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Illinois house — Score 85 | Tip the Scale Blue

Illinois 7th District · House

La Shawn Ford (D)vsChad Koppie (R)+3 others

Election Day · Nov 3, 2026

Score updated Aug 29, 2026

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85MONITOR

Priority Score Breakdown

Candidates

La Shawn Ford

Democrat

LOCV

Chad Koppie

Republican

Nathan Billips

Independent

Anita Rao

Independent

Jabari Taylor

Independent

War Chest (FEC)

Ford

$310.98

Koppie

$42.2

Cash on hand, most recent FEC filing.

Expert Ratings

Cook PoliticalCookSafe D