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State Representative District 79

June 28, 2022 primary: each party's primary · the general

The district

106,542people

$71,063median household incomeIllinois: $83,390

$187,600median home valueIllinois: $263,300

70%of homes lived in by their ownerIllinois: 67%

22%of adults with a bachelor's degree or moreIllinois: 38%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020–2024), on the district lines in use since 2022.

Candidate	Votes	Raised	Their own	Spent	Cash on hand	Large since last report
Democratic primary
Erin Slone D✓ nominee	2,793 64.7%	$338,749	$300	$38,948	$874	—
Robert S. Ellington-Snipes D	1,523 35.3%	—	—	—	—	—
Republican primary
Jackie Haas Rincumbent✓ nominee	6,250 100%	$398,727	$4,155	$160,734	$68,152	—

Raised: itemized contributions to the candidate's committees since January 1, 2021. Their own: contributions and loans in the candidate's name. Cash on hand: at the end of the committees' latest quarterly report (December 31, 2022). Large since last report: $1,000-plus contributions reported on A-1s since that report (included in Raised).

Votes: official totals from the State Board of Elections; the share is of the votes cast in that party's primary.

Donors to more than one candidate here

1 donor gave to two or more of this race's candidates (all their contributions to each since January 1, 2021).

Donor	Gave to	In this race
Illinois AFL-CIO Labor union · Springfield	Jackie Haas $250 · Erin Slone $1,700	$1,950