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Races · house · 2020 · Illinois
house · open seat

Jan Schakowsky vs Sargis Sangari

Safe DD +52.3 forecast· 0 polls · 0 markets
Model's final pre-election call · win probabilitypoliagg-v34 · final pre-election call
99% Schakowsky (D)
1% Sangari (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Model's predicted final margin D +52.3 · 80% CI D+40.3 → D+64.3
Actual result D+42.0 · backtest (race already called)
Momentum
insufficient data
Tipping-point P
0.0%
Decisive for chamber control
Market · D-side
Cross-platform consensus
News articles · 30d
no recent coverage
Where this race stands
Verified

Safe D · model 99% D

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (D+19) suggests Safe D.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts D+52.3 with an 80% CI ranging from D+40.3 (10th pctile) to D+64.3 (90th pctile), giving D a 99% chance of winning.

CITATIONS · safe-d
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
D +52.3
80% CI: D +40.3D +64.3 · win prob 99%
R+100R+50TIEDD+50D+100
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used0
Days to electionpassed
Actual resultD+42.0
Residual σ6.00pt
Generated7/1/2026

Endorsements · 118 total

Source · Wikipedia · 0 candidates with no endorsements yet
93Schakowsky · 79%
Sangari · 21%25
DJan Schakowsky93 endorsers
Most notable · Barack Obama · 44th president of the United States
Other43
Elected officials27
Federal 13State 6Local 0
Organizations19
Newspapers3
Celebrity1
RSargis Sangari25 endorsers
Most notable · Donald Trump · 45th president of the United States
Other10
Elected officials7
Federal 7State 0Local 0
Organizations6
Newspapers2

Money raised · own committees

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · last filing 2020-11-20
Jan SchakowskyH8IL09067 ↗
Receipts
$1.9M
Disburse
$1.5M
Cash on hand
$749.1K
Debts
$0
Education$21.6K
Govt employees$20.4K
Health professionals$7.8K
Lawyers / law firms$6.3K
STATE OF ILLINOIS$20.4K
POWER ROGERS & SMITH$15.0K
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL$7.8K
JENNER & BLOCK$7.7K
MACARTHUR FOUNDATION$6.6K
Sargis SangariH8IL09190 ↗
Receipts
$35.4K
Disburse
$34.7K
Cash on hand
$-3,410.07
Debts
$0
Health professionals$500
Air transport$500
CARDAN MORTGAGE INC.$1.0K
RETINA INSTITUTE OF ILLINOIS$1.0K
LIBANAIS RESTURANT$1.0K
ASSYRIAN REALITY TV$500
SALON BLISSFUL$500

Outside spending · independent expenditures

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reports
IE total
$230.1
D side
$230.1 · 100%
R side
$0 · 0%
Top spender
PLANNED PARENTHOOD …
For / against split
For Schakowsky $115.05
Against Sangari $115.05
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESD$230.1100%for Jan Schakowsky

Editorial ratings · 3 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe D3
The Cook Political Report
Safe D
Oct 20
Inside Elections
Safe D
Oct 15
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe D
Oct 19

Demographic crosstabs

age · education · race · gender
No demographic crosstabs published for this race yet. Most pollsters release only topline numbers; subgroup breakdowns (age, education, race, gender) appear here when a pollster publishes them.
Rating timeline
May 11, 2026Safe Dmodel
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flaggednone
Markets ingested0 platformsnone listed
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2020-11-20
Endorsements118 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks