Hoan Huynh Campaign Closing the Gap 

Hoan Huynh Campaign Closing the Gap 

March 2, 2026

Campaign trends show that Hoan Huynh is gaining ground in the 9th Congressional District. According to recent campaign polling, Daniel Biss and Laura Fine are leading but are relatively stagnant in head to head competition. 

Kat Abughazaleh, who has been in third place, is losing ground to Hoan Huynh and has high unfavorables with likely voters. Her campaign has been very successful in attracting social media followers, but less successful in attracting likely voters.

Hoan Huynh’s campaign has pursued an aggressive field campaign in reaching out to voters directly and via electronic communications. 

Last week, Hoan Huynh’s campaign held a Tele Town Hall which reached more than 56,000 voters. Voters were anxious to talk with Huynh about affordability, property taxes and the high cost of everything. Participants talked about being crushed by the high cost of prescription drugs and healthcare. 

According to campaign polling, Hoan and Kat are now tied. She has millions of followers but high negatives. Huynh is emerging as a credible alternative.

Hoan Huynh and Kat Abughazaleh are now statistically tied at 10% and 12%, respectively. She is underwater with actual ILl-09 voters under age 50 (44% unfavorable/37% favorable) and mostly unknown to older ones. 

By contrast, Hoan’s strength is a 2:1 favorable to unfavorable name ID and consistent, if currently third place support compared to Biss and Fine, among older voters, strong Democrats, and across all suburbs.  Huynh is leading all candidates among Asian Americans with 24% support and in his Chicago legislative district.

Huynh has gained significant ground since initial polling in the July and is growing at a faster rate compared to other candidates whose levels of support have largely flattened and remained consistent with the support they had in the summer.

The Biss, Fine and Abughazaleh campaigns have invested significantly in video advertising for their campaign which has raised their name identification, but much of the ad purchases have been made in ways that have the ads being shown in many areas outside of the district, where people can not vote for them. 

And, despite their ad spend, the polls have not reflected significant change in their favorability or support since July. By contrast, the Huynh campaign has spent less money and has targeted its message directly to voters who reside in the 9th Congressional District. 

There are still more undecided voters than there are for the leading candidate and more than 50% have expressed that they will be voting on the day of the election on March 17, 2026. With the number of undecided voters, the election can go in several directions, but the Huynh campaign has all of the momentum.