U.S. House representative Jan Schakowsky won the congressional seat for Illinois’ 9th district with 74.1% of the total vote at 10:05 p.m., securing her seat for the 13th consecutive election. 

Her Republican challenger, Max Rice, secured 25.9% of the vote.

Schakowsky, who has been in office since 1998 and spent eight years in the Illinois General Assembly before that, campaigned on protecting women’s reproductive rights, preventing gun violence and protecting senior citizen’s access to social security, Medicare and Medicaid. 

Within the 9th district –– which includes Evanston, Skokie and other northern Chicago suburbs –– Schakowsky took 75% of the Cook County vote and 62% of the McHenry County vote by just after 10 p.m.. Results from Lake County have not come in yet. 

Schakowsky currently serves as the Senior Chief Deputy Whip and as a member of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, House Budget Committee and Energy and Commerce Committee. 

Rice — a “Republican in philosophy,” according to his website — promised to practice nonpartisan governing and said he would disown his affiliation with the Republican party if elected, though he ran as a Republican. He ran unopposed in the party primary.

FiveThirtyEight  gave Schakowsky a 99% chance of winning the seat and in 2021, she took 71% of the vote. 

This is a developing story, and will be updated as more information becomes available.

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