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The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 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 elections of other federal and state offices, including Governor of Illinois and United States Senate.
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District 1
The 1st district includes a portion of Chicago as well as all or parts of the nearby suburbs of Alsip, Crestwood, Oak Forest, Tinley Park, Frankfort, Mokena and Elwood. The incumbent is Democrat Bobby Rush, who has represented the district since 1993. He was re-elected with 74% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+28.
Jimmy Lee Tillman III, a son of former Chicago Alderman Dorothy Tillman, is the Republican nominee.
Bobby Rush won re-election over Tillman in a landslide.
General election
Rush was re-elected by 46 points. His victory was expected, as the district is solidly Democratic.
District 2
The incumbent is Democrat Robin Kelly, who has represented the district after being elected with 71% of the vote in a special election in April 2013. The district has a PVI of D+29.
Marcus Lewis, a postal worker who ran as an Independent candidate for the seat in 2012 and in the special election; and Charles Rayburn, who finished fifteenth in the Democratic primary for the seat in the special election, both challenged Kelly in the Democratic primary. Kelly won the primary.
Eric Wallace, who finished second in the Republican primary for the seat in the special election, was the Republican nominee. Wallace lost to Kelly in a landslide.
General election
Kelly was re-elected by 57 points.
District 3
The incumbent is Democrat Dan Lipinski, who has represented the district since 2005. He was re-elected with 69% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+5.
Sharon Brannigan, a Palos Township Trustee; and Diane Harris, a Will County Republican precinct committeewoman, sought the Republican nomination to challenge Lipinski. Brannigan won the primary and became the Republican nominee. Brannigan lost to Lipinski in the general election.
General election
Lipinski was re-elected in a 29-point landslide.
District 4
The 4th district includes portions of Chicago as well as all or parts of the nearby suburbs of Cicero, Berwyn, Riverside, North Riverside, Brookfield, La Grange Park, Hillside, Berkeley, Stone Park and Melrose Park. The incumbent is Democrat Luis Gutiérrez, who has represented the 2nd district since 1993. He was re-elected with 83% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+29.
Alexandra Eidenberg, a small business advocate, and Jorge Zavala, a diplomatic agent for the Consulate General of Mexico, challenged Gutiérrez in the Democratic primary. Gutiérrez won the primary.
The district's Republican nominee was Hector Concepcion, the executive director for the Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce.
Concepcion lost to the incumbent Representative, Gutiérrez, in this solidly Democratic district.
General election
Gutiérrez was re-elected by 56 points.
District 5
The incumbent is Democrat Mike Quigley, who has represented the district since 2009. He was re-elected with 66% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+16.
Frederick White was seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Quigley. On December 20, 2013, White withdrew from the race.
Nancy Wade, a community activist and schoolteacher who ran as the Green Party nominee in 2012, is running again. Republican businessman and major GOP donor, Vince Kolber filed to run for the general election.
General election
Quigley won re-election against his Republican challenger, Vince Kolber, by 32 points.
District 6
The incumbent is Republican Peter Roskam, who has represented the district since 2007. He was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+4.
Michael Mason, a retired postal manager, is the Democratic nominee.
District 7
The 7th district includes portions of Chicago as well as all or parts of the nearby suburbs of Cicero, Berwyn, Riverside, North Riverside, Oak Park, River Forest, Forest Park, Maywood, Broadview and Westchester. The incumbent is Democrat Danny K. Davis, who has represented the district since 1997. He was re-elected with 85% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+36.
Dan Roche challenged Davis in the Democratic primary.
Robert Bumpers is the Republican nominee.
District 8
The incumbent is Democrat Tammy Duckworth, who has represented the district since 2013. She was elected with 55% of the vote in 2012, defeating Republican incumbent Joe Walsh. The district has a PVI of D+8.
Manju Goel, a healthcare consultant, and Larry Kaifesh, a Colonel in the United States Marine Corps, sought the Republican nomination to challenge Duckworth. Kaifesh won the primary.
District 9
The incumbent is Democrat Jan Schakowsky, who has represented the district since 1999. She was re-elected with 66% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of D+15.
Susanne Atanus and David Earl Williams III were seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Schakowsky. Atanus won the primary, with 15,412 (52.4%) votes.
District 10
The incumbent is Democrat Brad Schneider, who has represented the district since 2013. He was elected with 51% of the vote in 2012, defeating Republican incumbent Robert Dold. The district has a PVI of D+8.
Dold is the Republican nominee.
Polling
District 11
The incumbent is Democrat Bill Foster, who has represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 14th district from 2008 to 2011. He was elected with 59% of the vote in 2012, defeating Republican incumbent Judy Biggert. The district has a PVI of D+8.
Primary results
Grundy County Board member Chris Balkema, radio talk show host Ian Bayne, businessman Bert Miller, Craig Robbins and State Representative Darlene Senger all sought the Republican nomination to challenge Foster.
Polling
District 12
The incumbent is Democrat William Enyart, who has represented the district since 2013. He was elected with 52% of the vote in 2012, succeeding retiring Democratic incumbent Jerry Costello. The district has an even PVI.
State Representative Mike Bost is the Republican nominee.
Paula Bradshaw, a nurse and local radio talk show host who ran as the Green Party nominee in 2012, is running again.
Polling
District 13
The incumbent is Republican Rodney L. Davis, who has represented the district since 2013. He was elected with 47% of the vote in 2012, succeeding retiring Republican incumbent Tim Johnson. The district has an even PVI.
Steve Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, identified this district as one of his top targets for 2014.
Republican primary
Michael Firsching, a veterinarian, and Erika Harold, an attorney who also served as Miss America 2003, challenged Davis in the Republican primary. Firsching ran in the Republican primary for the seat in 2012, losing to then-incumbent Tim Johnson. Harold attempted to replace Johnson on the general election ballot following his retirement announcement, but was passed over for Davis.
Polling
Democratic primary
Ann Callis, a former Madison County Chief Judge; George Gollin, a physicist at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign; and David Green, a policy analyst at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, all sought the Democratic nomination. Callis won the primary. Bill Byrnes, a school bus driver, had also planned to run but ultimately withdrawn from the race. Champaign City Councilman Paul Faraci; State Senator Mike Frerichs; David Gill, a physician and four-time Democratic nominee; Chris Koos, the Mayor of Normal; and, Champaign County State's Attorney Julia Rietz, declined to run.
Polling
District 14
The incumbent is Republican Randy Hultgren, who has represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+5.
Dennis Anderson, a public health researcher who unsuccessfully challenged Hultgren as the Democratic nominee in 2012, and John J. Hosta, a businessman, sought the Democratic nomination to challenge Hultgren.
District 15
The incumbent is Republican John Shimkus, who has represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 19th district from 2003 to 2013 and the 20th district from 1997 to 2003. He was re-elected with 69% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+14.
Eric Thorsland, a farmer, is the Democratic nominee.
District 16
The incumbent is Republican Adam Kinzinger, who has represented the district since 2013 and previously represented the 11th district from 2011 to 2013. He was re-elected with 62% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+4.
David Hale, a nurse and founder of the Rockford Tea Party, challenged Kinzinger in the Republican primary.
Randall Olsen, a retired X-ray technician and Air Force veteran, is the Democratic nominee.
District 17
The incumbent is Democrat Cheri Bustos, who has represented the district since 2013. She was elected with 53% of the vote in 2012, defeating Republican incumbent Bobby Schilling. The district has a PVI of D+7.
Schilling is the Republican nominee.
District 18
The incumbent is Republican Aaron Schock, who has represented the district since 2009. He was elected with 74% of the vote in 2012 and the district has a PVI of R+11.
Rob Mellon, a schoolteacher and Army veteran, and Darrel Miller, a farmer, sought the Democratic nomination to challenge Schock.