 
• Mary Miller  (Republican Party) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Kathleen McManamon (Libertarian Party)

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Kevin Gaither
• John Hursey Jr. 
• Craig Morton
• Erika Weaver ✔ 

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 Republican primary candidates

• Darren Duncan
• Charles Ellington 
• Mary Miller ✔
• Kerry Wolff

Did not make the ballot:

• John Christian Bambenek
• Lori Fuller
• Kent Gray 
• Jacob Lane
• Ron McCuan
• Kimberly Wade
• Alex Walker

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District 16

General election candidates

• Adam Kinzinger  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
• Dani Brzozowski  (Democratic Party) 
• Roy Jones  (Independent) (Write-in)
• Branden McCullough  (Independent) (Write-in)

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Dani Brzozowski ✔ 

Did not make the ballot:

• Benjamin Baer

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 Republican primary candidates

• Adam Kinzinger (Incumbent) ✔

District 17

General election candidates

• Cheri Bustos  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
• Esther Joy King  (Republican Party)
• General Parker  (Independent) (Write-in) 

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Cheri Bustos (Incumbent) ✔
• Spanky Edwards (Write-in) 

Did not make the ballot:

• Spanky Edwards 
• William Swisher 

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 Republican primary candidates

• Bill Fawell
• Esther Joy King ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Eugene Farrell 
• Charles William Helmick Jr.
• Thomas Alvin Zastrow

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District 18

General election candidates

• Darin LaHood  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
• George Petrilli  (Democratic Party)

 Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

Did not make the ballot:

• Mark Haasis

 Republican primary candidates

• Darin LaHood (Incumbent) ✔

Candidate ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Illinois in the 2020 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Illinois, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2020
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Signature formula	Filing fee	Filing fee formula	Filing deadline	Source
Illinois	10th Congressional District	Democratic	808	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	10th Congressional District	Republican	655	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	10th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	Pending	10% of original requirement (by court order)	N/A	N/A	7/20/2020	Source
Illinois	11th Congressional District	Democratic	820	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	11th Congressional District	Republican	593	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	11th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	Pending	10% of original requirement (by court order)	N/A	N/A	7/20/2020	Source
Illinois	12th Congressional District	Democratic	816	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	12th Congressional District	Republican	871	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	12th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	Pending	10% of original requirement (by court order)	N/A	N/A	7/20/2020	Source
Illinois	13th Congressional District	Democratic	748	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	13th Congressional District	Republican	788	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	13th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	Pending	10% of original requirement (by court order)	N/A	N/A	7/20/2020	Source
Illinois	14th Congressional District	Democratic	758	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	14th Congressional District	Republican	961	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	14th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	Pending	10% of original requirement (by court order)	N/A	N/A	7/20/2020	Source
Illinois	15th Congressional District	Democratic	523	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	15th Congressional District	Republican	1,373	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	15th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	Pending	10% of original requirement (by court order)	N/A	N/A	7/20/2020	Source
Illinois	16h Congressional District	Democratic	607	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	16h Congressional District	Republican	1,192	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	16h Congressional District	Unaffiliated	Pending	10% of original requirement (by court order)	N/A	N/A	7/20/2020	Source
Illinois	17th Congressional District	Democratic	833	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	17th Congressional District	Republican	698	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	17th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	Pending	10% of original requirement (by court order)	N/A	N/A	7/20/2020	Source
Illinois	18th Congressional District	Democratic	563	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	18th Congressional District	Republican	1,033	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	18th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	Pending	10% of original requirement (by court order)	N/A	N/A	7/20/2020	Source
Illinois	1st Congressional District	Democratic	1,230	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	1st Congressional District	Republican	408	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	1st Congressional District	Unaffiliated	Pending	10% of original requirement (by court order)	N/A	N/A	7/20/2020	Source
Illinois	2nd Congressional District	Democratic	1,184	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	2nd Congressional District	Republican	336	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	2nd Congressional District	Unaffiliated	Pending	10% of original requirement (by court order)	N/A	N/A	7/20/2020	Source
Illinois	3rd Congressional District	Democratic	786	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	3rd Congressional District	Republican	603	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	3rd Congressional District	Unaffiliated	Pending	10% of original requirement (by court order)	N/A	N/A	7/20/2020	Source
Illinois	4th Congressional District	Democratic	862	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	4th Congressional District	Republican	180	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	4th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	Pending	10% of original requirement (by court order)	N/A	N/A	7/20/2020	Source
Illinois	5th Congressional District	Democratic	1,150	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	5th Congressional District	Republican	566	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	5th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	Pending	10% of original requirement (by court order)	N/A	N/A	7/20/2020	Source
Illinois	6th Congressional District	Democratic	876	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	6th Congressional District	Republican	1,010	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	6th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	Pending	10% of original requirement (by court order)	N/A	N/A	7/20/2020	Source
Illinois	7th Congressional District	Democratic	1,356	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	7th Congressional District	Republican	271	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	7th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	Pending	10% of original requirement (by court order)	N/A	N/A	7/20/2020	Source
Illinois	8th Congressional District	Democratic	741	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	8th Congressional District	Republican	552	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	8th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	Pending	10% of original requirement (by court order)	N/A	N/A	7/20/2020	Source
Illinois	9th Congressional District	Democratic	1,190	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	9th Congressional District	Republican	622	0.5% of qualified party primary voters in the district	N/A	N/A	12/2/2019	Source
Illinois	9th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	Pending	10% of original requirement (by court order)	N/A	N/A	7/20/2020	Source

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 2020
• United States Senate election in Illinois, 2020
• U.S. House battlegrounds, 2020
• List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2020
• United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2020
• United States House Republican Party primaries, 2020
• Democratic Party battleground primaries, 2020
• Republican Party battleground primaries, 2020

External links

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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)