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Race overview
Illinois’ 9th Congressional District has a contested U.S. House general election scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026. Tamika La'shon Mrs. Hill is running as a Democrat.
The field includes Democratic, Republican and independent candidates. No biography, funds raised, funds spent or cash-on-hand figure is on file for any candidate. There are also no documented policy positions on file for any candidate in the contest.
Candidates in the race
Each of the following candidates is running for the U.S. House seat representing Illinois’ 9th Congressional District:
- Paul Sanford Friedman — Republican. Friedman is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
- Bruce Leon — Democrat. Leon is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
- Jill Manrique — Democrat. Manrique is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
- Bushra Amiwala — Democrat. Amiwala is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
- Mark A. Fredrickson — Democrat. Fredrickson is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
- Philip Jerome Andrew — Democrat. Andrew is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
- Delila Barrera — Independent. Barrera is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
- Tamika La'shon Mrs. Hill — Democrat. Hill is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
- Daniel Biss — Democrat. Biss is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
- Rocio Mrs. Cleveland — Republican. Cleveland is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
- Khai-hoan Huynh — Democrat. Huynh is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
- John Elleson — Republican. Elleson is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
- Bethany Johnson — Democrat. Johnson is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
- John D. Elleson — Republican. Elleson is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
- David Abrevaya — Democrat. Abrevaya is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
- Laura Fine — Democrat. Fine is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
- Katherine M. Abughazaleh — Democrat. Abughazaleh is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
- Justin Ford — Democrat. Ford is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
- Jeff Cohen — Democrat. Cohen is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
- Miracle Jenkins — Democrat. Jenkins is a candidate in the district’s contested 2026 general election.
Background, finances and positions
No candidate in this contest has a biography on file. That leaves their education, employment history, public service and other background details undocumented in the race record.
Funds raised, funds spent and cash on hand are also not on file for any candidate. The record therefore does not establish how much any campaign has raised or spent, or how much money any campaign currently holds.
There are no documented policy positions on file for Hill or any of the other candidates. No position can be assigned to a candidate on any federal issue without a documented statement.
Election timeline
The general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026. Before then, the principal developments to monitor are changes to the candidate list and the addition of candidate biographies, campaign finance figures or documented policy positions.
Those updates would give voters more information about each candidate’s experience, campaign activity and approach to serving Illinois’ 9th Congressional District. Until such entries are made, the established facts are each candidate’s name, party label, office sought, district and election date.
