Nick Pyati
Nick Pyati (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 9th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 17, 2026.
Pyati completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Nick Pyati was born in Illinois. He earned a bachelor's degree from the Columbia and a graduate degree from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School. His career experience includes working as a public school teacher, prosecutor, and corporate strategy senior leader.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Illinois' 9th Congressional District election, 2026
Illinois' 9th Congressional District election, 2026 (March 17 Democratic primary)
Illinois' 9th Congressional District election, 2026 (March 17 Republican primary)
General election
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
General election for U.S. House Illinois District 9
Daniel K. Biss and John Elleson are running in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 9 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Daniel K. Biss (D) | |
 | John Elleson (R)  | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Delila Barrera (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9 on March 17, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel K. Biss | 29.4 | 38,804 |
 | Kat Abughazaleh | 26.3 | 34,707 | |
 | Laura Fine | 20.0 | 26,384 | |
 | Mike Simmons | 7.1 | 9,419 | |
 | Phil Andrew | 6.1 | 7,997 | |
 | Bushra Amiwala | 5.1 | 6,692 | |
 | Hoan Huynh | 1.8 | 2,343 | |
 | Patricia Brown | 1.3 | 1,675 | |
 | Jeff Cohen | 0.8 | 1,078 | |
 | Justin Ford | 0.6 | 793 | |
 | Bethany Johnson | 0.5 | 635 | |
 | Sam Polan | 0.4 | 528 | |
 | Howard Rosenblum | 0.2 | 312 | |
 | Nick Pyati | 0.2 | 241 | |
 | Mark Fredrickson | 0.2 | 232 | |
| Total votes: 131,840 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jill Manrique (D)
- David Abrevaya (D)
- Tamika La'Shon Hill (D)
- Jan Schakowsky (D)
- Natalie Angelo (D)
- Lauren Million (D)
- Bruce Leon (D)
- Miracle Jenkins (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9
John Elleson defeated Paul Friedman, Rocio Cleveland, and Mark Su in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 9 on March 17, 2026.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Elleson | 48.9 | 7,545 |
 | Paul Friedman | 33.6 | 5,185 | |
 | Rocio Cleveland | 9.5 | 1,469 | |
 | Mark Su | 8.1 | 1,245 | |
| Total votes: 15,444 | |||
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Nick Pyati completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Pyati's responses.
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Since November, that impatience has been growing.
I’ve watched the wreckage of this administration pile up, and have been waiting for the Democratic Party–my party since before I could vote–to lead.
Now, I'm running for Congress because it’s clear that we need new leadership and a new approach.
That’s why I’m offering a clear vision for the future, focused on renewing the American dream, building the future, and fighting for freedom–all deeply informed by my experience.
I was born and raised in the Chicago area and now live in Evanston with my wife and our sons. School and work have taken me around the country, but this has always been home. Our country desperately needs leadership now, and I know our district is up to the challenge.- In the last century, America led the world. We beat back autocrats, built a thriving middle class, invented new industries, and advanced civil rights. Now, many Americans feel we’ve lost our way. Those triumphs are a distant memory, and our sense of shared purpose is fading.
We need leaders who can meet this moment with ambition and clarity, but Democrats haven’t delivered. We’ve paid the price with voters and allowed a disastrous era to continue.
We urgently need a new path. If we cling to ideas that have failed for a decade, we’ll keep losing. If we offer a vision for a stronger, fairer, and freer nation, we can inspire the country and build a winning majority.
That vision is a New American Century. America can lead again. - We Must: Reverse this administration’s attacks on education and preserve funding for public schools Invest in alternative skill pathways, like flexible degree programs and certificates, and give employers incentives to hire candidates who use them Invest in research and programs to give all students AI literacy and readiness End tariffs and other policies that needlessly drive up costs Reform our tax code to shift the burden off middle-class families Reduce barriers to increasing supply of housing and other critical necessities Reverse cruel cuts to Medicaid, strengthen and stabilize Social Security, and pass Medicare for All Advance policies like paid parental leave that help Americans take care of themselves and their loved ones
- We Must: Reinstate and expand federal research funding, and protect science from politics Invest in critical and emerging industries to fuel America’s competitiveness Give scientists, inventors, and entrepreneurs from all over the world the incentive to discover and build in America End restrictive trade practices that hobble the American economy Strengthen trade relationships to ensure American companies have access to the world’s markets Vigorously enforce antitrust law to drive competition and give small and innovative companies a chance to win Experiment with new ways for the public to participate in steering innovation, particularly in high-stakes fields like AI
Building the Future by investing in research and innovation, creating an open economy, and modernizing regulation for the 21st century.
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See also
2026 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 2, 2025
