page_title: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois
section_title: Democratic primary
hierarchical_section_title: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois / District 9 / Democratic primary
caption_attribution_description: English: Blank Illinois primary ballot
context_page_description: The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois were held on November 6, 2018, to elect U.S. Representatives, one from each of the state's eighteen congressional districts.
  The primaries for all parties were held on March 20, 2018. The state congressional delegation changed from an 11–7 Democratic majority to a 13–5 Democratic majority, the most seats the Democrats have held since the 1990 election.
context_section_description: Jan Schakowsky, incumbent
caption: Schakowsky was unopposed in the Democratic primary.
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