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, 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
District boundaries
Representative
  Jan Schakowsky
D–Evanston
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+21[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.

Elections

2012 election
Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2012
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 and re-elected in 1852.
[data unknown/missing]

Samuel S. Marshall		 Democratic March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1859		 34th
35th		 Elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
[data unknown/missing]

John A. Logan		 Democratic March 4, 1859 –
April 2, 1862		 36th
37th		 Elected in 1858
Re-elected in 1860.
Resigned to join the Union Army.
Vacant April 2, 1862 –
June 2, 1862		 37th

William J. Allen		 Democratic June 2, 1862 –
March 3, 1863		 Elected to finish Logan's term.
Redistricted to the 13th district.

Lewis W. Ross		 Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1869		 38th
39th
40th		 Elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
[data unknown/missing]

Thompson W. McNeely		 Democratic March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1873		 41st
42nd		 Elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
[data unknown/missing]
Granville Barrere Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875		 43rd Elected in 1872.
[data unknown/missing]

Richard H. Whiting		 Republican March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877		 44th Elected in 1874.
[data unknown/missing]
Thomas A. Boyd Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1881		 45th
46th		 Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
[data unknown/missing]
John H. Lewis Republican March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883		 47th Elected in 1880.
[data unknown/missing]

Lewis E. Payson		 Republican March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1891		 48th
49th
50th
51st		 Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
[data unknown/missing]

Herman W. Snow		 Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893		 52nd Elected in 1890.
[data unknown/missing]

Hamilton K. Wheeler		 Republican March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895		 53rd Elected in 1892.
[data unknown/missing]

Robert R. Hitt		 Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1903		 54th
55th
56th
57th		 Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 13th district.

Henry S. Boutell		 Republican March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1911		 58th
59th
60th
61st		 Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
[data unknown/missing]
Lynden Evans Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913		 62nd Elected in 1910.
[data unknown/missing]

Frederick A. Britten		 Republican March 4, 1913 –
January 3, 1935		 63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd		 Elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
[data unknown/missing]

James McAndrews		 Democratic January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1941		 74th
75th
76th		 Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
[data unknown/missing]

Charles S. Dewey		 Republican January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1945		 77th
78th		 Elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
[data unknown/missing]
Alexander J. Resa Democratic January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947		 79th Elected in 1944.
[data unknown/missing]
Robert Twyman Republican January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949		 80th Elected in 1946.
[data unknown/missing]

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

Edward R. Finnegan		 Democratic January 3, 1963 –
December 6, 1964		 88th Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1962.
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		 Elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-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.
[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.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Incumbent.

Historical district boundaries
2003 - 2013

See also

References
  1. "My Congressional District".
  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. November 4, 2014. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  7. "2018 General Election Official Vote Totals Book".
  8. "Election Results 2020 GENERAL ELECTION". Illinois State Board of Elections. December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  9. "Illinois 2020 Election Results". Chicago Sun-Times. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

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