2026 race

IL-09 — U.S. House

17 active candidates on file with the FEC. No incumbent on the FEC's 2026 roster — see note below.

Currently held by

Janice D. Schakowsky (D) — not seeking re-election in 2026. They've publicly announced their retirement; their committee is still on the FEC's 2026 roster for routine compliance, but this is effectively an open seat.

Election day

180days

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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Total raised in race

FEC totals through last reporting period.

Candidates

Sorted by fundraising

Bushra Amiwala

ChallengerFEC H6IL09236

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Philip Jerome Andrew

ChallengerFEC H6IL09301

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Katherine Abughazaleh

ChallengerFEC H6IL09178

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Daniel Biss

ChallengerFEC H6IL09228

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Jeff Cohen

ChallengerFEC H6IL09376

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Justin Ford

ChallengerFEC H6IL09327

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Khai-Hoan Huynh

ChallengerFEC H6IL09285

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Miracle Jenkins

ChallengerFEC H6IL09202

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Bruce Leon

ChallengerFEC H6IL09277

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Jill Manrique

ChallengerFEC H6IL09335

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Sam Polan

ChallengerFEC H6IL09343

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Nick Pyati

ChallengerFEC H6IL09319

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Howard Rosenblum

ChallengerFEC H6IL09251

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Janice Schakowsky

ChallengerFEC H8IL09067

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Mike Simmons

ChallengerFEC H6IL09293

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Dongbo Su

ChallengerFEC H6IL09210

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Laura Fine

ChallengerFEC H6IL09194

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Where they stand

Issue-by-issue comparison

Positions extracted from each candidate's campaign issues page by AI. Contested rows — where candidates disagree with each other — appear first.

Statement	Amiwala	Andrew	Abughazaleh	Biss	Cohen	Ford	Huynh	Jenkins	Leon	Manrique	Polan	Pyati	Rosenblum	Schakowsky	Simmons	Su	Fine	You
Abortion Abortion access should be protected by federal law across all states.																		—
Antitrust & Competition Federal antitrust laws should be strengthened to break up dominant technology platforms.																		—
Education Federal Title IX protections should explicitly include sexual orientation and gender identity.																		—
Environment The federal government should set binding emissions reduction targets with enforcement mechanisms.																		—
Guns Federal law should require background checks for all firearm sales, including private transfers.																		—
Healthcare The federal government should establish a single-payer national health insurance program.																		—
Governance & Other Federal elections should use ranked-choice voting.																		—
Social Security The Social Security payroll tax cap should be raised or eliminated.																		—
Taxes Households earning over $400,000 should pay higher federal income taxes than they do today.																		—
Veterans The VA should be expanded to cover more veterans and more conditions.																		—

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About this race page

Candidate roster is sourced from the FEC's active-candidate list for the 2026 cycle. Fundraising totals reflect committee filings through the last reporting period.

Alignment % compares the candidate's extracted policy positions against your quiz answers. Positions are pulled from the candidate's campaign issues page by AI; we save the source quote for each position so you can verify the extraction. Candidates without a campaign issues page show position data pending — we're working through the roster and re-checking stale extractions every 90 days.

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