Illinois's 17th congressional district

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.

Illinois's 17th congressional district
Illinois's 17th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
  Cheri Bustos
D–Moline
Area6,933 sq mi (17,960 km2)
Distribution
  • 73.3% urban
  • 26.7% rural
Population (2019)666,201
Median household
income		$50,346[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+3[2][3]

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.[4] As expected, one-term Republican incumbent Bobby Schilling was defeated by Democratic opponent Cheri Bustos in the 2012 election cycle, who has served since that election.[5] It is one of the few Democrat-Leaning districts to twice vote for President Obama and for President Trump.

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.[6] 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
Illinois's 17th congressional district election results, 2012[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cheri Bustos 153,519 53.3
Republican Bobby Schilling (incumbent) 134,623 46.7
Independent Eric Reyes (write-in) 10 0.0
Independent Joe Faber (write-in) 9 0.0
Total votes 288,161 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican


2018
Illinois's 17th congressional district, 2018[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cheri Bustos (incumbent) 142,659 62.1
Republican Bill Fawell 87,090 37.9
Total votes 229,749 100.0
Democratic hold

2020
Illinois's 17th congressional district, 2020[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Cheri Bustos (incumbent) 156,011 52.02 -10.07%
Republican Esther Joy King 143,863 47.97 +10.06%
Write-in 21 0.01 N/A
Total votes 299,895 100.0
Democratic hold

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.[11][12] 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.[13] Evans retired in 2006 as a result of declining health, and the seat was won by his longtime aide Phil Hare. Although the district had been designed to elect a Democrat, Hare lost in 2010 to Republican pizzeria owner Bobby Schilling. In 2012, Democrat Cheri Bustos won the district election and is the district's current representative.

Election results from recent presidential races
Year Results
1996 Clinton 58 - 34%
2000 Gore 53 – 43%
2004 Kerry 51 – 48%
2008 Obama 60 – 39%[3]
2012 Obama 57 – 41%[3]
2016 Trump 47.4 – 46.7%[14]
2020 Trump 49.7 – 48.1%[15]

List of representatives
Representative Party Years Cong
ress		 Electoral history
District created March 4, 1873
William R. Morrison Democratic March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1883		 43rd
44th
45th
46th
47th		 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		 48th Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1882.
Retired.
John R. Eden Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887		 49th Elected in 1884.
Lost re-election.
Edward Lane Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1895		 50th
51st
52nd
53rd		 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		 54th
55th		 Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Retired.
Ben F. Caldwell Democratic March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1903		 56th
57th		 Elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 21st district.
John A. Sterling Republican March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1913		 58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd		 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		 63rd Elected in 1912.
Lost re-election.
John A. Sterling Republican March 4, 1915 –
October 17, 1918		 64th
65th		 Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Died.
Vacant October 17, 1918 –
March 3, 1919		 65th
Frank L. Smith Republican March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1921		 66th Elected in 1918.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Frank H. Funk Republican March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1927		 67th
68th
69th		 Elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Lost renomination.
Homer W. Hall Republican March 4, 1927 –
March 3, 1933		 70th
71st
72nd		 Elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Lost re-election.
Frank Gillespie Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935		 73rd Elected in 1932.
Lost re-election.
Leslie C. Arends Republican January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1973		 74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd		 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		 93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th		 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		 98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th		 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		 110th
111th		 Elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Lost re-election.
Bobby Schilling Republican January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2013		 112th Elected in 2010.
Lost re-election.[16]
Cheri Bustos Democratic January 3, 2013 –
Present		 113th
114th
115th
116th
117th		 Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.

See also

Notes
  1. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  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. 593–595. ISBN 978-0-226-10544-4. Copyright National Journal.
  4. Sweeny, Chuck. "Rockford stands to lose big in the new 17th District". Rockford Register Star. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
  5. "Bustos beats Schilling in redrawn 17th District". aledotimesrecord.com. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  6. Illinois Congressional District 17, Illinois Board of Elections
  7. "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.
  8. "2018 General Election Official Vote Totals Book".
  9. "Election Results 2020 GENERAL ELECTION". Illinois State Board of Elections. December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  10. "Illinois 2020 Election Results". Chicago Sun-Times. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  11. "Electoral boundaries in America". The Economist. October 7, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
  12. Aaron Blake (July 27, 2011). "Name that district! (Gerrymandering edition)". Washington Post. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  13. "5 Ways to Tilt an Election" (PDF). The New York Times. September 25, 2010. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
  14. "Daily Kos Elections 2008, 2012 & 2016 presidential election results for congressional districts used in 2016 elections". Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  15. "Daily Kos Elections 2012, 2016 & 2020 presidential election results for congressional districts used in 2020 elections". Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  16. "Illinois Congressional District 17 election results". msnbc.com. December 2, 2011.

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