Crowded field of Democrats face off in primary election for retiring U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky's seat
Biss was projected to win the Democratic primary for the open 9th Congressional District seat.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYCBS News is an established national news organization with an identifiable author and newsroom. The report attributes fundraising figures to federal campaign finance records, though the short article offers limited sourcing beyond those records and the reported results.
- Source type — Established national news outlet.
- Editorial standards — CBS News has an established newsroom and editorial operation.
- Author attribution — The article identifies Todd Feurer as its author.
- Sourcing — Fundraising figures are attributed to federal campaign finance records; election figures are reported without further sourcing in the text.
The report gives precise vote shares and fundraising figures and attributes campaign finance information to federal records. It is concise and provides limited sourcing, candidate perspectives or context beyond the results and campaign finance information.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article reports the leading candidates’ results and fundraising with concrete figures, but offers little direct comment from candidates or discussion of competing assessments of the race.
- Source diversity — Includes election results and campaign finance records but no direct candidate comments.
- Counterarguments presented — Does not present competing interpretations of the results or candidates’ fundraising.
- Opinion vs reporting — Written as a factual election report rather than an opinion piece.
- Loaded language — The wording is largely descriptive and not notably loaded.
The article presents the primary results, candidate fundraising and campaign positions in straightforward reporting language, without a discernible partisan framing.
- Language tone — Uses neutral, descriptive language to report vote shares and fundraising figures.
- Framing — Centers on the primary outcome and provides basic district and campaign context.
- Source selection — Uses election figures and campaign finance records without prominent partisan commentary.
Daniel Biss was projected to win the crowded Democratic primary for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District, with 90% of votes counted. The contest followed Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s decision to retire and drew 15 Democratic candidates.
With 90% of the vote counted, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss led the Democratic primary with 29.6%, followed by Kat Abughazaleh at 25.6% and state Sen. Laura Fine at 20.4%. The article described the race as one of the closely watched congressional contests of the 2026 midterms and said Schakowsky had decided to retire at the end of her term.
Federal campaign finance records showed Abughazaleh raised more than $3.3 million, Fine more than $2.5 million and Biss more than $2.3 million. The article also described candidates’ positions on health care and immigration and noted that four Republicans were running for the seat.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Biss in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Biss’s record.
People in this story
SWIPE →Democratic House candidate and Evanston mayor, projected winner of the primary
U.S. representative whose retirement created the open seat
Illinois state senator and Democratic House candidate
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