(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — U.S. Rep. Mary Miller won the Republican nomination to represent Illinois’ newly drawn 15th Congressional District on Tuesday night.
Former President Donald Trump endorsed Miller over her incumbent opponent Rep. Rodney Davis at a rally near Quincy, Ill., on Saturday night.
Miller won the heavily red 15th District, which encompasses much of central Illinois, by a margin of 15 points.
Miller, first elected in 2020, is no stranger to controversy. She quoted Adolf Hitler shortly after winning her seat, saying during a rally that “Hitler was right on one thing. He said, ‘Whoever has the youth has the future.’” She later apologized after Democrats in Illinois called for her resignation.
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She also voted against certifying Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election and is a member of the far-right House Freedom Caucus.
On Saturday night, following the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, Miller thanked Trump for the “historic victory for white life,”drawing cheers from the crowd.
Miller has since said she's not racist, and her spokesperson said she had intended to say the ruling was a victory for the “right to life.”
Davis was a co-chair of Trump’s 2020 Illinois campaign but voted to certify the 2020 presidential election results. He had the backing of almost all of the district’s 35 county party chairs and vowed to “reimplement” Trump policies, including walling off the U.S.-Mexico border.
In the state's 6th Congressional District, Rep. Sean Casten defeated his fellow Democratic colleague, Rep. Marie Newman, who was first elected to the House in 2020. She faces an ongoing House Ethics Committee investigation over whether she promised federal employment to a political opponent.
Casten is a two-term congressman who flipped a suburban seat in 2018 that Republicans had held for decades.
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