On April 9, Illinois held a special U.S. House election, 2nd district. The unofficial results are: Democrat Robin Kelly 57,985 (70.78%); Republican Paul McKinley 18,071 (22.06%); Green LeAlan Jones 1,503 (1.83%); and these three independent candidates Elizabeth Pahlke 2,477 (3.02%); Marcus Lewis 1,344 (1.64%); Curtiss Lleng Bey 538 (.66%).

When this seat was up last time, in November 2012, the results were: Democrat Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. 63.25%; Republican Brian Woodworth 23.22%; independent Marcus Lewis 13.44%; write-ins .10%. Thanks to Michael for the new election results.