The Associated Press has declared incumbent Congresswoman Lauren Underwood the winner of the race for Illinois' 14th Congressional District.
Underwood, a freshman U.S. representative from Naperville, narrowly beat her Republican opponent Jim Oberweis, a state senator from Sugar Grove. The race was so close initially that Oberweis last week declared himself the winner, even though thousands of mail-in ballots had yet to be counted.
The Associated Press called the race for Underwood after her advantage over Oberweis grew from 3,524 votes to 4,288 votes after an additional 2,910 ballots were reported by Will County authorities on Wednesday.
The latest unofficial vote totals showed Underwood with 200,037 votes, or 50.5%, to 195,749, or 49.5%, for Oberweis, the AP said.
“This was a tough race under some very difficult circumstances, and I want to say thank you to my supporters, the voters, and our elections officials for their diligent work,” Underwood said in a statement.
The Oberweis campaign on Thursday did not concede and did not rule out requesting a recount.
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