The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the 17 U.S. representatives from Illinois, one from each of the state's 17 congressional districts (reduced from 18 in the redistricting cycle following the 2020 United States Census). The elections coincided with the 2022 U.S. Senate race in Illinois, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, other elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. On November 23, 2021, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the Illinois Congressional Redistricting Act of 2021, a gerrymander, which established the new boundaries of the districts, into law. Results summary Statewide District 1 Before the 2020 redistricting cycle, the 1st district was primarily based in the South Side of Chicago. Under the new congressional map, although the 1st district is still based in Chicago, including portions of Bronzeville, Hyde Park, Grand Crossing, Morgan Park, and Roseland, it now reaches down to the southwest and takes in a collection of exurban and rural areas in Cook County and Will County, almost reaching Kankakee County. The former section is heavily black and the latter is heavily white; as a result, the district as a whole is slightly over 50% black. The incumbent is Democrat Bobby Rush, who was re-elected with 73.8% of the vote in 2020. On January 3, 2022, Rush announced that he would retire rather than seek a sixteenth term in office. Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Jonathan Jackson, business professor; spokesperson for the Rainbow/PUSH coalition and son of Jesse Jackson Eliminated in primary Kirby Birgans, educator and advocate Chris Butler, pastor Jahmal Cole, founder of My Block, My Hood, My City Jacqueline Collins, state senator Steven DeJoie, consultant and restaurateur Pat Dowell, Chicago City Council member Cassandra Goodrum, Professor of Criminal Justice at Chicago State University Marcus Lewis, minister Ameena Matthews, anti-violence activist, subject of The Interrupters, and candidate for this district in 2020 Karin Norington-Reaves, attorney and CEO of the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership Robert Palmer, educator Terre Layng Rosner, Professor of Communication at the University of St. Francis Jonathan Swain, businessman and former chair of the Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals Michael Thompson, educator Charise Williams, former deputy director of the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Results Republican primary Candidates Nominee Eric Carlson, Army Veteran Eliminated in primary Jeff Regnier, New Lenox businessman Philanise White Geno Young, musician Results