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 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.
Illinois's 9th congressional district | |||
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![]() Illinois's 9th congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
Representative |
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Area | 105 sq mi (270 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2019) | 719,256 | ||
Median household income | $78,569[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+18[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. 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jan Schakowsky (incumbent) | 213,368 | 73.5 | |
Republican | John Elleson | 76,983 | 26.5 | |
Total votes | 290,351 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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District created March 4, 1853 | ||||
Willis Allen | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | Redistricted from the 2nd district. [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Samuel S. Marshall |
Democratic | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859 |
34th 35th |
[data unknown/missing] |
![]() John A. Logan |
Democratic | March 4, 1859 – April 2, 1862 |
36th 37th |
[data unknown/missing] Resigned to join the Union Army. |
Vacant | April 2, 1862 – June 2, 1862 |
37th | ||
![]() William J. Allen |
Democratic | June 2, 1862 – March 3, 1863 |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 13th district. | |
![]() Lewis W. Ross |
Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 |
38th 39th 40th |
[data unknown/missing] |
![]() Thompson W. McNeely |
Democratic | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 |
41st 42nd |
[data unknown/missing] |
Granville Barrere | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Richard H. Whiting |
Republican | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | [data unknown/missing] |
Thomas A. Boyd | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 |
45th 46th |
[data unknown/missing] |
John H. Lewis | Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
47th | [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Lewis E. Payson |
Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1891 |
48th 49th 50th 51st |
Redistricted from the 8th district. [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Herman W. Snow |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
52nd | [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Hamilton K. Wheeler |
Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
53rd | [data unknown/missing] |
![]() 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. [data unknown/missing] |
Lynden Evans | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
62nd | [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Frederick A. Britten |
Republican | March 4, 1913 – January 3, 1935 |
63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd |
[data unknown/missing] |
![]() James McAndrews |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941 |
74th 75th 76th |
[data unknown/missing] |
![]() Charles S. Dewey |
Republican | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945 |
77th 78th |
[data unknown/missing] |
Alexander J. Resa | Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
79th | [data unknown/missing] |
Robert Twyman | Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
80th | [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Sidney R. Yates |
Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1963 |
81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th |
[data unknown/missing] |
![]() Edward R. Finnegan |
Democratic | January 3, 1963 – December 6, 1964 |
88th | Redistricted from the 12th district. 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 |
[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. |
Historical district boundaries

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.
- "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. 2014-11-04. Archived from the original on 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
- "2018 General Election Official Vote Totals Book".
- "Election Results 2020 GENERAL ELECTION". Illinois State Board of Elections. 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- "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