The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Official candidate list: Illinois State Board of Elections. Not a prediction.
The seat
Danny Davis
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 1997 · Age 85
Not on the November ballot
How to vote in Illinois
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 28 days before (16 days if online), or same-day through Election Day in person.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 102,894 votes
- La Shawn Ford Won: 23.7% 24,408
- Melissa Conyears Ervin: 20.5% 21,120
- Anthony Driver Jr.: 11.6% 11,943
- Kina Collins: 9.5% 9,735
- Thomas Fisher: 7.6% 7,865
8 more candidates in the full results at the source named below.
The primary · 5,259 votes
- Chad Koppie Won: 65% 3,416
- Patricia Easley: 35% 1,843
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Illinois State Board of Elections proclaimed primary results. Certified April 17, 2026. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $6.7M
- Outside money
- $8.6M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $6.1M of the race's $8.6M was spent on candidates not listed here.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
22 filed- Danny DavisDemocrat$93K
- Nathan BillipsIndependent-
- Richard BoykinDemocrat$457K
- Kina CollinsDemocrat$55K
- Melissa Conyears-ErvinDemocrat$825K
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
The district
Census context- People
- 744K
- Median household income
- $83K
- Unemployment
- 8.5%
- Living below the poverty line
- 18.0%
- Without health insurance
- 8.2%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
How this seat voted last time
D+67 in 2024
- Danny Davis Won: 83.3%
- Chad Koppie: 16.7%
267,152 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between September 30, 2025 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.