Democratic incumbents Jackson, Kelly with big leads in U.S. House Districts 1 and 2

Incumbent Democrats Johnathon Jackson and Robin Kelly appear to be on their way to winning their bids for another term in Congress.

Kelly, who has served in Congress since 2012, is from south suburban Cook County. She is challenged by Republican Ashley Ramos from Clifton in Iroquois, who has a background in healthcare and then worked for an insurance company before working as an e-commerce specialist.

With 71 % of the votes counted, Kelly has a comfortable lead, getting 71% of the votes, 166,066, compared to Ramos who has 28% of vote, 67,558.

Jackson, who represents Illinois’ 1st Congressional District that covers portions of Cook, Kankakee and Will counties, was first elected in 2022, filling the seat long held by fellow Chicago Democrat Bobby Rush. Jackson’s opponent is Republican Lewis Marcus from Matteson in suburban Cook County, who was running for his first elected office.

With 75 percent of votes counted, Jackson has 65% of the vote, or 157,529 votes, compared to Marcus with 35%, or 84,621 votes.