DemocratNot in office · last served 2022Last on a ballot: Nov 2020

Bobby L. Rush

Bobby L. Rush ran in 15 elections between 1992 and 2020, winning 15. Served in the U.S. House (IL-1).

Career

Offices held, and every time Rush was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

1992199620002004200820122016202020242028U.S. House, IL-1Out of office

Margin: how far Rush finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin	Raised
2020	U.S. House, IL-1	General	Won	Philanise White (R)	73.7%	D+47.6	$545.8K
2018	U.S. House, IL-1	General	Won	Jimmy Lee Tillman II (R), Thomas Rudbeck (I)	73.4%	D+53.7	$386.3K
2016	U.S. House, IL-1	General	Won	August "o'Neill" Deuser (R)	73.9%	D+48.1	$589.6K
2014	U.S. House, IL-1	General	Won	Jimmy Lee Tillman (R)	73.1%	D+46.2	$353.1K
2012	U.S. House, IL-1	General	Won	Donald E. Peloquin (R)	73.8%	D+47.6	$498.8K
2010	U.S. House, IL-1	General	Won	Raymond G. Wardingley (R), Jeff Adams (G)	80.4%	D+64.5	$532.4K
2008	U.S. House, IL-1	General	Won	Antoine Members (R)	85.9%	D+71.7	$431.2K
2006	U.S. House, IL-1	General	Won	Jason E. Tabour (R)	84.1%	D+68.1	$575.3K
2004	U.S. House, IL-1	General	Won	Raymond G. Wardingley (R)	84.9%	D+69.7	$470K
2002	U.S. House, IL-1	General	Won	Raymond G. Wardingley (R), Dorothy G. Tsatsos (L)	81.2%	D+65.0	$256.9K
2000	U.S. House, IL-1	General	Won	Raymond G. Wardingley (R)	87.8%	D+75.6	$699.4K
1998	U.S. House, IL-1	General	Won	Marlene White Ahimaz (R), Marjorie Kohls (L)	87.1%	D+76.5	$230.5K
1996	U.S. House, IL-1	General	Won	Noel Naughton (R), Tim M. Griffin (L)	85.7%	D+73.0	$174.7K
1994	U.S. House, IL-1	General	Won	William J. Kelly (R)	75.7%	D+51.5	$196.5K
1992	U.S. House, IL-1	General	Won	Jay Walker (R)	82.8%	D+65.6	$257.5K