* Kat Abughazaleh is the first 9th Congressional District candidate to run a digital ad on multiple streaming platforms. Evanston Now’s Matthew Eadie…

* The Daily Herald…

As anticipated, Democratic voters in Illinois’ largely suburban 9th Congressional District will have plenty of options when they cast primary ballots next spring.

Fourteen 9th District hopefuls — 13 of them Democrats — turned in candidate petitions at the Illinois State Board of Elections office in Springfield on Monday, the first day of filing. They were joined by more than a dozen candidates for the state’s 16 other congressional seats. […]

These Democrats filed candidate petitions in the 9th District: Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss; state Sens. Laura Fine of Glenview and Mike Simmons of Chicago; Skokie resident Bushra Amiwala; Evanston residents Patricia A. Brown, Bethany Johnson, Jeff Cohen and Nick Pyati; Chicagoans Kat Abughazaleh, Bruce Leon, Justin Ford, and Sam Polan; and Wilmette resident Phil Andrew.

* More from the Daily Herald…

Over in the race for the Republican nomination in the 9th, candidate and Chicago resident Mark Su on Sunday released a YouTube video shot outside a suburban Costco store in which he talks about his plan to gather more signatures for his petition there and at a nearby Home Depot store. In the video, Su says they — and he — are in Prospect Heights.

They aren’t. And he wasn’t.

The stores are in Mount Prospect.

The title of the nearly 4-minute clip, which Su also posted on his campaign’s Facebook page, also misspells Prospect Heights, leaving off the ‘s’ at the end.

While Su and Island Lake resident Rocio Cleveland have said they’re running, neither filed candidate petitions Monday. The only Republican to do so in the 9th was John Elleson of Arlington Heights.

Oops.

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* River Bender | Rep. Bost Campaign Files For Re-Election: U.S. Representative Mike Bost’s campaign filed for re-election Monday, Oct. 27, 2025, at the Illinois State Board of Elections headquarters in Springfield. Bost’s campaign submitted 5,013 petitions signed by voters in all 34 counties of the 12th Congressional District, nearly 4 times the number of signatures required by law.

* Press Release | State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford Files Petitions to Succeed Danny Davis in Congress: State Representative La Shawn K. Ford today officially filed more than 15,000 nominating petitions with the Illinois State Board of Elections to become a candidate for the 7th Congressional District, marking a major milestone in his campaign to succeed retiring Congressman Danny K. Davis, who has endorsed Ford to carry forward his legacy of service. “Submitting these petitions is more than just a campaign step, it’s a statement of community support and belief in the future of the 7th District,” said Ford. “I’m deeply grateful to the volunteers, neighbors, and community leaders who helped us gather over 845 pages – that’s more than 15,000 signatures. Their support reflects the strong desire to continue Congressman Davis’s legacy of fairness, opportunity, and service.”

* Press Release | Daniel Biss to File More Than 4,200 Petition Signatures in Bid for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District: Biss will file more than 4,200 petition signatures, roughly four times the required amount, in his bid for the open 9th District Congressional seat in the March 2026 Democratic primary election. Dozens of volunteers helped collect the signatures in a massive grassroots organizing effort across the district. Biss gathered petitions from voters across the nearly 200 square mile district.