2022 Illinois's 1st congressional district election

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2022 Illinois's 1st congressional district election
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Nominee Jonathan Jackson Eric Carlson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 159,142 78,258
Percentage 67.0% 33.0%
County results
Jackson:      80–90%
Carlson:      60–70%
U.S. Representative before election

Bobby Rush
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Jonathan Jackson
Democratic

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The 2022 Illinois's 1st congressional district election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the United States Representative for Illinois's 1st congressional district, concurrently with elections for the other U.S. House districts in Illinois and the rest of the country, as well as the 2022 U.S. Senate race in Illinois, other elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections. Primary elections were held on June 28. 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 district as a whole is slightly under 50% black.[1][2]

Since 1993, the district had been represented by Democrat Bobby Rush. On January 3, 2022, Rush announced that he would retire rather than seek a sixteenth term in office.[3]

Because Rush announced his retirement just six months before the primaries, the race to succeed him was relatively brief. A wide field of candidates ran in the Democratic primary, including state senator Jacqueline Collins, Chicago alderwoman Pat Dowell, business professor Jonathan Jackson, and attorney Karin Norington-Reaves, whom Rush endorsed as his successor. Jackson won the primary with a low plurality and advanced to the general election, as did nonprofit founder Eric Carlson, who narrowly defeated gun dealer Jeff Regnier in the Republican primary.[4] As expected in this solidly liberal district, Jackson easily dispatched Carlson.[1] Jackson's victory continued the 1st district's 93-year tradition of electing a black man as its representative, dating back to the election of Oscar De Priest in 1929.[5] Jackson took office in the 118th United States Congress in January 2023, joining the Congressional Progressive Caucus.[6]

Democratic primary[edit]

Pat Dowell
Karin Norington-Reaves
Jacqueline Collins
Chris Butler
Jahmal Cole
Charise Williams
Ameena Matthews

Campaign[edit]

On January 5, Chicago City Council member Pat Dowell, who had previously been running a long-shot bid for Illinois Secretary of State, announced that she would drop out of that race and instead run to succeed Bobby Rush.[7] On January 9, Karin Norington-Reaves, the CEO of a Chicago-based jobs agency, entered the race.[8] Rush endorsed Norington-Reaves at a press conference on January 13.[9] On January 28, Jonathan Jackson, a business professor, announced a bid for the seat. He is the son of the reverend Jesse Jackson and the brother of former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.[10] State senator Jacqueline Collins entered the race in March.[11][12]

In total, seventeen candidates made the primary ballot. The candidates rarely criticized each other, primarily campaigning on their own experience and life story in an attempt to carve out a unique position in the crowded race.[2] Their campaigns relied more on door-to-door canvassing and less on advertising compared to nearby primary elections.[13]

On June 20, a week before the primary, Jackson attracted controversy after his Federal Election Commission filings revealed that his campaign had received over $1 million from PACs associated with the cryptocurrency industry, including $500,000 from a PAC largely funded by wealthy cryptocurrency executive Sam Bankman-Fried.[14] Jackson was a vocal supporter of cryptocurrency during his campaign and listed it as one of his key campaign issues.[15] Norington-Reaves criticized Jackson for presenting himself as a progressive despite taking large donations from super PACs, while Dowell accused him of putting a "for sale sign" on Rush's House seat.[16][17] Jackson also faced criticism for failing to file timely financial disclosures with the Federal Election Commission. Collins accused him of intentionally delaying his financial disclosures in order to hide who he was receiving money from. In response to the controversy, Jackson claimed that the donations were unsolicited and that his delay in filing disclosures was a mistake.[17] PACs aligned with the cryptocurrency industry spent over $4 million in total on behalf of Illinois House candidates in the 2022 primaries, including Chuy Garcia in the 4th district Democratic primary, Nikki Budzinski in the 13th district Democratic primary, and Rodney Davis in the 15th district Republican primary.[18]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Removed from ballot[edit]

Declined[edit]

Polling[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Jacqueline
Collins 		Pat
Dowell 		Jonathan
Jackson 		Karin
Norington-Reaves 		Jonathan
Swain 		Other Undecided
Lake Research Partners (D)[A] May 10–12, 2022 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 14% 14% 19% 5% 3% 3% 42%

Endorsements[edit]

Chris Butler
U.S. representatives
Organizations
Jacqueline Collins
State senators
State representatives
Chicago alders
Individuals
Labor unions
Pat Dowell
U.S. senators
Local officials
Labor unions
Jonathan Jackson
Federal officials
State officials
Local officials
Organizations
Labor unions
Karin Norington-Reaves
U.S. representatives
Newspapers
Organizations
Bobby Rush (Declined to run)
Organizations
Charise Williams
State representatives
Individuals

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results[61]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jonathan Jackson 21,607 28.2
Democratic Pat Dowell 14,594 19.0
Democratic Karin Norington-Reaves 10,825 14.1
Democratic Jacqueline Collins 9,299 12.1
Democratic Chris Butler 4,141 5.4
Democratic Jahmal Cole 4,045 5.3
Democratic Jonathan Swain 2,554 3.3
Democratic Michael Thompson 1,680 2.2
Democratic Charise Williams 1,601 2.1
Democratic Cassandra Goodrum 1,422 1.9
Democratic Marcus Lewis 901 1.2
Democratic Robert Palmer 899 1.2
Democratic Nykea Pippion McGriff 892 1.2
Democratic Terre Layng Rosner 780 1.0
Democratic Ameena Matthews 686 0.9
Democratic Kirby Birgans 511 0.7
Democratic Steven DeJoie 251 0.3
Total votes 76,688 100.0

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Eliminated in primary[edit]

  • Jeff Regnier, gun dealer[62]
  • Philanise White, renal technician and nominee in 2020[62]
  • Geno Young, musician[62]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results[61]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Eric Carlson 10,755 40.5
Republican Jeff Regnier 10,375 39.0
Republican Geno Young 3,853 14.5
Republican Philanise White 1,598 6.0
Total votes 26,581 100.0

General election[edit]

Predictions[edit]

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[63] Solid D November 30, 2021
Inside Elections[64] Solid D January 28, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[65] Safe D December 2, 2021
Politico[66] Solid D April 5, 2022
RCP[67] Safe D June 9, 2022
Fox News[68] Solid D July 11, 2022
DDHQ[69] Solid D July 20, 2022
538[70] Solid D June 30, 2022
The Economist[71] Safe D September 28, 2022

Results[edit]

2022 Illinois's 1st congressional district election[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jonathan Jackson 159,142 67.03% −6.77
Republican Eric Carlson 78,258 32.96% +6.81
Write-in 25 0.01% −0.04
Total votes 237,425 100.0%
Democratic hold
By county
County Jonathan Jackson
Democratic 		Eric Carlson
Republican 		Write-in Margin Total
votes
# % # % # % # %
Cook (part) 125,004 87.21 18,312 12.78 19 0.01 106,692 74.43 143,335
Kankakee (part) 4,578 35.26 8,406 64.74 1 0.00 -3,828 -29.48 12,985
Will (part) 29,560 36.45 51,540 63.55 5 0.01 -21,980 -27.10 81,105
Totals 159,142 67.03 78,258 32.96 25 0.01 80,884 34.07 237,425

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. ^ This poll was conducted for Jacqueline Collins

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