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.

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.

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

Nominee

 * Eric Carlson, Army veteran

Eliminated in primary

 * Jeff Regnier, New Lenox businessman
 * Philanise White
 * Geno Young, musician

District 2
The incumbent was Democrat Robin Kelly, who was re-elected with 78.8% of the vote in 2020.

Nominee

 * Robin Kelly, incumbent U.S. representative

Nominee

 * Thomas Lynch, former Iroquois County Board member

Eliminated in primary

 * Shane Cultra, former state senator (2011–2013)
 * Ashley Ramos

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.

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) 

Nominee

 * Justin Burau, real estate consultant

District 4
The incumbent was Democrat Jesús "Chuy" García, who was re-elected with 84.1% of the vote in 2020.

Nominee

 * Jesús "Chuy" García, incumbent U.S. representative

Declined

 * Marie Newman, incumbent U.S. Representative (unsuccessfully ran in the 6th district)

Nominee

 * James Falakos, businessman

Nominee

 * Ed Hershey

District 5
The incumbent was Democrat Mike Quigley, who was re-elected with 70.8% of the vote in 2020.

Nominee

 * Mike Quigley, incumbent U.S. Representative

Removed from ballot

 * Raleigh Bowman, manager

Withdrawn

 * Hoan Huynh, entrepreneur and investor (running for state house)

Nominee

 * Tommy Hanson, Republican nominee for IL-05 in 2008, 2018, and 2020

Eliminated in primary

 * Malgorzata McGonigal

Independents

 * Jerico Matias Cruz, U.S. Army Special Operations combat veteran

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.

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

Results
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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)

Declined

 * Dan Lipinski, former Democratic U.S. Representative from Illinois's 3rd congressional district (2005–2021)

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.

Nominee

 * Danny Davis, incumbent U.S. representative

Eliminated in primary

 * Kina Collins, activist and candidate in 2020
 * Denarvis Mendenhall, veteran and FDA investigator

District 8
The incumbent was Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi, who was re-elected with 73.2% of the vote in 2020.

Nominee

 * Raja Krishnamoorthi, incumbent U.S. representative

Eliminated in primary

 * Junaid Ahmed, community activist

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

District 9
The incumbent was Democrat Jan Schakowsky, who was re-elected with 71.0% of the vote in 2020.

Nominee

 * Jan Schakowsky, incumbent U.S. representative

Nominee

 * Max Rice, candidate for IL-9 in 2018

District 10
The incumbent was Democrat Brad Schneider, who was re-elected with 63.9% of the vote in 2020.

Nominee

 * Brad Schneider, incumbent U.S. representative

Nominee

 * Joseph Severino, businessman

District 11
The incumbent was Democrat Bill Foster, who was re-elected with 63.3% of the vote in 2020.

Nominee

 * Bill Foster, incumbent U.S. representative

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

Eliminated in primary

 * Mark Carroll
 * Jerry Evans, music teacher
 * Susan Hathaway-Altman
 * Andrea Heeg
 * Cassandra Tanner Miller, domestic violence advocate

Withdrew

 * Juan Ramos

District 12
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.

Nominee

 * Mike Bost, incumbent U.S. representative

Declined

 * Mary Miller, incumbent U.S. representative (running in IL15)

Nominee

 * Chip Markel, U.S. Navy veteran

Eliminated in primary

 * Joshua Qualls

District 13
Due to redistricting, the 13th congressional district was created as a new seat, with no incumbent.

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

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

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.

Nominee

 * Lauren Underwood, incumbent U.S. representative

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

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.

Nominee

 * Mary Miller, incumbent U.S. representative

Eliminated in primary

 * Rodney Davis, incumbent U.S. representative

Results
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Nominee

 * Paul Lange, commodity broker

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.

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

Democratic nominee

 * Elizabeth Haderlein, Harvard city councillor

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.

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

Nominee

 * Esther Joy King, nominee for Illinois's 17th congressional district in 2020

Eliminated in primary

 * Charlie Hemlick

Polling

 * Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican