In the Illinois primary elections, Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster defeated a progressive challenger in the 11th Congressional District. Incumbents like Danny Davis, Jesús 'Chuy' García, Sean Casten, and Bill Foster held off challengers. Graciela Guzmán won the Illinois State Senate 20th District despite being outspent by corporate Democrats. Rep. Jesús 'Chuy' García also won against Chicago Ald. Raymond Lopez in a contested Democratic primary. Illinois GOP Rep. Bost successfully fended off a primary challenge and is nominated for a 6th term.
With 100 percent of the vote counted, I want to congratulate @RepBost on his one-point Primary Election victory. We all want Mike to win in November against the Democrat, who is surely worse. And a big hand to @DarrenBaileyIL who ran a spirited campaign and came incredibly… https://t.co/MillJuxy0h
Illinois GOP Rep. Bost fends off formidable primary challenge, is nominated for 6th term https://t.co/yVeG4x7Jar
Illinois @RepBost survives challenge from @RepMattGaetz-backed challenger https://t.co/12GwlZANIb https://t.co/12GwlZANIb
Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia survives primary challenge from Chicago Ald. Raymond Lopez, AP projects https://t.co/EY8ZzmrnRK https://t.co/RwaO8OSAFY
Three-term U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García on Tuesday defeated Chicago Ald. Raymond Lopez to win his first contested Democratic primary since being elected to Congress in 2018, according to The Associated Press. https://t.co/AkG1iGVCaX
Chicago ILGA races: Crawford beats Rep. Flowers, Guzman beats Sen. Toro, Ryan beats Khalil https://t.co/MXszJutcRJ
A good night for incumbents as Democratic U.S. Reps. Danny Davis, Jesús "Chuy" García, Sean Casten and Bill Foster hold off challengers. Story with @StacyStClair, @jrbullington and @byoliviastevens. https://t.co/MXb7RfEzf1
Graciela Guzmán was outspent more than 8:1 by corporate Democrats who wasted $2.5 million to defeat her & still won a resounding victory for the Illinois State Senate 20th District, meaning Chicago’s northwest side has progressive leadership at every level of state and local govt https://t.co/qUqRqADMVC
Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster defeats progressive challenger in 11th Congressional District https://t.co/7C78XwY2F8
The 2 big races are, as Dan Rather would say, "as tight as a too-small bathing suit on a too-hot car ride back from the beach." But tonight's big loser is clear: Iris Martinez. She lost 2 races directly and a proxy battle for the senate to NW Side progressives.