Illinois's 10th congressional district

Illinois's 10th congressional district
Illinois's 10th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Brad Schneider (D–Deerfield)
Area 300 sq mi (780 km2)
Distribution
  • 99.7% urban
  • 0.3% rural
Population (2011 est.) 705,564
Median income 65,864
Ethnicity
Cook PVI D+10[1][2]

The 10th Congressional District of Illinois lies in the northeast corner of the state, and mostly comprises northern suburbs of Chicago. It was created after the 1860 census. The district is currently represented by Democrat Brad Schneider.

2011 redistricting

The district covers parts of Cook and Lake counties, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the 2010 census. All or parts of Beach Park, Buffalo Grove, Deerfield, Fox Lake, Grayslake, Highland Park, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Lake Villa, Illinois Lindenhurst, Libertyville, Mundelein, North Chicago, Northbrook, Prospect Heights, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach, Vernon Hills, Waukegan, Wheeling and Zion are included.[3] The boundaries became effective on January 3, 2013.

District characteristics

Economy

The 10th is home to several Fortune 500 Companies, including but not limited to: CDW, Walgreens, Underwriters Laboratories, Baxter Healthcare, AbbVie, Allstate Insurance and Mondelez International.

Military

The Naval Station Great Lakes near North Chicago, hosting the United States Navy's only boot camp, trains 38,000 recruits each year. 5.2% of the district's inhabitants have performed military service.[2]

History

The area of the district was originally represented by one of Abraham Lincoln's closest allies, Elihu B. Washburne (R-Waukegan). The district was created in 1982 redistricting out of districts represented by John Porter (R-Wilmette) and Robert McClory (R-Lake Bluff). On the retirement of McClory, the district was represented by Porter after winning the elections of 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, and 1998. Following Porter's retirement, 11 Republicans and two Democrats ran to succeed him. Eventually 9 Republicans and one Democrat stood for election in the primary of March 2000. John Porter's former Chief of Staff, Mark Kirk, won the Republican primary over number two rival Shaun Donnely. Kirk then defeated State Representative Lauren Beth Gash (D-Highland Park) by 2% in the 2000 general election. Kirk remained in Congress until he decided to run for the United States Senate in the 2010 election. He was succeeded by Republican Robert Dold.

Elections

2006 election

Republican candidate for Governor, Judy Baar Topinka, and GOP candidate for Cook County Board President Tony Peraica both handily won the district in 2006, although both lost in the state- and countywide (respectively) count.

2008 election

Dan Seals, who had previously run against Mark Kirk in 2006, defeated Clinton Advisor Jay Footlik for the 2008 Democratic nomination. Dave Kalbfleisch received the Green Party nomination, but was removed from the ballot by the Illinois State Board of Elections.[4][5] Independent candidate Allan Stevo was also nominated.[6] Mark Kirk defeated Dan Seals in their rematch from 2006 by 54% to 46%, thus winning a fifth term in the House.

2010 election

The Republican Party nominee, Robert Dold, won against the Democratic Party nominee, Dan Seals.

2012 election

Robert Dold no longer lives in the redrawn district,[7] but said he would move into the district if he won re-election.[8]

Candidates for the Democratic nomination were: Ilya Sheyman, a community organizer from Waukegan,[9] Brad Schneider, a business consultant,[10] John Tree, a business executive and Colonel in the Air Force Reserve,[11] and Vivek Bavda, an intellectual property attorney.[12]

In the March 20, 2012 primary, Brad Schneider won the Democratic nomination.[13] Schneider defeated Dold in the general election in November.

2014 election

Brad Schneider, the incumbent, was selected to be the Democratic nominee, and Robert Dold was once again selected to be the Republican Nominee. Dold won the election with just over 50% of the vote.

2016 election

Brad Schneider defeated Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering for the Democratic nomination on March 15.[14] Democrat Brad Schneider defeated Republican Robert Dold by nearly 5% (14,000 votes), the largest victory margin in Illinois's 10th Congressional district since redistricting.

2018 election

Brad Schneider is expected to seek re-election for a second consecutive term. There were three Republican candidates who ran in the primary: Douglas R. Bennett of Deerfield, who is a computer consultant and vice chairman of the West Deerfield Township Republican Organization, Libertyville physician and business owner Sapan Shah, and Jeremy Wynes of Highland Park. [15]

Robert Dold declined to run for a fifth time. [16]

On March 20th, Douglas Bennett narrowly beat Wynes and Shah in the primary.[17]

2018 Republican Primary Results

CandidateVotesPercent
Douglas Bennett8,48435.6%
Jeremy Wynes8,22534.6%
Sapan Shah7,09329.8%

Recent election results

U.S. President

2000 Al Gore (D) 51 - 47%
2004 John Kerry (D) 52 - 47%
2008 Barack Obama (D) 63 - 36%[2]
2012 Barack Obama (D) 58 - 41%[2]
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) 61 - 32%

U.S. Representative

YearRepublican
candidate		Republican
percentage		Democratic
candidate		Democratic
percentage
2000Kirk51Gash49
2002Kirk69Perritt31
2004Kirk65Goodman35
2006Kirk53.4Seals46.6
2008Kirk52.6Seals47.4
2010Dold51.1Seals48.8
2012Dold49.4Schneider50.6
2014Dold51.3Schneider48.7
2016Dold47Schneider53
2018BennettTBDSchneiderTBD

List of representatives

Representative Party Years Electoral history
District created March 4, 1863
Anthony L. Knapp Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865		 Redistricted from the 6th district.
Anthony Thornton Democratic March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1867		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Albert G. Burr Democratic March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1871		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Edward Y. Rice Democratic March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873		 [Data unknown/missing.]
William H. Ray Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875		 [Data unknown/missing.]
John C. Bagby Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Benjamin F. Marsh Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1883		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Nicholas E. Worthington Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Philip S. Post Republican March 4, 1887 –
January 6, 1895		 Died
Vacant January 6, 1895 –
December 2, 1895
George W. Prince Republican December 2, 1895 –
March 3, 1903		 Redistricted to the 15th district.
George E. Foss Republican March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1913		 Redistricted from the 7th district.
Charles M. Thomson Progressive March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915		 [Data unknown/missing.]
George E. Foss Republican March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1919		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Carl R. Chindblom Republican March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1933		 [Data unknown/missing.]
James Simpson, Jr. Republican March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Ralph E. Church Republican January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1941		 First elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
George A. Paddock Republican January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Ralph E. Church Republican January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1949		 Elected again in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Redistricted to the 13th district.
Richard W. Hoffman Republican January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1957		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Harold R. Collier Republican January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1973		 Redistricted to the 6th district.
Samuel H. Young Republican January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1975
Lost re-election.
Abner Mikva Democratic January 3, 1975 –
September 26, 1979		 Resigned to become judge of U.S. Court of Appeals
Vacant September 26, 1979 –
January 22, 1980
John Edward Porter Republican January 22, 1980 –
January 3, 2001		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Retired.
Mark Kirk Republican January 3, 2001 –
November 29, 2010		 First elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Retired to run for run for U.S. Senate, and then resigned when elected.
Vacant November 29, 2010 –
January 3, 2011
Bob Dold Republican January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2013		 Elected in 2010.
Lost re-election.
Brad Schneider Democratic January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2015		 Elected in 2012.
Lost re-election.
Bob Dold Republican January 3, 2015 –
January 3, 2017		 Elected in 2014.
Lost re-election.
Brad Schneider Democratic January 3, 2017 –
 Elected in 2016.

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 10th congressional district

As of September 2017, three former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 10th congressional district are alive. The most recent to die was Samuel H. Young (1973–1975) on September 23, 2017. The most recently serving representative to die was Abner J. Mikva (1975–1979) on July 4, 2016.

Representative Term in office Date of birth (and age)
John Porter 1980 – 2001 June 1, 1935
Mark Kirk 2001 – 2010 September 15, 1959
Robert Dold 2011 – 2013
2015 – 2017		 June 23, 1969

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Barone, Michael; McCutcheon, Chuck (2013). The Almanac of American Politics 2014. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 577–578. ISBN 978-0-226-10544-4. Copyright National Journal.
  3. ↑ Illinois Congressional District 10, Illinois Board of Elections
  4. ↑ "David J. Kalbfleisch for U.S. House, IL-10 in 2010". Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090813090041/http://www.pioneerlocal.com/evanston/news/1001476%2Cpp-greenparty-061208-s1.article. Archived from the original on August 13, 2009. Retrieved January 20, 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "Allan Stevo for Congress". Archived from the original on 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  7. ↑ McKinney, Dave; Sweet, Lynn; Pallasch, Abdon M. (May 28, 2011). "Illinois Democrats target GOP with redrawing of congressional map". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
  8. ↑ Sadin, Steve (June 2, 2011). "Dold Will Run in Remapped 10th". Libertyville Patch. Retrieved June 26, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Waukegan Dem announces bid for congressional seat". WALS-TV. April 28, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2011.
  10. ↑ Sweet, Lynn (May 25, 2011). "Brad Schneider running in Illinois 10 Democratic primary". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Long Grove man enters 10th Democratic race". Daily Herald. November 10, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Third democrat enters 10th congressional race". Buffalo Grove Patch. September 19, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  13. ↑ Schneider survives in 10th district Dem primary, Chicago Sun-Times, March 20, 2012.
  14. ↑ https://ballotpedia.org/Illinois'_10th_Congressional_District_election,_2016
  15. ↑
    http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170918/another-republican-joins-race-for-10th-district-seat.html
  16. ↑ http://www.chicagotribune.com/g00/news/local/politics/ct-robert-dold-10th-district-no-rematch-met-0510-20170509-story.html
  17. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/20/us/elections/results-illinois-primary-elections.html
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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