2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois
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, one from each of the state's 17 congressional districts (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 elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. On November 23, 2021, Governor J. B. Pritzker signed the Illinois Congressional Redistricting Act of 2021, which established the new boundaries of the districts, into law. FiveThirtyEight ranked Illinois as the most gerrymandered 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. 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, Will County, and Kankakee County. 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, 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
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, Chicago City Council member
Cassandra Goodrum, Professor of Criminal Justice at Chicago State University
Marcus Lewis, minister
Ameena Matthews, anti-violence activist, subject of The Interrupters, and candidate for this district in 2020
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
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 businessman
Philanise White
Geno Young, musician
Results
Results
District 2
The incumbent was Democrat Robin Kelly, who was re-elected with 78.8% of the vote in 2020.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Robin Kelly, incumbent U.S. representative
Endorsements
Results
Republican primary
Nominee
Thomas Lynch, former Iroquois County Board member
Eliminated in primary
Shane Cultra, former state senator (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, Portage Park, Irving Park, Albany Park, Montclare, Dunning, and all or parts of the suburbs of Elmwood Park, River Grove, Franklin Park, Bensenville, Elk Grove Village, Wood Dale, Addison, Glendale Heights, Wheaton, West Chicago, Wayne, Bartlett, Hanover Park, and Elgin.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Delia Ramirez, state representative
Eliminated in primary
Juan Aguirre
Iymen Chehade, professor of history at the Columbia College of Chicago and School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Gilbert Villegas, Chicago City Council member
Declined
Omar Aquino, state senator (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 Jesús "Chuy" García, who was re-elected with 84.1% of the vote in 2020.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Jesús "Chuy" García, incumbent U.S. representative
Declined
Marie Newman, 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, who was re-elected with 70.8% of the vote in 2020.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Mike Quigley, 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 2008, 2018, and 2020
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 Marie Newman was drawn into the Latino-majority 4th District. 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. 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
Sean Casten, incumbent U.S. representative
Eliminated in primary
Charles Hughes, candidate for Illinois's 3rd congressional district in 2020
Marie Newman, incumbent U.S. representative
Endorsements
Polling
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Keith Pekau, mayor of Orland Park
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 Burr Ridge, candidate for Attorney General of Illinois in 2018
Scott Kaspar, Orland Park attorney
Catherine O'Shea, Oak Lawn real estate agent and candidate for Illinois's 3rd congressional district in 2020
Withdrawn
Justin Burau, real estate consultant (running in the 3rd district)
Endorsements
Results
Independents
Declined
Dan Lipinski, 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 2020
Denarvis Mendenhall, veteran and FDA investigator
Endorsements
Results
General election
Predictions
Results
District 8
The incumbent was Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi, who was re-elected with 73.2% of the vote in 2020.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Raja Krishnamoorthi, 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 Jan Schakowsky, who was re-elected with 71.0% of the vote in 2020.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Jan Schakowsky, incumbent U.S. representative
Results
Endorsements
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Max Rice, candidate for IL-9 in 2018
Results
General election
Predictions
Results
District 10
The incumbent was Democrat Brad Schneider, who was re-elected with 63.9% of the vote in 2020.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Brad Schneider, 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 U.S. Department of Commerce and candidate for the Republican nomination for Illinois's 14th congressional district in the 2020
The incumbents are Republican Mike Bost, 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
Mike Bost, incumbent U.S. representative
Declined
Mary Miller, incumbent U.S. representative (running in IL15)
Endorsements
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Chip Markel, U.S. Navy 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, former U.S. Office of Management and Budget chief of staff and former senior advisor to governor J. B. Pritzker
Eliminated in primary
David Palmer, financial planner
Removed from ballot
Ellis Everett Taylor
Endorsements
Forum & debate
Results
General election
Debate
Predictions
Endorsements
Polling
Results
District 14
The incumbent was Democrat Lauren Underwood, 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 Aurora, DeKalb, Granville, Joliet, Montgomery, Naperville, Oswego, Ottawa, Peru, Plainfield, Shorewood, Spring Valley, Sugar Grove, and Sycamore.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Lauren Underwood, 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, perennial candidate, software consultant, and chair of the Kendall County Republican Central Committee
Jaime Milton
Endorsements
Forum
Results
General election
Forum
Predictions
Results
District 15
Incumbent Republican Mary Miller then represented the 15th congressional district, and was running for re-election in the district. Due to redistricting, Republican Rodney Davis, who represented the 13th congressional district, resided in the 15th district and opted to run in the new 15th district rather than the more Democratic 13th. The new 15th district, located in western and central Illinois, includes all or parts of Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Coles, DeWitt, Edgar, Greene, Hancock, Henderson, Jersey, Logan, Macon, Madison, Mercer, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, Christian, Vermillion, and Warren 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 Adam Kinzinger, who was re-elected with 64.7% of the vote in 2020, and Republican Darin LaHood, 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
Darin LaHood, incumbent U.S. representative.
Eliminated in primary
JoAnne Guillemette
Walt Peters
Michael Rebresh, truck driver
Withdrew
Gene Koprowski, former official at the Heartland Institute
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
Adam Kinzinger, incumbent U.S. representative
Endorsements
Results
Democratic nominee
Elizabeth Haderlein, Harvard 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, Joe Biden would have carried it by eight points, whereas Donald Trump carried the old 17th by two points in 2020.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eric Sorensen, former meteorologist
Eliminated in primary
Jonathan Logemann, Afghanistan veteran and Rockford alderman from the 2nd ward
Jacqueline McGowan, cannabis lobbyist, 2021 California gubernatorial recall election candidate
Angie Normoyle, Rock Island County Board member
Litesa Wallace, former state representative and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2018
Marsha Williams, chair of the Minooka Alumni Association
Declined
Cheri Bustos, incumbent U.S. representative
Disqualified
Linda McNeely, Rockford alderman from the 13th ward
Endorsements
Polling
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Esther Joy King, nominee for Illinois's 17th congressional district in 2020
Eliminated in primary
Charlie Hemlick
Endorsements
Results
General election
Debate
Predictions
Polling
Results
Notes
Partisan clients
References
External links
Illinois State Board of Elections Archived June 21, 2019, at the Wayback Machine