Tag: U.S. House Illinois

  • Eleven candidates are running in the Democratic primary for Illinois' 2nd Congressional District on March 17, 2026

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    Eleven candidates are running in the Democratic primary for Illinois' 2nd Congressional District on March 17, 2026. As of November 2025, Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D), Donna Miller (D), Robert Peters (D), and Willie Preston (D) led in fundraising and local media attention. Incumbent Robin Kelly (D), first elected in 2013, is running for U.S.…

  • There are no open U.S. House seats in Illinois for the first time in a decade

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    This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Illinois was Dec. 4, 2023.  Forty-four candidates are running for Illinois' 17 U.S. House districts, including 23 Democrats and 21 Republicans. That's 2.59 candidates per district. In 2022, the first election after the number of Congressional districts in Illinois decreased from 18 to 17, 5.59…