We have about 11 percent of the expected vote from Illinois’s 6th District, and Rep. Sean Casten has a big lead (75 percent) over Marie Newman (21 percent). This is an unusual race because two incumbents are running against each other. Rep. Marie Newman previously represented the 3rd District, but that was redrawn during last year’s redistricting cycle. So now she’s running in the 6th, which Rep. Sean Casten represents. The district is in the southwest suburbs of Chicago and includes some of Newman’s old voters — in fact, that’s why she chose to run in the 3rd District rather than the 4th, which is where her home actually is.
This isn’t Newman’s first competitive primary — she first challenged incumbent Rep. Dan Lipinski in 2018 and narrowly lost, then defeated him in 2020. But an ethics investigation is hanging over her campaign, which could hurt her.
Latest count in Illinois’s 6th District Democratic primary
Results of the Democratic primary for Illinois’s 6th Congressional District, as of 8:49 p.m. Eastern
| Candidate | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Casten* | 7,287 | 70.0% |
| Marie Newman* | 2,665 | 25.6 |
| Charles M. Hughes | 456 | 4.4 |