Elections heat up in three Chicago Congressional Districts
January 28, 2010Three Congressional Districts in this community feature competitive races in the Feb. 2 primary.
1ST DISTRICT
The 1st Congressional District, which forks from Bronzeville to the southwest suburbs, has incumbent U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush being challenged by three opponents: Fred Smith, Harold Bailey, and Joanne Guillemette.
3rd DISTRICT
U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski is being challenged by one candidate, Jorge Mujica, in the Democratic primary in the 3rd Congressional District, which begins in Bridgeport and swings across the Southwest Side into the suburbs.
7TH DISTRICT
The 7th Congressional District runs from downtown across the West Side to the western suburbs and has three candidates challenging U.S. /Rep. Danny Davis in the Democratic primary: Alderman Sharon Dixon, Chief Deputy County Recorder Darlena Williams-Burnett, and real estate agent and political novice Jim Ascot.
