Illinois's 17th congressional district

Illinois's 17th congressional district
Illinois's 17th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Cheri Bustos (D–East Moline)
Area 6,933 sq mi (17,960 km2)
Distribution
  • 73.3% urban
  • 26.7% rural
Population (2011 est.) 711,719
Median income 41,194
Ethnicity
Cook PVI D+3[1][2]

The 17th Congressional District of Illinois is represented by Democrat Cheri Bustos. It includes most of the northwestern portion of the state, with most of its population living on the Illinois side of the Quad Cities, as well as parts of Peoria and Rockford.

The 17th congressional district has shifted northward after the 2012 redistricting. It lost Quincy and Decatur, as well as its share of Springfield. It was generally thought that the redrawn map would allow the district to revert to the Democrats, who held it without interruption from 1983 to 2011.[3] As expected, one-term Republican incumbent Bobby Schilling was defeated by Democratic opponent Cheri Bustos in the 2012 election cycle.[4]

2011 redistricting

The district covers parts of Peoria, Tazewell and Winnebago counties, and all of Carroll, Fulton, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox, Mercer, Rock Island, Stephenson, Warren and Whiteside counties, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the 2010 census. All or parts of Canton, East Moline, Freeport, Galesburg, Kewanee, Moline, Peoria, Rock Island, Rockford, Pekin and Sterling are included.[5] The representatives for these districts were elected in the 2012 primary and general elections, and the boundaries became effective on January 5, 2013.

Elections

2012 election

History

2003 - 2013

From 2003 to 2013 the district was known as "the rabbit on a skateboard" for its unusual shape devised as the outcome of gerrymandering.[6][7] The boundaries were drawn in a bipartisan deal to protect both Democratic incumbent Lane Evans and neighboring Republican incumbents. The lines of the district were drawn to move Republican voters into neighboring districts and to include Democratic neighborhoods in Springfield and Decatur.[8]

Election results from recent presidential races

Year Results
1996 Clinton 62 - 38%
2000 Gore 53 – 43%
2004 Kerry 51 – 48%
2008 Obama 60 – 39%[2]
2012 Obama 57 – 41%[2]
2016 Trump 47.4 – 46.7%[9]

List of representatives

Representative Party Years Electoral history
District created March 4, 1873
William R. Morrison Democratic March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1883		 Elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Redistricted to the 18th district
Samuel W. Moulton Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885		 Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1882.
Retired.
John R. Eden Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887		 Elected in 1884.
Lost re-election.
Edward Lane Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1895		 Elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Lost re-election.
James A. Connolly Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1899		 Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Retired.
Ben F. Caldwell Democratic March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1903		 Elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 21st district.
John A. Sterling Republican March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1913		 Elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Lost re-election.
Louis Fitzhenry Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915		 Elected in 1912.
Lost re-election.
John A. Sterling Republican March 4, 1915 –
October 17, 1918		 Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Died.
Vacant October 17, 1918 –
March 3, 1919
Frank L. Smith Republican March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1921		 Elected in 1918.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Frank H. Funk Republican March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1927		 Elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Lost renomination.
Homer W. Hall Republican March 4, 1927 –
March 3, 1933		 Elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Lost re-election.
Frank Gillespie Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935		 Elected in 1932.
Lost re-election.
Leslie C. Arends Republican January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1973		 Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 15th district.
George M. O'Brien Republican January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1983		 Elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the 4th district.
Lane Evans Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 2007		 Elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Retired.
Phil Hare Democratic January 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2011		 Elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Lost re-election.
Bobby Schilling Republican January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2013		 Elected in 2010.
Lost re-election.[10]
Cheri Bustos Democratic January 3, 2013 –
Present		 Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.

Living former Members from the district

As of May 2015, two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from the district are alive. The most recent representative to die was Lane Evans (1983-2007) on November 5, 2014.

Representative Term in office Date of birth (and age)
Phil Hare 2007 - 2011 February 21, 1949
Bobby Schilling 2011 - 2013 January 23, 1964

See also

Notes

  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 Barone, Michael; McCutcheon, Chuck (2013). The Almanac of American Politics 2014. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 593–595. ISBN 978-0-226-10544-4. Copyright National Journal.
  3. ↑ "404 - Page not found - Rockford Register Star - Rockford, IL". Rockford Register Star.
  4. ↑ "Bustos beats Schilling in redrawn 17th District". aledotimesrecord.com. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  5. ↑ Illinois Congressional District 17, Illinois Board of Elections
  6. ↑ "Electoral boundaries in America". The Economist. October 7, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
  7. ↑ Aaron Blake (July 27, 2011). "Name that district! (Gerrymandering edition)". Washington Post. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  8. ↑ "5 Ways to Tilt an Election" (PDF). The New York Times. September 25, 2010. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Daily Kos Elections 2008, 2012 & 2016 presidential election results for congressional districts used in 2016 elections". Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  10. ↑ http://elections.nbcnews.com/ns/politics/2012/illinois/house/17/#.WNJkNW_yu70

References

  • 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
  • Washington Post page on the 17th District of Illinois
  • U.S. Census Bureau - 17th District Fact Sheet
  • "U.S. Census Bureau - 17th District map" (PDF).  (6.29 MiB)

Coordinates: 41°23′22″N 90°13′07″W / 41.38944°N 90.21861°W / 41.38944; -90.21861

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