After a heated campaign in which four challengers argued U.S. Rep. Danny Davis’s has been in Washington too long, Democratic voters in Illinois’ 7th Congressional District on Tuesday ha…
Kina Collins, from left, and City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin are challenging U.S. Rep. Danny Davis in the 7th Congressional District Democratic primary.
U.S. Rep. Danny Davis greets Louverta Hurt, a retired Chicago Public Schools teacher and administrator, at his campaign office on March 16, 2024, in Chicago. Davis held a press conference with supporters who object to the Chicago Teachers Union endorsement of Melissa Conyears-Ervin, who is running against Davis in the March 19 Democratic primary for the 7th Congressional District.
Geneva Ervin, center, points to her parents, City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin, right, candidate for Congress in the 7th District in Illinois, and her father, Ald. Jason C. Ervin, 28th, left, as they vote during the Illinois primary election on March 19, 2024, at Marshall High School in Chicago.
Kina Collins, center, 7th Congressional District candidate, celebrates her birthday at a benefit concert for her campaign headlined by The Strokes, on Friday, March 8, 2024, at the Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago. U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, left, endorses then-mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson in the Loop on March 6, 2023.
Supporters of City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin, candidate for Congress in the 7th District in Illinois, watch performances during a “Get Out The Vote” celebration featuring Chicago artists and choirs on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at Harmony Community Church in Chicago. After a heated campaign in which four challengers argued U.S. Rep.
Davis was among four congressional Democrats from the Chicago area who faced a primary challenge Tuesday. Davis, No. 24 on the congressional seniority list and a member of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, had the backing of much of the Democratic establishment in Chicago and Illinois, including Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.
City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin, candidate for Congress in the 7th District in Illinois, drops her ballot into an auxiliary ballot box at Marshall High School in Chicago with her daughter, Geneva, 7, during the Illinois primary election on March 19, 2024. Conyears-Ervin’s husband, Ald. Jason Ervin, 28th, waits his turn.
As of Saturday, the United Democracy Project had reported spending more than $494,000 opposing Collins’ candidacy, federal campaign finance records show. In November, the winner of Tuesday’s race in the heavily Democratic district will face the lone name on the Republican primary ballot, perennial candidate Chad Koppie, who resides outside the district in far northwest suburban Gilberts.In the neighboring 4th District, García faced his first contested Democratic primary since being elected to Congress in 2018 to succeed longtime Rep. Luis Gutiérrez.
U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García, 4th, center, rallies with campaign volunteers and other elected officials before a canvassing on March 10, 2024, in the Brighton Park neighborhood. The at-times bombastic López, a frequent Fox News guest known for his outspoken criticisms of mayors Lori Lightfoot and Brandon Johnson and their policies, has argued that his more moderate approach is in better line with voters in the district.
García said he is “a trusted leader” throughout the district, even those who don’t share his progressive stances.There was no candidate on the Republican primary ballot in the heavily Democratic district, making Tuesday’s winner the likely victor in the November general election.
U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, left, is challenged by attorney Qasim Rashid in the Democratic primary to represent the 11th District. Redrawn after the 2020 census, the district now sweeps from the western part of Lake County as far west as Belvidere and south through McHenry, Kane and DuPage counties to Bolingbrook and Lemont, taking in parts of Aurora and Naperville.
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