Sam Polan
Ran for Illinois 9th Congressional District · Democrat
Lost the 2026 primary
Ballot status source: Lost the 2026 Democratic primary on March 17, 2026 — Illinois State Board of Elections — 2026 General Primary (March 17, 2026) Certified Vote Totals — 9th Congress — 'SAM POLAN', Democratic, 528 votes · read Mar 17, 2026
The District
What Illinois 9th Congressional District covers
Covers parts of Cook County, McHenry County and Lake County.
Includes Glenview, Skokie, Crystal Lake (part), Algonquin (part), Hawthorn Woods (part), Chicago (part), Evanston (part), Cary, Lake in the Hills (part), Barrington Hills (part), Long Grove (part), Niles (part) and 18 more.
863 precincts · District lines: Congressional lines: U.S. Census Bureau (1:500,000 cartographic boundary, 119th Congress) · Precinct lines: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, Boundaries - Ward Precincts (2023-2024) (data.cityofchicago.org 6piy-vbxa) for the City of Chicago; Cook County Clerk, Suburban Cook Election Precincts - Current (datacatalog.cookcountyil.gov k7sw-w3b8); DuPage County, Election_Precincts layer (gis.dupageco.org, current, retrieved 2026-09-24); U.S. Census Bureau 2020 VTDs elsewhere in Illinois; U.S. Census Bureau 2020 TIGER/Line VTDs where no official layer; Cook County 2020 elections: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 voting districts; Lake County IL GIS, LakeCounty_PoliticalBoundaries FeatureServer/7 (Voting Precincts); 2022 and 2024 generals; McHenry County GIS, Voting_Precincts FeatureServer/0; 2022 and 2024 generals
Results
Certified results for Illinois 9th Congressional District
Representative in Congress, District 9
2024 General Election · Nov 5, 2024| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janice D. SchakowskyDemocrat | Democrat | 231,722 | 68.4% |
| Seth Alan CohenRepublican | Republican | 107,106 | 31.6% |
Official vote — Illinois State Board of Elections (certified canvass, precinct vote totals by election authority) · Illinois State Board of Elections — Election Vote Totals by Precinct
Representative in Congress, District 9
2022 General Election · Nov 8, 2022| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janice D. SchakowskyDemocrat | Democrat | 179,615 | 71.7% |
| Maxwell "max" RiceRepublican | Republican | 70,915 | 28.3% |
Official vote — Illinois State Board of Elections (certified canvass, precinct vote totals by election authority) · Illinois State Board of Elections — Election Vote Totals by Precinct
Representative in Congress, District 9
2020 General Election · Nov 3, 2020| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janice D. SchakowskyDemocrat | Democrat | 262,045 | 71.0% |
| Sargis SangariRepublican | Republican | 107,125 | 29.0% |
| Write-In | 121 | 0.0% | |
| Richard Mayers | 0 | 0.0% |
Official vote — Illinois State Board of Elections (certified canvass, precinct vote totals by election authority) · Illinois State Board of Elections — Election Vote Totals by Precinct
The 2026 Field
Who else is running for Illinois 9th Congressional District
- Daniel BissDemocrat · On the 2026 ballot
- John D. EllesonRepublican · On the 2026 ballot
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