Illinois' 9th Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 9th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
Incumbent Jan Schakowsky (D), who was first elected in 1998, defeated challenger Susanne Atanus (R) and two write-in candidates in the general election. She won re-election in 2012 with 66 percent of the vote. Schakowsky ran unopposed in the Democratic primary to secure her nomination.
Atanus defeated David Earl Williams III in the Republican primary. Williams decided to file as a Republican write-in candidate. Third party independent Phil Collins also filed to run as a write-in candidate in the general election. Schakowsky had a little over $375,000 cash-on-hand heading into the election.
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Illinois uses an open primary system. Voters do not have to register with a party, but they do have to choose, publicly, which party's ballot they will vote on at the primary election.[4][5]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by February 18, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 7, 2014.[6]
- See also: Illinois elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Jan Schakowsky (D), who was first elected in 1998.
Illinois' 9th Congressional District is located in a portion of Cook County and includes the cities of Evanston and Skokie as well as parts of northern Chicago.[7]
Candidates
General election candidates
Janice Schakowsky - Incumbent
Susanne Atanus
Phil Collins (Write-in)
March 18, 2014, primary results
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Election results
General election results
The 9th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Janice Schakowsky (D) defeated challenger Susanne Atanus (R) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Jan Schakowsky Incumbent |
66.1% | 141,000 | |
| Republican | Susanne Atanus | 33.9% | 72,384 | |
| Independent | Phil Collins (Write-in) | 0% | 66 | |
| Total Votes | 213,450 | |||
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections Official Results | ||||
Primary results
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Susanne Atanus |
52.4% | 15,575 | ||
| David Earl Williams III | 47.6% | 14,148 | ||
| Total Votes | 29,723 | |||
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections |
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Key votes
Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the 113th Congress.
Government shutdown
- See also: United States budget debate, 2013
Campaign contributions
Jan Schakowsky
| Jan Schakowsky (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[16] | April 15, 2013 | $273,011.52 | $174,490.69 | $(147,487.29) | $300,014.92 | ||||
| July Quarterly[17] | July 13, 2013 | $300,014.92 | $285,748.82 | $(239,991.84) | $345,771.90 | ||||
| October Quarterly[18] | October 13, 2013 | $345,771.90 | $107,163.31 | $(112,986.92) | $339,948.29 | ||||
| Year-end[19] | January 31, 2014 | $339,948 | $129,708 | $(135,995) | $333,661 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[20] | March 6, 2014 | $333,661 | $63,343 | $(85,565) | $311,439 | ||||
| April Quarterly[21] | April 15, 2014 | $311,439 | $132,338 | $(59,950) | $383,827 | ||||
| July Quarterly[22] | July 15, 2014 | $383,827.00 | $227,077.00 | $(235,410.00) | $375,689.00 | ||||
| October Quarterly[23] | October 15, 2014 | $375,689 | $139,071 | $(171,100) | $343,661 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $1,258,939.82 | $(1,188,486.05) | ||||||||
David Earl Williams
| David Earl Williams (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| July Quarterly[24] | July 15, 2013 | $0.00 | $1,500.89 | $(1,500.89) | $0.00 | ||||
| October Quarterly[25] | October 15, 2013 | $0.00 | $977.62 | $(977.62) | $0.00 | ||||
| Year-End[26] | January 31, 2014 | $0 | $1,465 | $(1,465) | $0 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[27] | March 3, 2014 | $0 | $38,861 | $(19,727) | $19,133 | ||||
| April Quarterly[28] | April 14, 2014 | $19,133 | $10,500 | $(28,740) | $892 | ||||
| July Quarterly[29] | July 15, 2014 | $892.00 | $2,132.00 | $(3,024.00) | $0.00 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $55,436.51 | $(55,434.51) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
The 9th Congressional District of Illinois held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Jan Schakowsky won re-election in the district.[30]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Jan Schakowsky Incumbent |
66.3% | 194,869 | |
| Republican | Timothy Wolfe | 33.7% | 98,924 | |
| Total Votes | 293,793 | |||
| Source: Illinois Board of Elections "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Jan Schakowsky won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Joe Barry Pollak (R) and Simon Ribeiro (Green) in the general election.[31]
| U.S. House, Illinois District 9 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Janice D. Schakowsky incumbent |
66.3% | 117,553 | |
| Republican | Joe Barry Pollak | 31.1% | 55,182 | |
| Green | Simon Ribeiro | 2.5% | 4,472 | |
| Total Votes | 177,207 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR June 26, 2014," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Fairvote, "FairVote Releases Projections for the 2014 Congressional Elections," accessed August 5, 2014
- ↑ Illinois General Assembly, "Illinois Compiled Statutes 10 ILCS 5/7-41," accessed August 12, 2024
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed August 12, 2024
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Registering to Vote in Illinois," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ June 2011 Illinois Redistricting, "Map," accessed July 23, 2012
- ↑ Email submission to Ballotpedia by campaign, January 13, 2013
- ↑ Illinois Election Division, "David Earl Williams, III," accessed December 2, 2013
- ↑ Illinois Election Division, "Susanne Atanus," accessed December 2, 2013
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
- ↑ U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 23, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 11, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Pre-Primary," accessed April 23, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed April 21, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed October 14, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 20, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly" accessed July 29, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission," October Quarterly," accessed November 6, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 26, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Pre-Primary," accessed June 23, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed June 23, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed October 14, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Illinois"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
