Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle

Danny K. Davis

Official portrait of Danny K. Davis
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Illinois’s 7th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Chicago, IL
Born
1941
In Congress
House since 1997 · 29 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
DAVIS, DANNY K. MR.
Next election
Primary March 19, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Illinois with the current district highlighted

Illinois, District 7

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Illinois District 7IncumbentWon the general election (16.7%)

FEC candidate ID H4IL07037 · Principal campaign committee: DAVIS FOR CONGRESS/FRIENDS OF DAVIS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Illinois District 7$100,597.84Not running (declined to run)
2023–2024U.S. House · Illinois District 7$933,395.22Won the general election (16.7%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Illinois District 7$682,447.21Won the general election (99.9%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Illinois District 7$549,990.33Won the general election (80.41%)
Total raised$933,395.22
Total spent$1,034,030.67
Cash on hand$36,269.73
Debts owed by the campaign$56,454.71
Loans from the candidate$45,000.00

2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $406,714.34PACs and other committees: $483,602.55Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $45,000.00
  • Individual contributions$406,714.3444%
  • PACs and other committees$483,602.5552%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$45,000.005%

Self-funding: $45,000.00 (5% of money raised): $0.00 given and $45,000.00 lent by the candidate. $47,500.00 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

155 committees reported giving $472,581.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Danny K. Davis$49,140.57
  • Independent expenditures opposing Danny K. Davis$0.00
  • Company and union communications to members about Danny K. Davis$43,269.30

FEC totals for the 2024 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Illinois U.S. House, District 7, 2024 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Danny K. Davis (D)$933,395.22$36,269.732024-12-31
Kina Collins (D)$860,648.28−$24.522024-06-30
Melissa Conyears-Ervin (D)$738,802.64$8,732.802024-12-31
Nikhil Bhatia (D)$160,634.85−$4,099.462024-12-31
Kouri Marshall (D)$131,321.90$0.002024-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 2, 2023
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 10, 2023
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DFebruary 7, 2024
  • Elections DailySafe DJune 8, 2023
  • CNalysisSolid DNovember 16, 2023

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: DAVIS FOR CONGRESS/FRIENDS OF DAVIS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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