Primary Primer: Federal Government Candidates on March 20 Ballot
- Editor’s Note: Early voting for the March 20 primary starts Thursday, Feb. 8, in Kane County and the Aurora Election Commission. This article is part of a series pointing out the candidate names and referendums that will appear on the ballot. Kane County Connects encourages citizens to take part in the election process and to seek multiple sources to inform their voting decisions.
On the federal level, all of Illinois’ 18 seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for election in 2018.
Here in Kane County, there are four congressional seats up for grabs: the 6th District, 8th District, 11th District and 14th District.
Early voting starts Thursday (Feb. 8, 2018) for the March 20 primary.
11th District
On the Republican primary ballot, there is one contested race: the 11th District, where Nick Stella will face off against Constant G. “Connor” Vlakancic. The winner of the primary is likely to face incumbent Bill Foster in the November election. Foster is unopposed in the Democratic primary.
There are two contested races on the Democratic primary ballot: in the 6th District and 14th District.
6th District
As you can see by the chart below, seven Democratic candidates are on the ballot, vying for the likely chance to face 6th District Republican incumbent Peter Roskam, who is unopposed in the Republican primary.
The 6th District Democratic candidates are: Kelly Mazeski, Amanda Howland, Sean Casten, Jennifer Zordani, Becky Anderson Wilkins, Ryan Huffman and Carole Cheney.
14th District
Seven Democrats also are seeking their party’s nomination in the 14th Congressional District. The winner of the primary contest will likely face Republican incumbent Randall M. “Randy” Hultgren, who is unopposed in the GOP primary.
The seven Democrats on the 14th District primary ballot are Victor Swanson, John J. Hosta, Matthew Brolley, George Weber, Lauren Underwood, Jim Walz and Daniel Roldan-Johnson.
The 2018 United States elections will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. These are called midterm elections because they take place in the middle of the presidential election term.
All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested.
There are no Senate races in Illinois this time around. Senior Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin’s next election is in 2020. Junior Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s next election is in 2022.
2018 Primary Republican Candidates For Congress
| CONG DIST 6 |
| FOR THE 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS |
| Peter J. Roskam |
| CONG DIST 8 |
| FOR THE 8TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS |
| Jitendra “JD” Diganvker |
| CONG DIST 11 |
| FOR THE 11TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS |
| Nick Stella |
| Constant G. “Connor” Vlakancic |
| CONG DIST 14 |
| FOR THE 14TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS |
| Randall M. “Randy” Hultgren |
2018 Primary Democratic Candidates For Congress
| CONG DIST 6 |
| FOR THE 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS |
| Kelly Mazeski |
| Amanda Howland |
| Sean Casten |
| Jennifer Zordani |
| Becky Anderson Wilkins |
| Ryan Huffman |
| Carole Cheney |
| CONG DIST 8 |
| FOR THE 8TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS |
| Raja Krishnamoorthi |
| CONG DIST 11 |
| FOR THE 11TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS |
| Bill Foster |
| CONG DIST 14 |
| FOR THE 14TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS |
| Victor Swanson |
| John J. Hosta |
| Matthew Brolley |
| George Weber |
| Lauren Underwood |
| Jim Walz |
| Daniel Roldan-Johnson |
2018 General Primary Candidates Lists
SOURCE: Kane County Clerk’s Office election website
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