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State Representative District 7

November 5, 2024 general · the primary

The district

103,862people

$83,320median household incomeIllinois: $83,390

$285,300median home valueIllinois: $263,300

71%of homes lived in by their ownerIllinois: 67%

32%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.

🔓 Contribution limits are off in this race (limits off for race): the State Board of Elections lifted them, so every candidate here can take contributions of any size.

Candidate	Votes	Raised	Their own	Spent	Cash on hand	Large since last report
Emanuel "Chris" Welch Dincumbent	39,402 100%	$16,806,347	$100,001	$15,140,108	$2,767,659	—

Raised: itemized contributions to the candidate's committees since January 1, 2023. Their own: contributions and loans in the candidate's name. Cash on hand: at the end of the committees' latest quarterly report (December 31, 2024). 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.

Last time: 2022 general

Emanuel "Chris" Welch D won	25,112	77.7%
Eddie L. Kornegay, Jr. R	7,210	22.3%

Margin: 55.4 points. Official results from the State Board of Elections. District lines are the 2021 maps, used since 2022.