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Illinois District 7 · U.S. House · 2026

Seat U.S. House, Illinois District 7

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U.S. House, Illinois District 7 · Open seat
DEMNominee
La Shawn K. Ford
>99%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
REPNominee
Chad Koppie
<1%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
IncumbentNot available

Hume Outlook

hume-2026.10-r1 · Forecast as of Oct 28, 2026
>99% La Shawn K. Ford · DemocratChance to win, between the two named candidates
DEM La Shawn K. Ford >99%
REP Chad Koppie <1%
  • Hume model estimate · built on polls, fundamentals, and markets
Latest poll Not available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Seat lean (Hume PVI) D+36 as of cycle 2020
Prior result, this seat DEM 83.3% 2024 general · margin 66.6%

Side by side

2 candidates · 5 measures
FEC summary through 2026-10-14
MeasureDEMFordREPKoppie
Total receiptsUSD, cycle to date, all authorized committees
La Shawn K. FordNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Chad Koppie$60,408.81
Total disbursementsUSD, cycle to date
La Shawn K. FordNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Chad Koppie$60,366.61
Cash on handUSD, close of the covered period
La Shawn K. FordNot available No FEC summary is available for this candidate.
Chad Koppie$42.20
Latest pollpercent, as stored
La Shawn K. FordNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Chad KoppieNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Seat lean (Hume PVI)identical for every candidate
La Shawn K. FordD+36seat-level
Chad KoppieD+36seat-level
Money is each candidate's FEC summary: every committee the candidate has authorized, combined, as filed through the coverage date shown.

Polling

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Not available No public polls of this race in our data yet.

    Seat lean · Hume PVI

    as of cycle 2020
    D+36
    Lean (D minus R, points)
    +36.081

    Hume PVI is Hidden Levers' own two-party presidential-lean index for the district, computed on the district's current lines, not the Cook PVI.

    Prior result, this seat

    election returns

    2024 general

    CandidatePartyVotes% of total
    Danny K. DavisDEM222,40883.30%
    Chad KoppieREP44,59816.70%

    Total votes 267,006 · winning margin 66.59% of total (margin computed here from the cited vote counts)

    Sources: FEC filings (through Oct 14, 2026) · Prior result: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) · Hume PVI and Hume Outlook: Hidden Levers estimates.

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