Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss Secures Illinois 9th District Democratic Nomination Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss has won the Democratic primary for Illinois' 9th congressional district, succeeding longtime Rep. Jan Schakowsky after her retirement announcement. The Chicago-area seat, held by Democrats for decades and home to a significant Jewish population, drew national attention due to heavy involvement from pro-Israel groups like AIPAC, which spent over $5 million on ads boosting rival Laura Fine and later attacking Biss and progressive Kat Abughazaleh. Biss, a former state legislator and University of Chicago math professor who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2018, overcame the crowded field of over a dozen candidates with endorsements from Schakowsky, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and J Street, a liberal pro-Israel group. He criticized AIPAC's interference in Democratic primaries while aligning with Schakowsky's views on Israel and progressive priorities. His platform emphasized affordable housing investment, Social Security expansion, and banning congressional stock trading. Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old Palestinian American researcher and commentator, finished second, pushing an anti-establishment message calling for major Democratic reforms amid the party's D.C. struggles. The race highlighted tensions over Israel policy, progressive vs. moderate dynamics, and external money in primaries, serving as an early test of voter priorities in safe blue districts. Biss is favored to win the general election in this reliably Democratic area.

Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss Secures Illinois 9th District Democratic Nomination

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Jennifer Rubin: Undaunted in #Illinois. Standing up to dark money isn’t easy.

"In winning the Democratic nomination in the IL-9 House race, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss showed us how to stand up for democratic values and beat back dark money."

#elections #Democrats #DanielBiss #Congress #AIPAC […]

Reminder that #danielbiss takes AIPAC and the candidates that refused to pull out are maliciously prideful 🤡 #illinoisprimaries The dark money that was used to push for under-performing candidates even against their wishes should have told them to stop running, instead they let their egos run wild.

Kat Abugazaleh's election sign featured prominently in PBS election results

Kat Abugazaleh's @katmabu.bsky.social election sign featured prominently in PBS election results
#IL09 #KatAbughazaleh #DanielBiss

#Illinois #KatAbughazaleh #DanielBiss #USA

There are a lot of reasons to be optimistic for Kat, but it will be close. If you're in IL09, vote or same day register and vote. Your vote is NEEDED. Seriously @katmabu.bsky.social could lose by one vote, don't let it be yours.
#IL09 #KatAbughazaleh #DanielBiss

Boo, #DanielBiss can fuck off

4 days till election day! I don’t get involved in primary elections like this— especially the ones I’m covering— but this had to be called out for what it is: embarrassing.

#katabughazaleh #politicaltiktok #progressivepolitics #genzpolitics #illinoispolitics #Illinois9 #danielbiss #lauarafine

Attention voters in #Illinois' ninth congressional district, please vote for #DanielBiss in next week's primary election on March 17. Endorsed by Jan Schakowsky, clear and transparent in his vision for this country.

Proud to vote for @danielbiss.bsky.social for Congress in Illinois’ 9th District. #BissforCongress #DanielBiss

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Evanston, IL, Mayor #DanielBiss slams ICE after operation

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11/03/25 #Illinois #Evanston-->countering tRump's abuses💪
Rachel interviews Mayor #DanielBiss :
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Listen to #Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss and compare what he's doing to Kat Abughazaleh. Daniel is the adult in the room who fights smart, not impulsively. He deserves your support for IL-9 Congress (if we have a Congress left)

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We're not keen on #DanielBiss either because he should know better and organize something more powerful and more economic focused than a 100 person street protest. If you have numbers that bad, don't do it. Think of something else that hits the #oligarchs pocketbooks.

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We made a handful of local veterans feel seen and heard Saturday as we rallied to protect the rights of our Armed Forces. Thank you to all who came out, especially Mayor #DanielBiss for speaking and supporting! #indivisibledpil #desplaines #nationalarmedforcesday

https://evanstonnow.com/mayor-biss-to-run-for-congress/ A screenshot of a newspaper page showing a picture of a white man in a blue suit speaking into a microphone. The title is "Mayor Biss to run for Congress" and the article is from EvanstonNow, a local newspaper

A screenshot of a text message from February Text 1: "Notably he mentions what he ran on rather than accomplished... is Daniel still trying to jump to national office?" Text 2: "Hey Goben! Justin here (volunteer with the campaign), I can not speak fully and completely, but I did ask the Mayor this question yesterdy and he gave me a hard NO. Without hesitation. So I have to believe him?" Text 3: "So you also don't have a good name list" [About using my last name] Text 4: "Of course he'll say no. We aren't stupid tho"

Daniel seems to have forgotten that as of February 1 he was a "hard NO" on running for national office.

And he's apparently been busy the past two weeks fundraising rather than any, say, mayoral responsibilites.

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