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Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and voting is underway in Illinois. This is the whole race — the records, the claims, and what the sources actually show. Read the research, and decide which flaw you can live with.
The setup Cook rates this Solid D (Feb. 6, 2025), with Inside Elections Solid D, Sabato Safe D, and Decision Desk HQ Safe D. Democrat Mike Quigley, in the House since 2009, was re-elected in 2024 with 69.0%. The district covers northern Chicago — Lake View, Lincoln Park, Lincoln Square, North Center, Norwood Park, O'Hare, West Ridge — and northwest suburbs including Arlington Heights and Palatine. This file rests at compilation strength, not a direct certified-list read.
Mike Quigley (D) The record: Incumbent since 2009. Won the Democratic primary 64.8% (75,319) over three challengers. Endorsed by AIPAC, J Street PAC, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the Chicago Federation of Labor, Illinois AFL-CIO and the Chicago Tribune. FEC (Apr. 25, 2026): raised $621,679, cash on hand $1,218,099. The file gives no scored-vote record and no documented break with his party in service. Pros: Long incumbency and a large cash reserve; won a contested primary comfortably. Cons: No Manchin-test break is documented — no proven in-service vote against his party toward our values. The flaw, plainly: A reliable Democratic organizing vote, held for 17 years on this file's tenure, with no documented exception.
Tommy Hanson (R) The record: Real estate broker and perennial candidate. Won the Republican primary 72.0% (11,921). FEC: $0 raised. No record of service in Congress was located in the file. Pros: In-tent Republican alternative; won his primary by a wide margin. Cons: Perennial-candidate history and no fundraising — no proven record in office. The flaw, plainly: Unproven — a watch-closely posture, not a demerit.
OUR CALL LiberalMind endorses Tommy Hanson — as unproven in Congress, and on watch. Quigley is a long-serving Democrat with no documented value-aligned break, so the exception does not apply. Hanson is unproven and priced as unproven. At House weight the organizing vote is lighter than in the Senate, but it does not disappear.
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--- Sources - Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato, Decision Desk HQ — Solid/Safe D ratings (Cook Feb. 6, 2025) - Wikipedia, "2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois" (compilation, read Oct. 25, 2026) — roster, tenure since 2009, 2024 margin of 69.0%, primary results, endorsements - FEC reports (Apr. 25, 2026), via the compilation — Quigley $621,679 raised, $1,218,099 cash on hand; Hanson $0
Winner: Mike Quigley (Democratic) — called by the Associated Press. This result was appended on November 4, 2026 (results wave 1); the original article above is unchanged, exactly as published before Election Day.
AI-assisted article — but the sources are human, and the facts are very real.