Illinois's 18th congressional district

Illinois's 18th congressional district
	Illinois's 18th congressional district—since January 3, 2013.
	Darin LaHood; R–Dunlap
Area	10,516 sq mi (27,240 km2)
Distribution	63.7% urban; 36.3% rural;
Population (2011 est.)	707,238
Median income	$65,048[1]
Ethnicity	91.4% white; 3.9% black; 2.4% Asian; 2.3% Hispanic; 1.4% Two or more races; 0.6% other; 0.2% Native American; 0.0% Pacific Islands Americans;
Cook PVI	R+15[2][3]

The 18th congressional district of Illinois covers central and western Illinois, including all of Jacksonville and Quincy and parts of Bloomington, Peoria, and Springfield. It is currently held by Republican Darin LaHood, who took office in September 2015 following a special election.[4] Republican Aaron Schock had previously represented the district since January 2009, but resigned March 31, 2015.[5] Special elections were called to select Schock's replacement, with a primary on July 7 and the general election on September 10, 2015.[6] LaHood, son of Schock's predecessor Ray LaHood, won the special election and reelection in 2016 and 2018.

Abraham Lincoln served much of the area that now lies within the 18th district for a single term; it was numbered as the 7th district at the time. It also contains most of the territory that was represented by future United States Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen (1933-1949, when it was the 16th district) and longtime House Minority Leader Bob Michel (1957-1995).

From 1949 to 2015, the district was represented by someone who either attended or graduated from Bradley University.

2011 redistricting

The district covers parts of McLean, Peoria, Sangamon, Stark and Tazewell counties, and all of Adams, Brown, Cass, Hancock, Logan, Marshall, Mason, McDonough, Menard, Morgan, Pike, Schuyler, Scott and Woodford counties, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the 2010 census. All or parts of Bloomington, Chatham, Jacksonville, Lincoln, Macomb, Morton, Normal, Peoria, Quincy and Springfield are included.[7] The representatives for these districts were elected in the 2012 primary and general elections, and the boundaries became effective on January 5, 2013.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1873
Isaac Clements	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
William Hartzell	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
John R. Thomas	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 20th district.
William R. Morrison	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Redistricted from the 17th district. Lost re-election.
Jehu Baker	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
William S. Forman	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895	51st 52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]
Frederick Remann	Republican	March 4, 1895 – July 14, 1895	54th	Elected in 1894. Died.
Vacant		July 14, 1895 – December 2, 1895
William F. L. Hadley	Republican	December 2, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected to finish Remann's term. Lost re-election.
Thomas M. Jett	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	55th 56th 57th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Joseph G. Cannon	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	Redistricted from the 12th district. Lost re-election.
Frank T. O'Hair	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Joseph G. Cannon	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923	64th 65th 66th 67th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
William P. Holaday	Republican	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
James A. Meeks	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Jessie Sumner	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1947	76th 77th 78th 79th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Edward H. Jenison	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 23rd district.
Harold H. Velde	Republican	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1957	81st 82nd 83rd 84th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Robert H. Michel	Republican	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1995	85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Ray LaHood	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2009	104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.[8]
Aaron Schock	Republican	January 3, 2009 – March 31, 2015	111th 112th 113th 114th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.[9]
Vacant		March 31, 2015 – September 10, 2015
Darin LaHood	Republican	September 10, 2015 – Present	114th 115th 116th	Elected to finish Schock's term.

Selected recent election results

Illinois's 18th congressional district: Results 1994–2015[10]
Year	Democrat	Votes	Pct	Republican	Votes	Pct
1994	G. Douglas Stephens	78,332	39%	Ray LaHood	119,838	60%	*
1996	Mike Curran	98,413	41%	Ray LaHood	143,110	59%
1998	(no candidate)			Ray LaHood	158,175	100%	*
2000	Joyce Harant	85,317	33%	Ray LaHood	173,706	67%
2002	(no candidate)			Ray LaHood	192,567	100%
2004	Steve Waterworth	91,548	30%	Ray LaHood	216,047	70%
2006	Steve Waterworth	73,052	33%	Ray LaHood	150,194	67%
2008	Colleen Callahan	117,642	38%	Aaron Schock	182,589	59%	*
2010	Deirdre "D.K." Hirner	57,046	26%	Aaron Schock	152,868	69%	*
2012	Steve Waterworth	85,164	26%	Aaron Schock	244,467	74%
2014	Darrel Miller	62,377	25%	Aaron Schock	184,363	75%
2015 (special)	Rob Mellon	15,840	31%	Darin LaHood	34,907	69%
2016	Junius Rodriguez	96,770	27.86%	Darin LaHood	250,506	72.13%

* Write-in and minor candidate notes: In 1994, write-ins received 955 votes. In 1998, write-ins received 2 votes. In 2008, Green Party candidate Sheldon Schafer received 9,857 votes. In 2010, Schafer received 11,256 votes.

2008

Ray LaHood decided not to seek re-election in 2008 and was chosen by Barack Obama to serve as U.S. Secretary of Transportation. Illinois State Representative Aaron Schock of Peoria won the seat for the Republicans in the November 4, 2008 election. His main opponent was Democrat Colleen Callahan, of Kickapoo, a radio and television broadcaster. Green Party candidate and educator Sheldon Schafer, of Peoria, was in a distant third place on the ballot.[11]

2010

Recent election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Bush 54 – 43%
2004	President	Bush 58 – 42%
2008	President	McCain 54 – 44%
2012	President	Romney 61 – 37%
2016	President	Trump 61 – 33%

Historical district boundaries

2003–2013

References

https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=17&cd=18
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
Barone, Michael; McCutcheon, Chuck (2013). The Almanac of American Politics 2014. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 595–598. ISBN 978-0-226-10544-4. Copyright National Journal.
"Darin LaHood wins special election to replace ex-U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock". Chicago Tribune. September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
"Rep. Aaron Schock Plans to Resign in Wake of Spending Probe". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
Garcia, Monique (April 14, 2015). "Judge sets special election dates for Schock seat in Congress". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
Illinois Congressional District 18, Illinois Board of Elections
Retirement Announcement of Rep. Ray LaHood (Part 1 of 3). YouTube. August 11, 2007. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
Sherman, Jake; Palmer, Anna; Bresnahan, John (March 17, 2015). "Aaron Schock resigns after new questions about mileage expenses". Politico.com. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
"Election Statistics". Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Archived from the original on July 25, 2007. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
"Elections". WEEK News 25 website. Granite Broadcasting. November 5, 2008. Archived from the original on December 10, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2008. 100% of precincts reporting. Unframed data at "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link).

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

External links

2006 election from The Washington Post
- 18th District census profile, 2006
18th District Fact Sheet from the United States Census Bureau
"U.S. Census Bureau - 18th District map" (PDF). (6.29 MiB)
Campaign contributions from OpenSecrets.org

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Iowa's 3rd congressional district	Home district of the Speaker of the House November 9, 1903 – March 4, 1911	Succeeded by Missouri's 9th congressional district

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[1] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=17&cd=18

[Cook-2] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[Barone2014-3] Barone, Michael; McCutcheon, Chuck (2013). The Almanac of American Politics 2014. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 595–598. ISBN 978-0-226-10544-4. Copyright National Journal.

[4] "Darin LaHood wins special election to replace ex-U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock". Chicago Tribune. September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.

[5] "Rep. Aaron Schock Plans to Resign in Wake of Spending Probe". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 17, 2015.

[6] Garcia, Monique (April 14, 2015). "Judge sets special election dates for Schock seat in Congress". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 17, 2015.

[7] Illinois Congressional District 18, Illinois Board of Elections

[8] Retirement Announcement of Rep. Ray LaHood (Part 1 of 3). YouTube. August 11, 2007. Retrieved April 17, 2015.

[9] Sherman, Jake; Palmer, Anna; Bresnahan, John (March 17, 2015). "Aaron Schock resigns after new questions about mileage expenses". Politico.com. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved April 17, 2015.

[clerkresults-10] "Election Statistics". Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Archived from the original on July 25, 2007. Retrieved October 6, 2011.

[11] "Elections". WEEK News 25 website. Granite Broadcasting. November 5, 2008. Archived from the original on December 10, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2008. 100% of precincts reporting. Unframed data at "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 13, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link).