First results are in in the race for the U.S. House 9th District race and long-time Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky has a comfortable lead.
The results, all from suburban precincts show Schakowsky with 2,379 votes to 1,829 for her Republican challenger Susanne Atanus.
The 9th District includes 336 suburban precinces and 201 in the City of Chicago. So far only 36 of the suburban precincts have reported results.