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ZAVALA, JORGE GERARDO

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FEC candidate id
H4IL04091
Internal id
af78a0f7-eef2-41c1-9883-997c0ab40a98
Status
challenger

Who this candidate represents

Who lives here β€” American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), IL-04. Source.

CategoryMetricValue
PeoplePopulation729,797
PeopleMedian age37
IncomeMedian household income$75,931
IncomePer-capita income$36,010
IncomeIn poverty13.6%
IncomeUnemployed6.8%
IncomeGini inequality index0.478
RaceWhite alone31.0%
RaceBlack alone5.0%
RaceAsian alone4.4%
RaceHispanic or Latino66.3%
RaceTwo or more races24.3%
OriginForeign-born31.5%
LanguageSpeaks English only at home37.0%
LanguageSpeaks Spanish at home56.0%
EducationHigh school or higher54.3%
EducationBachelor's or higher24.8%
EducationAdvanced degree9.6%
HouseholdFamily households70.0%
HouseholdAvg household size2.92
HouseholdNever married (15+)42.3%
HousingMedian home value$287,300
HousingMedian gross rent$1,189
HousingSingle-family detached51.3%
HousingBuilt before 19409.2%
HousingOvercrowded (>1 per room)5.6%
HousingVacant units6.4%
ServiceVeterans (18+)2.6%
HealthWith a disability10.2%
ConnectivityHouseholds with broadband88.7%
ConnectivityHouseholds with no internet8.6%
CommuteDrove alone60.9%
CommutePublic transit9.9%
CommuteWorked from home11.7%

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Election prediction

Cycle 2026 Β· model baseline-v1 Β· base rate 15.1%

P(win) = 25.1%

FeatureΞ” P(win)
Base rate (historical)15.1%
D (major party)+10.0%

Baseline model (incumbency Γ— party Γ— office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.

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