Illinois's 9th congressional district

Illinois's 9th congressional district
Illinois's 9th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
	Jan Schakowsky; D–Evanston
Area	105 sq mi (270 km2)
Distribution	100.0% urban; 0.0% rural;
Population (2022)	730,979
Median household; income	$86,692[1]
Ethnicity	59.2% White; 16.7% Asian; 13.0% Hispanic; 10.2% Black; 1.7% Native American; 0.2% Pacific Islander Americans;
Cook PVI	D+19[2]

The 9th congressional district of Illinois covers parts of Cook, Lake, and McHenry counties as of the 2021 redistricting which followed the 2020 census. It includes all or parts of Chicago, Evanston, Glenview, Skokie, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Prospect Heights, Wilmette, Buffalo Grove, Hawthorn Woods, Wauconda, Island Lake, Long Grove, Lake Barrington, Algonquin Township, Cary, Crystal Lake, Lake in the Hills, Lakewood, Oakwood Hills, Trout Valley, Algonquin, Port Barrington, Barrington Hills, and Fox River Grove. 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.

Composition as of 2023

#	County	Seat	Population
31	Cook	Chicago	5,173,146
97	Lake	Waukegan	711,239
111	McHenry	Woodstock	311,122

As of the 2020 redistricting, this district will still be based largely in Chicago's Far North Side and northern Cook County, as well as now parts of southwest Lake County and southeast McHenry County.

The 9th district takes in the Chicago neighborhoods of Rogers Park, Edgewater, and West Ridge; most of Uptown; and part of Lincoln Square.

Outside of the Chicago city limits, the district takes in the Cook County municipalities of Evanston, Glenview, Skokie, Morton Grove, and Niles; most of Northfield and Prospect Heights; and half of Wilmette south of Lake Ave.

Lake County is split between this district, the 5th district, the 10th district, and the 11th district. The 9th and 5th districts are partitioned by partitioned by the Fox River, Kelsey Rd, W Miller Rd, Echo Lake Rd, Sacomano Meadows Pond 1, Midlothian Rd, N Old Henry Rd, N Quentin Rd, Lake Zurich Rd, Twin Orchard Country Club, Mundelein Rd, Hicks Rd, Bridgewater Farm, Crossing Pond Park, and Arlington Heights Rd.

The 9th, 10th, and 11th districts are partitioned by Buffalo Grove Golf Course, Buffalo Grove Rd, Arboretum Golf Club, W Half Day Rd, Promontory Ridge Trail, Port Clinton Rd, Mundelein Rd, Highland Pines Park, Diamond Lake Rd, Breckinridge Dr, N Midlothian Rd, Illinois Route 60, W Hawley St, N Chevy Chase Rd, Steeple Chase Golf Club, W Lakeview Parkway, N Gilmer Rd, Hawley St, W Ivanhoe Rd, Liberty St, High St, Kimball Ave, E Liberty St, S Church St, Bangs St, W Liberty St, Westridge Dr/N Lakeview Cir, Carriage Hill Ct/Wood Creek Dr, Greenleaf Ave, Ridge Rd/Burr Oak Ln, and E Burnett Rd/Northern Ter. The 9th district takes in the municipalities of Buffalo Grove; most of Hawthorn Woods; and part of Wauconda, Island Lake, Long Grove, and Lake Barrington.

McHenry County is split between this district and the 11th district. They are partitioned by E Crystal Lake Ave, Meridian Ln, Crystal Lake Country Club, Woodscreek Park, Boulder Ridge Country Club, and Fairway View Dr. The 9th district takes in the entirety of Algonquin Township, which includes the municipalities of Cary, Crystal Lake, Lake in the Hills, Lakewood, Oakwood Hills, and Trout Valley; north Algonquin; and part of Port Barrington, Barrington Hills, and Fox River Grove.

Presidential election results

This table indicates how the district has voted in U.S. presidential elections; election results reflect voting in the district as it was configured at the time of the election, not as it is configured today.

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Al Gore 66% - George W. Bush 30%
2004	President	John Kerry 68% - George W. Bush 31%
2008	President	Barack Obama 69% - John McCain 30%
2012	President	Barack Obama 65% - Mitt Romney 33%
2016	President	Hillary Clinton 70% - Donald Trump 25%
2020	President	Joe Biden 71% - Donald Trump 27%

Recent election results from statewide races

This table indicates how the district has voted in recent statewide elections; election results reflect voting in the district as it is currently configured, not necessarily as it was at the time of these elections.

Year	Office	Results
2016	President	Hillary Clinton 68.2% – Donald Trump 25.8%
2016	Senate	Tammy Duckworth 62.7% – Mark Kirk 32.4%
2018	Governor	J.B. Pritzker 65.7% – Bruce Rauner 30.6%
	Attorney General	Kwame Raoul 66.7% – Erika Harold 31.2%
	Secretary of State	Jesse White 77.9% – Jason Helland 19.7%
2020	President	Joe Biden 69.8% – Donald Trump 28.5%
2020	Senate	Dick Durbin 67.2% – Mark Curran 27.8%
2022	Senate	Tammy Duckworth 71.4% – Kathy Salvi 27.3%
	Governor	J.B. Pritzker 71.4% – Darren Bailey 26.3%
	Attorney General	Kwame Raoul 70.2% – Tom DeVore 28.1%
	Secretary of State	Alexi Giannoulias 70.2% – Dan Brady 27.9%

Recent election results

2012

Illinois's 9th congressional district, 2012[3]
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[4]
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 [4]
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[5]
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[6][7]
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

2022

Illinois's 9th congressional district, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jan Schakowsky (incumbent)	179,615	71.69
	Republican	Max Rice	70,915	28.31
Total votes			250,530	100.0
	Democratic hold

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1853
Willis Allen (Marion)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1852. [data missing]
Samuel S. Marshall (McLeansboro)	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859	34th 35th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. [data missing]
John A. Logan (Benton)	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 (Marion)	Democratic	June 2, 1862 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected to finish Logan's term. Redistricted to the 13th district.
Lewis W. Ross (Lewiston)	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	38th 39th 40th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. [data missing]
Thompson W. McNeely (Petersburg)	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. [data missing]
Granville Barrere (Canton)	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. [data missing]
Richard H. Whiting (Peoria)	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. [data missing]
Thomas A. Boyd (Lewiston)	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. [data missing]
John H. Lewis (Knoxville)	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Elected in 1880. [data missing]
Lewis E. Payson (Pontiac)	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 missing]
Herman W. Snow (Sheldon)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. [data missing]
Hamilton K. Wheeler (Kankakee)	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892. [data missing]
Robert R. Hitt (Mount Morris)	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 (Chicago)	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 missing]
Lynden Evans (Chicago)	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd	Elected in 1910. [data missing]
Frederick A. Britten (Chicago)	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. Lost re-election.
James McAndrews (Chicago)	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941	74th 75th 76th	Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Lost re-election.
Charles S. Dewey (Chicago)	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945	77th 78th	Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Lost re-election.
Alexander J. Resa (Chicago)	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	79th	Elected in 1944. Lost re-election.
Robert Twyman (Chicago)	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	Elected in 1946. Retired.
Sidney R. Yates (Chicago)	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. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Edward R. Finnegan (Chicago)	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	88th
Sidney R. Yates (Chicago)	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. Retired.
Jan Schakowsky (Evanston)	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – present	106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	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. Re-elected in 2022.
					2003–2013
					2013–2023
					2023–present

References

"My Congressional District".
"2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
"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.
"Illinois General Election 2014". Illinois State Board of Elections. November 4, 2014. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
"2018 General Election Official Vote Totals Book".
"Election Results 2020 GENERAL ELECTION". Illinois State Board of Elections. December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
"Illinois 2020 Election Results". Chicago Sun-Times. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

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] "My Congressional District".

[Cook-2] "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[genelex-3] "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.

[Generalelection-4] "Illinois General Election 2014". Illinois State Board of Elections. November 4, 2014. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.

[Generalresults-5] "2018 General Election Official Vote Totals Book".

[ILSBE-6] "Election Results 2020 GENERAL ELECTION". Illinois State Board of Elections. December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.

[STGeneral-7] "Illinois 2020 Election Results". Chicago Sun-Times. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.