2026 primary day election results: 7th Congressional District

US Rep. Danny Davis, a longtime voice for progressive politics, announced in 2025 that he wouldn’t search a sixteenth time period representing the downtown and West Side district.

Shawn Ford wins Illinois 7th District primary, despite heavy opposition from PACs

More than a dozen candidates are working for the open seat.

On the Democratic poll: Anthony Driver, Richard Boykin, Melissa Conyears-Ervin, Jazmin Robinson, La Shawn Ford, Felix Tello, Reed Showalter, Anabel Mendoza, Rory Hoskins, Jason Friedman, Kina Collins, Thomas Fisher and David Ehrlich.

On the Republican poll: Chad Koppie and Patricia Easley.

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