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State Representative District 7

March 17, 2026 primary: each party's primary · the general

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 (self funding disclosure): 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
Democratic primary
Emanuel "Chris" Welch Dincumbent✓ nominee	15,142 100%	$19,594,478	$100,001	$3,244,091	$11,440,633	$7,658,971

Raised: itemized contributions to the candidate's committees since January 1, 2025. Their own: contributions and loans in the candidate's name. Cash on hand: at the end of the committees' latest quarterly report (June 30, 2026). 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.