Illinois's 9th congressional district

Illinois's 9th congressional district
	Illinois's 9th congressional district since January 3, 2013
	Jan Schakowsky; D–Evanston
Area	105 sq mi (270 km2)
Distribution	100.0% urban; 0.0% rural;
Population (2011 est.)	715,584
Median income	$70,552[1]
Ethnicity	73.0% white; 12.5% Asian; 10.8% Hispanic; 9.1% black; 2.9% Two or more races; 2.3% other; 0.2% Native American; 0.0% Pacific Islands Americans;
Cook PVI	D+18[2][3]

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.

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

2014

Illinois's 9th Congressional District, 2014[5]
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

2018

Jan Schakowsky (Incumbent) defeated John Elleson in the November 2018 election, winning by a margin of nearly 70 percent.

2020

Sargis Sangari, Retired Lieutenant Colonel of United States Army, is challenging Jan Schakowsky (Incumbent) for the seat.

Voting

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

Election results from recent presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2016	President	Clinton 70 - 25%[3]
2012	President	Obama 65 - 33%[3]
2008	President	Obama 69 - 30%[3]
2004	President	Kerry 68 - 31%
2000	President	Gore 66 - 30%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Notes
District created		March 4, 1853
Willis Allen	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Redistricted from the 2nd district
Samuel S. Marshall	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859	34th 35th
John A. Logan	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – April 2, 1862	36th 37th	Resigned to accept commission as a brigadier general in the Union(American Civil War)
Vacant		April 2, 1862 – June 2, 1862
William J. Allen	Democratic	June 2, 1862 – March 3, 1863	37th	Redistricted to the 13th district
Lewis W. Ross	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	38th 39th 40th
Thompson W. McNeely	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd
Granville Barrere	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd
Richard H. Whiting	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th
Thomas A. Boyd	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th
John H. Lewis	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th
Lewis E. Payson	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1891	48th 49th 50th 51st	Redistricted from the 8th district
Herman W. Snow	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd
Hamilton K. Wheeler	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd
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
Lynden Evans	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd
Frederick A. Britten	Republican	March 4, 1913 – January 3, 1935	63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd
James McAndrews	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941	74th 75th 76th
Charles S. Dewey	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945	77th 78th
Alexander J. Resa	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	79th
Robert Twyman	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th
Sidney R. Yates	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1963	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th
Edward R. Finnegan	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – December 6, 1964	88th	Redistricted from the 12th district, resigned after being 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
Jan Schakowsky	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – Present	106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th	Incumbent

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=17&cd=09
"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. 574–575. ISBN 978-0-226-10544-4. Copyright National Journal.
2011 Congressional District 9, Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
"Illinois General Election 2014". Illinois State Board of Elections. 2014-11-04. Archived from the original on 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2014-12-18.

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

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[1] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=17&cd=09

[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. 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.

[Generalelection-5] "Illinois General Election 2014". Illinois State Board of Elections. 2014-11-04. Archived from the original on 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2014-12-18.