Illinois IL-03 House2020
RACE AT A GLANCE
RACE TYPE
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Dan Lipinski (D)
Lost Primary
COOK PARTISAN VOTING INDEX
Last updated : Oct 2, 2020Key Dates
Filing Deadline: Dec 2, 2019
Primary Election: Mar 17, 2020
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Full Bio:
LIPINSKI, Daniel, (son of William Oliver Lipinski),
a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill.,
July 15, 1966; B.S., Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., 1988; M.S.,
Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1989; Ph.D., Duke University, Durham,
N.C., 1998; professor, James Madison University Washington Program, Washington,
D.C., 2000; professor, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., 2000-2001;
professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn., 2001-2004; staff, United
States Representative George Edward Sangmeister of Illinois, 1993-1994; staff,
United States Representative Jerry Francis Costello of Illinois, 1995-1996;
staff, United States Representative Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois, 1999-2000;
elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Ninth and to the six succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 2005-present).
Source: Bioguide
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DISTRICT DATA
Illinois - 03
Chicago northwest side: Humboldt Park, West Chicago
Population Breakdown
Source: American Community Survey 2015
Past Presidential Results from this District
2016 Election Results
Source: Dave's Redistricting/VEST
2012 Election Results
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RACE ANALYSIS
The Bottom Line
Updated: May 22, 2020
Blue Dog Rep. Dan Lipinski became the first incumbent of 2020 to lose a primary when marketing executive and progressive activist Marie Newman beat him 48 percent to 44 percent in the March primary. The pro-life Lipinski's ouster became a cause celebre for a host of progressive icons and groups including EMILY's List, NARAL, Bernie Sanders, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, all of whom rallied behind Newman.
In truth, Lipinski's defeat was a long time coming. The son of Chicago's southwest side Democratic machine had barely held off Newman, 51 percent to 49 percent, in the 2018 primary. But more liberal, younger newcomers overtake older Catholic Democrats every year, and an unknown number of older voters may have stayed home as the pandemic hurt turnout on March 17. Newman is assured victory in the fall.
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