1. HOUSE PRIMARIESPRESENTATION CENTER Competitive House Races on March 15 Include Boehner’s Open Seat in Ohio and Bobby Rush’s Seat in Chicago’s South Side House Races to Watch on March 15, 2016 March 15, 2016 | Alexander Perry Sources: Kimberly Railey, “House Primaries to Watch Tuesday,” National Journal, March 14,2016; Pictures: National Journal Almanac; Chicago Reader, “Howard Brookins Jr., 21 st Ward,” April 28, 2011; MayorNancyRotering.com, 2016; Eric Peterson, “Krishnamoorthi leading Cullerton in early fundraising,” Daily Herald, July 17, 2015; Illinois General Assembly, 2016. Bobby Rush (D-IL 1) Illinois District 1: Chicago’s South Side, Southwest Suburbs Incumbent Rep Bobby Rush (D) is facing a challenge from Alderman Howard Brookins, who has called for fresh representation in the district Brookins has criticized Rush’s attendance in the House and notably earned the backing of state House Speaker Michael Madigan Rush is favored to win his primary and a 13 th term – he has consistently beat back primary challenges, including his 2000 race against then-state Sen. Barack Obama Alderman Howard Brookins, Ward 21 Illinois District 8: Chicago’s Northwest Suburbs: Schaumburg (Open Seat) Rep. Tammy Duckworth’s Senate bid opens up a solidly Democratic seat that has three primary hopefuls: Former State Deputy Treasurer Raja Krishnamoorthi, State Sen. Michael Noland and Villa Park Village President Deborah Bullwinkel. Krishnamoorthi is seen as the heavy favorite, as he outpaced his opponents in fundraising and received endorsements from Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer; Noland is considered the next most viable candidate Raja Krishnamoorthi Michael Noland Illinois District 10: Chicago’s North Suburbs In the race to face incumbent Robert Dold (R), most Democrats give former Rep. Brad Schneider an edge over Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering Schneider was supported by much of the Democratic establishment, including Pelosi and the DCCC chairman; however, Rotering received a notable endorsement from Sen. Dick Durbin (D- IL) Brad Schneider Nancy Rotering

2. HOUSE PRIMARIESPRESENTATION CENTER Competitive House Races on March 15 Include Boehner’s Open Seat in Ohio and Bobby Rush’s Seat in Chicago’s South Side House Races to Watch on March 15, 2016 March 15, 2016 | Alexander Perry Sources: Kimberly Railey, “House Primaries to Watch Tuesday,” National Journal, March 14,2016; Pictures: National Journal Almanac; Twitter, Tim Derickson, Kyle McCarter, Warren Davidson; Ohio Senate, Beagle Biography; Joan Rusek, “Bainbridge lawyer Matt Lynch will fill vacant 98 th District Ohio House seat,” Cleveland.com, April 5, 2012. Illinois District 15: Southeast Illinois - Effingham, Danville Incumbent Rep. John Shimkus (R) is facing his first serious challenge since 2012, from state Sen. Kyle McCarter McCarter accused Shimkus of not being conservative enough and violating his promise to not serve more than six terms, to which Shimkus responded that his constituents forgave him Shimkus heavily outspent McCarter $793,000 to $191,000, in the first eight weeks of the year; however, he received some outside help from Club for Growth’s Super PAC Ohio District 8: Cincinnati Suburbs, Springfield The race to replace former Speaker Boehner has pinned establishment candidates against the tea-party Republicans Three frontrunners have emerged: state Rep. Tim Derickson and State Sen. Bill Beagle (aligned with the establishment), and businessman Warren Davidson, who is backed by the Club for Growth Republicans will in the special election to pick who will serve the rest of Boehner’s term, and in the primary to pick who will serve the full term – the same candidate is likely to win both Ohio District 14: Northeast Ohio – Ashtabula Matt Lynch, a tea party favorite and 2014 challenger, is attempting to unseat incumbent David Joyce (R) Joyce took the challenge seriously and vastly outspent the Lynch $466,000 to $38,000 from Jan 1 to Feb 24 The Democrats do not have a strong candidate running, so the winner of the GOP primary will likely be elected in November John Shimkus (R-IL 15) Kyle McCarter Tim Derickso n Bill Beagl e David Joyce (R-OH 14) Matt Lynch Warren Davidson