Illinois's 8th congressional district
Illinois's 8th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Area | 291.5 sq mi (755 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 749,823 | ||
Median household income | $91,317[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+6[2] |
The 8th congressional district of Illinois is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Illinois that has been represented by Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi since 2017.
Composition
2011 redistricting
The congressional district covers parts of Cook County, DuPage County and Kane County, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the 2010 United States census. All or parts of Addison, Arlington Heights, Barrington Hills, Bloomingdale, Carol Stream, Carpentersville, East Dundee, Elgin, Elk Grove Village, Glendale Heights, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Lombard, Palatine, Rolling Meadows, Roselle, Schaumburg, South Elgin, Streamwood, Villa Park and Wood Dale are included.[3] These boundaries became effective on January 3, 2013.
2023 redistricting
# | County | Seat | Population |
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31 | Cook | Chicago
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5,173,146 |
43 | DuPage | Wheaton | 932,877 |
89 | Kane | Geneva | 515,588 |
As of the 2020 redistricting, this district will still be based partially in northern
The 8th district takes in the Cook County municipalities of Schaumburg, Rosemont, Rolling Meadows, South Barrington, and Streamwood; most of Hoffman Estates; half of Des Plaines and Streamwood; the majority of Elk Grove Village west of Tome Rd; part of Palatine; and part of Mt Prospect between Dempster St and W Lonnquist Blvd.
DuPage County is split between this district and the 3rd district. They are partitioned by Bartlett Rd, Old Wayne Golf Course, St Charles Rd, Fair Oaks Rd, Timber Ln, Woodcreek Ln N, Wayne Oaks Dam Reservoir, Morton Rd, Pawnee Dr, County Farm Rd, Highway 64, Gary Ave Della Ave, West St, Geneva Rd, Bloomingdale's Rd, Glendale Lakes Golf Club, President St, Gilberto St, Schubert Ave, Opal Ave, Stevenson Dr, Highway 4, Polo Club Dr, Canadian National Railway, East Branch Park, Army Trail Rd, Belmont Pl, Addison Trail High School, Woodland Ave, 7th Ave, Lake St, 3rd Ave, Eggerding Dr, Mill Rd, Highway 290, Addison Rd, Oak Meadows Golf & Banquets, Central Ave, Canadian Pacific Railway, Wood Dale Rd, Elmhurt St, and Lively Blvd. The 8th district takes in the municipalities of Bloomingdale and Carol Stream; and part of northern Glendale Heights.
Kane County is split between this district and the 11th district. They are partitioned by Illinois Highway 47, Regency Parkway, Farm Hill Dr, Del Webb Blvd, Jane Adams Memorial Tollway, Sandwald Rd, Ridgecrest Dr, Brier Hill Rd/Illinois Highway 47, Coombs Rd, Shadow Hill Dr, Campton Hills Dr, West Main St, South Tyler Rd, Division St, Fox River, North Washington Ave, Douglas Rd, Orion Rd, and East Fabyan Parkway. The 8th district takes in the municipalities of East Dundee, West Dundee, Elgin, Carpentersville, and Sleepy Hollow; most of Elgin; half of St. Charles; southern Algonquin; a portion of Geneva east of the Fox River; and part of Gilberts.
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 |
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2000 | President | George W. Bush 55% – Al Gore 42% |
2004 | President | George W. Bush 55% – John Kerry 44% |
2008 | President | Barack Obama 56% – John McCain 43% |
2012 | President | Barack Obama 58% – Mitt Romney 41% |
2016 | President | Hillary Clinton 58% – Donald Trump 36% |
2020 | President | Joe Biden 59% – Donald Trump 39% |
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 |
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2016 | President | Hillary Clinton 54.6% – Donald Trump 38.9% |
Senate | Tammy Duckworth 52.4% – Mark Kirk 41.6% | |
2018 | Governor | J. B. Pritzker 51.0% – Bruce Rauner 43.0% |
Attorney General
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Kwame Raoul 53.3% – Erika Harold 44.1% | |
Secretary of State
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Jesse White 66.5% – Jason Helland 30.8% | |
2020 | President | Joe Biden 56.8% – Donald Trump 41.4% |
Senate | Dick Durbin 55.2% – Mark Curran 39.8% | |
2022 | Senate | Kathy Salvi 42.1%
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Governor | J. B. Pritzker 55.1% – Darren Bailey 42.1% | |
Attorney General | Kwame Raoul 54.8% – Tom DeVore 43.2% | |
Secretary of State | Alexi Giannoulias 55.0% – Dan Brady 43.1% |
List of members representing the district
Name | Party | Years | Cong– ress |
Electoral history | Counties |
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District created March 4, 1853. | |||||
William Henry Bissell (Belleville) |
Independent Democratic |
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | re-elected in 1852 .Retired. |
1853–1863 [data missing] |
Vacant | March 4, 1855 – November 4, 1856 |
34th | Representative-elect elected to the U.S. Senate on February 8, 1855.[4]
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James L. D. Morrison (McLeansboro) |
Democratic | November 4, 1856 – March 3, 1857 |
34th | Elected to finish Trumbull's term .Retired. | |
Robert Smith )
(Alton |
Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
35th | Elected in 1856 .Lost renomination. | |
Philip B. Fouke (Belleville) |
Democratic | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 |
36th 37th |
Re-elected in 1860 .Retired. | |
John T. Stuart (Springfield) |
Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
38th | Elected in 1862 .Lost re-election. |
1863–1873 DeWitt, Livingston, Logan, McLean, Sangamon, Tazewell, and Woodford |
Shelby Moore Cullom )
(Springfield |
Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871 |
39th 40th 41st |
Re-elected in 1868 .Retired. | |
James Carroll Robinson (Springfield) |
Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
42nd | . | |
Greenbury L. Fort (Lacon) |
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1881 |
43rd 44th 45th 46th |
Re-elected in 1878 .Retired. |
1873–1883 Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston, Marshall, and Woodford |
Lewis E. Payson (Pontiac) |
Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
47th | . | |
William Cullen (Ottawa) |
Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th | re-elected in 1882 .Lost renomination. |
1883–1895 DuPage, Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, and Will |
Ralph Plumb (Streator) |
Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 |
49th 50th |
Re-elected in 1886 .Retired. | |
Charles A. Hill (Joliet) |
Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
51st | Elected in 1888 .Lost re-election. | |
Lewis Steward (Plano) |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
52nd | Elected in 1890 .Lost re-election. | |
Robert A. Childs (Hinsdale) |
Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
53rd | Elected in 1892 .Retired. | |
Albert J. Hopkins (Aurora) |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 |
54th 55th 56th 57th |
run for U.S. senator .
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1895–1903 DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, and McHenry |
Chicago )
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Democratic | March 4, 1903 – December 27, 1904 |
58th | re-elected in 1902 .Died. |
1903–1913 Cook |
Vacant | December 27, 1904 – March 3, 1905 |
58th | |||
Chicago )
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Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1909 |
59th 60th |
Re-elected in 1906 .Retired. | |
Chicago )
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Democratic | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1921 |
61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th |
Re-elected in 1918 .Retired. | |
1913–1949 Cook | |||||
Chicago )
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Democratic | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1931 |
67th 68th 69th 70th 71st |
Re-elected in 1928 .Lost re-election. | |
Chicago )
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Republican | March 4, 1931 – April 5, 1932 |
72nd | Lost contested election. | |
Chicago )
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Democratic | April 5, 1932 – March 3, 1933 |
72nd | Won contested election .Lost renomination. | |
Chicago )
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Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943 |
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th |
Re-elected in 1940 .Lost renomination. | |
Chicago )
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Democratic | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1959 |
78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th |
Re-elected in 1956 .Retired. | |
1949–1953 Cook | |||||
1953–1963 Cook | |||||
Chicago )
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Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1993 |
86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
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1963–1967 Cook | |||||
1967–1973 Cook | |||||
1973–1983 Cook | |||||
1983–1993 Cook | |||||
Phil Crane (Wauconda) |
Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2005 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th |
Re-elected in 2002 .Lost re-election. |
1993–2003 Cook and Lake |
2003–2013 Cook, Lake, and McHenry | |||||
Melissa Bean (Palatine Township) |
Democratic | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2011 |
109th 110th 111th |
Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election. | |
Joe Walsh (McHenry) |
Republican | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013 |
112th | Elected in 2010. Lost re-election. | |
Tammy Duckworth (Hoffman Estates) |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 |
113th 114th |
Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
2013–2023 Cook, DuPage, and Kane |
Raja Krishnamoorthi (Schaumburg) |
Democratic | January 3, 2017 – present |
115th 116th 117th 118th |
Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. | |
2023–present Cook, DuPage, and Kane |
Elections
2012 election
Incumbent Representative Joe Walsh was drawn out of the district for 2012 by 2011 redistricting, although a candidate is not required to live in the district to be eligible to run for a seat in Congress.[5] Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi of Hoffman Estates announced his candidacy for the seat in late May 2011. In July 2011, Democrat Tammy Duckworth also announced plans to run for the seat.[6] Duckworth won the Democratic nomination on March 20, 2012. Duckworth defeated Walsh in the general election on November 6, 2012.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tammy Duckworth | 123,206 | 54.7 | |
Republican | Joe Walsh (incumbent) | 101,860 | 45.3 | |
Total votes | 225,066 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tammy Duckworth (incumbent) | 84,178 | 55.7 | |
Republican | Larry Kaifesh | 66,878 | 44.3 | |
Total votes | 151,056 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Raja Krishnamoorthi | 144,954 | 58.3 | |
Republican | Pete DiCianni | 103,617 | 41.7 | |
Total votes | 248,571 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Raja Krishnamoorthi (incumbent) | 130,054 | 66.0 | |
Republican | Jitendra "JD" Diganvker | 67,073 | 34.0 | |
Total votes | 197,127 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Raja Krishnamoorthi (incumbent) | 186,251 | 73.16 | +7.19% | |
Libertarian | Preston Gabriel Nelson | 68,327 | 26.84 | N/A | |
Total votes | 254,578 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Raja Krishnamoorthi (incumbent) | 117,880 | 56.89 | |
Republican | Chris Dargis | 89,335 | 43.11 | |
Total votes | 207,215 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
- ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ Illinois Congressional District 8, Illinois Board of Elections
- ^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, 1855. Springfield, IL: Lanphier & Walker, Printers. 1855.
- ^ US Constitution, Article One, Section Two, Clause Two: Qualifications of Members of the House of Representatives Article One of the United States Constitution#Clause 2: Qualifications of Members
- Chicago Sun Times. July 6, 2011. Archived from the originalon November 18, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ "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. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
- ^ "Illinois General Election 2016". Illinois State Board of Elections. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ^ "2018 General Election Official Vote Totals Book".
- ^ "Illinois 2020 Election Results". Chicago Sun-Times. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
Sources
- 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