Current Position: US House of Representatives for District 17 since 2023
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Meteorologist and Communications Manager
District:  Includes most of the northwestern portion of the state, with most of its population living on the Illinois side of the Quad Cities, as well as parts of Peoria and Rockford 
Upcoming Election:

He studied communications and meteorology at Northern Illinois University. Sorensen began his career as a meteorologist. He worked as chief meteorologist for WREX, Rockford’s NBC affiliate, from 2003 to 2014, before becoming the senior meteorologist for WQAD, the ABC affiliate of Moline, Illinois. Sorensen became a fellow of the Society for Environmental Journalists in 2018.

Due to redistricting, the 13th congressional district was created as a new seat, with no incumbent.

Current Position: US Senator
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: 2023 US Representative for District 13

Nikki Budzinski (born 1976/1977) is an American politician and labor union leader. In 2021, Budzinski served as the Chief of Staff to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the Biden administration.

She is currently the Democratic nominee for Illinois’ 13th congressional district.

Current Position: Retirement planning advisor
Affiliation: Republican
Candidate: 2023 US Representative for District 13

David Palmer is running in the Democratic primary for what is currently Illinois’ 13th congressional district. He is the proud father of two children: David Jr. and a newborn daughter, Quinci with his wife, Chelsea. David is a retirement planning advisor with Bloomington-based Country Financial.

After retiring from his professional basketball career, David spent time with his wife, Chelsea, and her family in Champaign as Chelsea began to build her career at Central Illinois Produce. David focuses on policies that directly address the issues facing the residents of his community.

Source: Campaign page

The incumbent is Democrat Cheri Bustos, who was re-elected with 52.0% of the vote in 2020. She is not seeking re-election in 2022. The boundaries of the district will be determined during the 2020 redistricting cycle.

The new 17th was drawn to be reasonably more Democratic-leaning than its predecessor. The new district contains nearly all of its Democratic-leaning urban portions of its former territory, while most of the Republican-leaning areas of the old 17th were drawn into the neighboring 15th and 16th districts. Had the new 17th existed in the 2020 election, Joe Biden would have carried it by 8 points, whereas Donald Trump carried the old 17th by 2 points in 2020.

Current Position: Meteorologist of District 17
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: 2023 US Representative for District 17

Current Position: Lawyer and army reservist of District 17
Affiliation: Republican
Candidate: 2023 US Representative for District 17