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
Illinois's 9th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Jan Schakowsky D–Evanston
Area	105 sq mi (270 km^2)
Distribution	100.0% urban 0.0% rural
Population (2019)	719,256
Median household income	$78,569[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 Islander Americans
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

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. [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

2003 - 2013

See also

• Illinois's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=17&cd=09
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. 2014-11-04. Archived from the original on 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
7. "2018 General Election Official Vote Totals Book".
8. "Election Results 2020 GENERAL ELECTION". Illinois State Board of Elections. 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
9. "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

• Washington Post page on the 9th District of Illinois
• U.S. Census Bureau - 9th District Fact Sheet