2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois


The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois were held on November 3, 2020, to elect the 18 U.S. representatives from the state of Illinois, one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate, various state and local elections, and the Illinois Fair Tax.

Statewide

By district

Results of the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois by district:

District 1

The 1st district takes in the South Side of Chicago, the southern suburbs of Chicago, and continues southwest to Joliet. The incumbent was Democrat Bobby Rush, who was re-elected with 73.5% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Bobby Rush, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Robert Emmons Jr., nonprofit executive
  • Sarah Gad, law student and opioid recovery advocate
  • Ameena Matthews, community activist

Republican primary

Nominee

  • Philanise White, renal technician

Third parties

Removed

  • Ruth Pellegrini

District 2

The 2nd district encompasses South Side Chicago and its southern suburbs, including eastern Will County and Kankakee County. The incumbent was Democrat Robin Kelly, who was re-elected with 81.1% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Theresa Raborn, activist

District 3

The 3rd district includes western and southwestern suburbs of Chicago as far as the DuPage County border, as well part of southwest Chicago itself. The incumbent was Democrat Dan Lipinski, who was re-elected with 73.0% of the vote in 2018. On March 17, 2020, Marie Newman defeated Dan Lipinski in the Democratic primary in a rematch of their 2018 race.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

District 4

The 4th district takes in the heavily Hispanic areas of West Side and South Side Chicago. The incumbent was Democrat Chuy García, who was elected with 86.6% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

Candidates

Christopher Lasky was originally the only Republican candidate to file, and was the sole Republican candidate in the primary. Lasky died on December 23, 2019, but remained on the ballot as the only candidate winning the nomination, and the Illinois Republican Party nominated Jesus Solorio as his replacement.
Nominee
  • Jesus E. Solorio Jr., Chicago Republican Party vice-chair and 23rd Ward Republican committeeman
    Winner in primary
  • Christopher Lasky, former member of the board of trustees for the Stickney-Forest View Public Library District

District 5

The 5th district is based in North Side Chicago and its northern and western suburbs, including Elmhurst, Elmwood Park, Franklin Park, Hinsdale, La Grange Park, Norridge, Northlake, River Grove, Schiller Park, and Oakbrook Terrace. The incumbent was Democrat Mike Quigley, who was re-elected with 76.7% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Mike Quigley, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Brian Burns, attorney

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

District 6

The 6th district encompasses the western Chicago suburbs, and includes parts of Cook, DuPage, Lake, Kane, and McHenry counties. The incumbent was Democrat Sean Casten, who flipped the district and was elected with 53.6% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Polling

with Generic Democrat and Generic Republican

Poll sourceDate
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Generic
Democrat		Generic
Republican		Undecided
Ogden & Fry/Jeanne for CongressDecember 17, 2019575 ± 4.17%49%43%8%

District 7

The 7th district encompasses West Side Chicago and downtown Chicago, including Bellwood, Forest Park, Oak Park, Maywood, and Westchester. The incumbent was Democrat Danny K. Davis, who was re-elected with 87.6% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Third parties

Candidates

  • Tracy Jennings, former public service administrator

District 8

The 8th district is based in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. The incumbent was Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi, who was re-elected with 66.0% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Raja Krishnamoorthi, incumbent U.S. representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Inam Hussain, social worker
  • William Olson

Republican primary

Write-in candidates

  • Joseph J Hantsch
  • Richard Mayers

Third Parties

Libertarian Party

Nominee
  • Preston Gabriel Nelson, inventor

District 9

The 9th district is based in the northern Chicago suburbs, including all or parts of Arlington Heights, Des Plaines, Evanston, Glenview, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Mount Prospect, Niles, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Skokie, Wilmette, and Winnetka. The incumbent was Democrat Jan Schakowsky, who was re-elected with 73.5% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Sargis Sangari, former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel

District 10

The 10th district encompasses the North Shore and the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. The incumbent was Democrat Brad Schneider, who was re-elected with 65.6% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Brad Schneider, incumbent U.S. representative
    Withdrawn
  • Andrew Wang, progressive activist

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee, venture capitalist

District 11

The 11th district covers the southwestern and western Chicago suburbs, including all or parts of Aurora, Bolingbrook, Darien, Joliet, Montgomery, Naperville, Lisle, Downers Grove, New Lenox, Shorewood, and Woodridge. The incumbent was Democrat Bill Foster, who was re-elected with 63.8% of the vote in 2018.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

District 12

The 12th district takes in southwestern Illinois, taking in the suburbs of St. Louis and Metro Lakeland. The incumbent was Republican Mike Bost, who was re-elected with 51.6% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Raymond Lenzi, former chancellor of Southern Illinois University
    Eliminated in primary
  • Joel Funk, financial consultant and U.S. Army veteran

District 13

The 13th district encompasses parts of Bond, Champaign, Madison, McLean, and Sangamon counties, and all of Christian, Calhoun, De Witt, Greene, Jersey, Macon, Macoupin, Montgomery, and Piatt counties, including all or parts of the cities of Bloomington, Champaign, Decatur, Godfrey, Springfield, Taylorville, and Urbana. The incumbent was Republican Rodney Davis, who was re-elected with 50.4% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

District 14

The 14th district encompasses the western Chicago exurbs, including all or parts of Batavia, Campton Hills, Crystal Lake, Geneva, Huntley, McHenry, Naperville, St. Charles, North Aurora, Oswego, Plainfield, Plano, Sycamore, Warrenville, Wauconda, Woodstock, and Yorkville. The incumbent was Democrat Lauren Underwood, who flipped the district and was elected with 52.5% of the vote in 2018.
On November 12, the race was called by the Associated Press for Underwood. On January 5, 2021, Jim Oberweis filed notice with the U.S. House of Representatives, challenging the results of the election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Anthony Catella, U.S. Army veteran
  • Jerry Evans
  • Ted Gradel, businessman and youth basketball coach
  • Catalina Lauf, former special adviser to U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Jim Marter, businessman, former chairman of the Kendall County Republican Party, and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016
  • Sue Rezin, state senator

Withdrawn

  • Danny Malouf, human resource director
  • Matt Quigley, U.S. Navy veteran

Declined

District 15

The 15th district encompasses rural east-central and southeastern Illinois. The incumbent was Republican John Shimkus, who was re-elected with 70.9% of the vote in 2018. Shimkus announced he would not be seeking re-election on August 30, 2019. After briefly considering reversing his retirement plans, Shimkus reaffirmed his decision to not run on November 4, 2019.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

District 16

The 16th district encompasses north-central Illinois, taking in the east side of Rockford, Belvidere, Ottawa, and DeKalb. The incumbent was Republican Adam Kinzinger, who was re-elected with 59.1% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

District 17

The 17th district encompasses northwestern Illinois, including the Quad cities metro, the westside of Rockford, and Peoria. Democratic incumbent Cheri Bustos was re-elected with 52.0% of the vote while the district voted for Donald Trump in the concurrently-held presidential election by 1.6%, making it one of only seven Trump-won districts held by a Democrat in the 117th Congress.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Cheri Bustos, incumbent U.S. Representative
    Eliminated in primary
  • Spanky Edwards, chairman of the Youth Works Committee of the Illinois branch of the NAACP

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

District 18

The 18th district covers rural west-central Illinois, including Jacksonville, Quincy, and parts of Bloomington, Peoria, and Springfield. The incumbent was Republican Darin LaHood, who was re-elected with 67.2% of the vote in 2018.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

After the primaries ended, Democratic Party leaders in the district placed George Petrilli, an attorney, on the ballot.

Withdrawn