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Illinois 8th District

Melissa Bean wins. Called.

93% counted

Candidate	Votes	Share
Melissa Bean D won	133,950	63.8%
Jennifer Davis R	75,928	36.2%
Total	209,878

422 of 423 precincts reporting. Precincts reporting is not the same as ballots counted. Last vote update Nov 5, 3:04 PM. Polls closed Nov 3, 6:00 PM.

By county

Place	Votes	Margin	2024 president	Shift	Counted
Cook	87,981	D +33.5	—	—	97%
Kane	71,082	D +26.1	—	—	97%
DuPage	49,645	D +19.5	—	—	82%
Chicago	1,170	D +23.2	—	—	61%

Shift is this race's margin minus the 2024 presidential margin in the same place. Places with votes that look copied or wildly out of line are flagged and left out of the race's overall shift.

Vote updates

Time	Update	Total votes	Margin
Nov 5, 3:05 PM	+248 votes	209,878	D +27.6
Nov 5, 1:00 PM	+30 votes	209,630	D +27.6
Nov 4, 2:26 PM	+814 votes	209,600	D +27.6
Nov 4, 1:34 PM	+398 votes	208,786	D +27.6
Nov 4, 2:21 AM	+3 votes	208,388	D +27.5
Nov 3, 10:26 PM	+1,907 votes	208,385	D +27.5
Nov 3, 10:23 PM	+12 votes	206,478	D +27.3
Nov 3, 9:51 PM	+1 votes	206,466	D +27.3
Nov 3, 9:39 PM	+1 votes	206,465	D +27.3
Nov 3, 9:37 PM	+11 votes	206,464	D +27.3
Nov 3, 9:21 PM	+1,786 votes	206,453	D +27.3
Nov 3, 9:09 PM	+1,319 votes	204,667	D +27.2

Forecast

Called.

Lead now: Bean +27.6
Votes left: About 11,500
Those votes should favor: Bean +22.9
Projected finish: Bean +27.4
80% range: Bean +26.4 to Bean +28.4
To catch up: Davis needs more votes than remain

Prediction markets

Market	Democrat wins	Traded
Kalshi	>99%	30K contracts
Polymarket	>99%	$26K

Chance a Democrat wins since Nov 3, 5:55 PM. Polymarket >99% · Kalshi >99%

Against past results

This year so far	D +27.6
2024 House	D +14.1
2022 House	D +13.8
2024 President, statewide	D +11.1
Published pre-election estimate	D +15.0

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