Two Democrats from Chicago appear to be headed to Congress after claiming victory Tuesday — a North Sider becoming the first Latina in the Illinois delegation and a South Sider, whose brother previously held a congressional seat.
State Rep. Delia Ramirez and businessman Jonathan Jackson, son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, both campaigned on progressive platforms to win districts that were changed after the 2020 U.S. Census. The Associated Press has called both races, but their opponents haven’t conceded.
