Illinois's 9th congressional district

The 9th congressional district of Illinois covers parts of Cook County, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the 2010 census. All or parts of Chicago, Des Plaines, Evanston, Glenview, Lincolnwood, Morton Grove, Mount Prospect, Niles, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Skokie, Wilmette and Winnetka and Arlington Heights are included.[4] It is anchored in Chicago's North Side along Lake Michigan, and covers many of Chicago's northern suburbs. Democrat Jan Schakowsky has represented the district since January 1999.

Illinois's 9th congressional district
Illinois's 9th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
  Jan Schakowsky
DEvanston
Area105 sq mi (270 km2)
Distribution
  • 100.0% urban
  • 0.0% rural
Population (2019)719,256
Median household
income
$78,569[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+18[2][3]

The district is one of the most reliably Democratic districts in Chicago, and in all of Illinois. It has been in Democratic hands without interruption since 1949, and for all but six years since 1935. Only three people have held the district since 1949--Sidney Yates, Edward Finnegan, and Schakowsky. Yates gave up the seat in 1962 to run for United States Senate. When he lost, Chicago machine officials persuaded Finnegan, who had succeeded Yates after his former district was merged with the 9th, to hand the seat back to Yates. Schakowsky won the seat in 1998 after Yates retired.

Elections

2012 election

Illinois's 9th congressional district, 2012[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jan Schakowsky (incumbent) 194,869 66.3
Republican Timothy Wolfe 98,924 33.7
Independent Hilaire Fuji Shioura (write-in) 8 0.0
Independent Susanne Atanus (write-in) 6 0.0
Total votes 293,807 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

Illinois's 9th Congressional District, 2014[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jan Schakowsky (Incumbent) 141,000 66.06
Republican Susanne Atanus 72,384 33.91
Independent Phil Collins 66 0.03
Total votes 213,450 100
Democratic hold

2016

Illinois's 9th congressional district, 2016 [6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jan Schakowsky (incumbent) 217,306 66.5
Republican Joan McCarthy Lasonde 109,550 33.5
Independent David Earl Williams III (write-in) 79 0.0
Independent Susanne Atanus (write-in) 13 0.0
Total votes 326,948 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

Illinois's 9th congressional district, 2018[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jan Schakowsky (incumbent) 213,368 73.5
Republican John Elleson 76,983 26.5
Total votes 290,351 100.0
Democratic hold

2020


Illinois's 9th congressional district, 2020[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jan Schakowsky (incumbent) 262,045 70.98 -2.51%
Republican Sargis Sangari 107,125 29.02 +2.51%
Total votes 369,170 100.0
Democratic hold

Recent election results in presidential races

The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of D +20.

Year Office Results
2000 President Gore 66 - 30%
2004 President Kerry 68 - 31%
2008 President Obama 69 - 30%[3]
2012 President Obama 65 - 33%[3]
2016 President Clinton 70 - 25%[3]
2020 President Biden 71 - 27%[3]

List of members representing the district

Member Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history
District created March 4, 1853
Willis Allen Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd Redistricted from the 2nd district.
[data unknown/missing]

Samuel S. Marshall
Democratic March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1859
34th
35th
[data unknown/missing]

John A. Logan
Democratic March 4, 1859 –
April 2, 1862
36th
37th
[data unknown/missing]
Resigned to join the Union Army.
Vacant April 2, 1862 –
June 2, 1862
37th

William J. Allen
Democratic June 2, 1862 –
March 3, 1863
[data unknown/missing]
Redistricted to the 13th district.

Lewis W. Ross
Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1869
38th
39th
40th
[data unknown/missing]

Thompson W. McNeely
Democratic March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1873
41st
42nd
[data unknown/missing]
Granville Barrere Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rd [data unknown/missing]

Richard H. Whiting
Republican March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
44th [data unknown/missing]
Thomas A. Boyd Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1881
45th
46th
[data unknown/missing]
John H. Lewis Republican March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
47th [data unknown/missing]

Lewis E. Payson
Republican March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1891
48th
49th
50th
51st
Redistricted from the 8th district.
[data unknown/missing]

Herman W. Snow
Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
52nd [data unknown/missing]

Hamilton K. Wheeler
Republican March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
53rd [data unknown/missing]

Robert R. Hitt
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1903
54th
55th
56th
57th
Redistricted from the 6th district.
Redistricted to the 13th district.

Henry S. Boutell
Republican March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1911
58th
59th
60th
61st
Redistricted from the 6th district.
[data unknown/missing]
Lynden Evans Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913
62nd [data unknown/missing]

Frederick A. Britten
Republican March 4, 1913 –
January 3, 1935
63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
[data unknown/missing]

James McAndrews
Democratic January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1941
74th
75th
76th
[data unknown/missing]

Charles S. Dewey
Republican January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1945
77th
78th
[data unknown/missing]
Alexander J. Resa Democratic January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947
79th [data unknown/missing]
Robert Twyman Republican January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949
80th [data unknown/missing]

Sidney R. Yates
Democratic January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1963
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
[data unknown/missing]

Edward R. Finnegan
Democratic January 3, 1963 –
December 6, 1964
88th Redistricted from the 12th district.
resigned when appointed Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, IL
Vacant December 6, 1964 –
January 3, 1965

Sidney R. Yates
Democratic January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1999
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
[data unknown/missing]

Jan Schakowsky
Democratic January 3, 1999 –
Present
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
Elected in 1998.

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

References

  1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=17&cd=09
  2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  3. Barone, Michael; McCutcheon, Chuck (2013). The Almanac of American Politics 2014. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 574–575. ISBN 978-0-226-10544-4. Copyright National Journal.
  4. 2011 Congressional District 9, Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
  5. "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 19, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
  6. "Illinois General Election 2014". Illinois State Board of Elections. 2014-11-04. Archived from the original on 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  7. "2018 General Election Official Vote Totals Book".
  8. "Election Results 2020 GENERAL ELECTION". Illinois State Board of Elections. 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
  9. "Illinois 2020 Election Results". Chicago Sun-Times. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

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