Illinois's 10th congressional district

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Illinois's 10th congressional district
Illinois US Congressional District 10 (since 2013).tif
Illinois's 10th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Brad Schneider (D–Deerfield)
Area 300 sq mi (780 km2)
Distribution
  • 99.7% urban
  • 0.3% rural
Population (2011 est.) 705,564
Median income 65,864
Ethnicity
Cook PVI D+10[1][2]

The 10th Congressional District of Illinois lies in the northeast corner of the state, and mostly comprises northern suburbs of Chicago. It was created after the 1860 census. The district is currently represented by Democrat Brad Schneider.

2011 redistricting[edit]

The district covers parts of Cook and Lake counties, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the 2010 census. All or parts of Beach Park, Buffalo Grove, Deerfield, Fox Lake, Grayslake, Highland Park, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Lindenhurst, Libertyville, Mundelein, North Chicago, Northbrook, Prospect Heights, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach, Vernon Hills, Waukegan, Wheeling and Zion are included.[3] The boundaries became effective on January 3, 2013.

District characteristics[edit]

Economy[edit]

The 10th is home to several Fortune 500 Companies, including but not limited to: CDW, Walgreens, Underwriters Laboratories, Baxter Healthcare, AbbVie, Allstate Insurance and Mondelez International.

Military[edit]

The Naval Station Great Lakes near North Chicago, hosting the United States Navy's only boot camp, trains 38,000 recruits each year. 5.2% of the district's inhabitants have performed military service.[2]

History[edit]

The area of the district was originally represented by one of Abraham Lincoln's closest allies, Elihu B. Washburne (R-Waukegan). The district was created in 1982 redistricting out of districts represented by John Porter (R-Wilmette) and Robert McClory (R-Lake Bluff). On the retirement of McClory, the district was represented by Porter after winning the elections of 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, and 1998. Following Porter's retirement, 11 Republicans and two Democrats ran to succeed him. Eventually 9 Republicans and one Democrat stood for election in the primary of March 2000. John Porter's former Chief of Staff, Mark Kirk, won the Republican primary over number two rival Shaun Donnely. Kirk then defeated State Representative Lauren Beth Gash (D-Highland Park) by 2% in the 2000 general election. Kirk remained in Congress until he decided to run for the United States Senate in the 2010 election. He was succeeded by Republican Robert Dold.

Elections[edit]

2006 election[edit]

Main article: Illinois's 10th congressional district election, 2006

Republican candidate for Governor, Judy Baar Topinka, and GOP candidate for Cook County Board President Tony Peraica both handily won the district in 2006, although both lost in the state- and countywide (respectively) count.

2008 election[edit]

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2008

Dan Seals, who had previously run against Mark Kirk in 2006, defeated Clinton Advisor Jay Footlik for the 2008 Democratic nomination. Dave Kalbfleisch received the Green Party nomination, but was removed from the ballot by the Illinois State Board of Elections.[4][5] Independent candidate Allan Stevo was also nominated.[6] Mark Kirk defeated Dan Seals in their rematch from 2006 by 54% to 46%, thus winning a fifth term in the House.

2010 election[edit]

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2010

The Republican Party nominee, Robert Dold, won against the Democratic Party nominee, Dan Seals.

2012 election[edit]

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2012

Robert Dold no longer lives in the redrawn district,[7] but said he would move into the district if he won re-election.[8]

Candidates for the Democratic nomination were: Ilya Sheyman, a community organizer from Waukegan,[9] Brad Schneider, a business consultant,[10] John Tree, a business executive and Colonel in the Air Force Reserve,[11] and Vivek Bavda, an intellectual property attorney.[12]

In the March 20, 2012 primary, Brad Schneider won the Democratic nomination.[13] Schneider defeated Dold in the general election in November.

2014 election[edit]

Brad Schneider, the incumbent, was selected to be the Democratic nominee, and Robert Dold was once again selected to be the Republican Nominee. Dold won the election with just over 50% of the vote.

2016 election[edit]

Brad Schneider defeated Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering for the Democratic nomination on March 15.[14] Democrat Brad Schneider defeated Republican Robert Dold by nearly 5% (14,000 votes), the largest victory margin in Illinois's 10th Congressional district since redistricting.

2018 election[edit]

Brad Schneider is expected to seek re-election for a second consecutive term. There were three Republican candidates who ran in the primary: Douglas R. Bennett of Deerfield, who is a computer consultant and vice chairman of the West Deerfield Township Republican Organization, Libertyville physician and business owner Sapan Shah, and Jeremy Wynes of Highland Park. [15]

Robert Dold declined to run for a fifth time. [16]

On March 20th, Douglas Bennett narrowly beat Wynes and Shah in the primary.[17]

2018 Republican Primary Results[edit]

Candidate Votes Percent
Douglas Bennett 8,484 35.6%
Jeremy Wynes 8,225 34.6%
Sapan Shah 7,093 29.8%

Recent election results[edit]

U.S. President[edit]

2000 Al Gore (D) 51 - 47%
2004 John Kerry (D) 52 - 47%
2008 Barack Obama (D) 63 - 36%[2]
2012 Barack Obama (D) 58 - 41%[2]
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) 61 - 32%

U.S. Representative[edit]

Year Republican
candidate		 Republican
percentage		 Democratic
candidate		 Democratic
percentage
2000 Kirk 51 Gash 49
2002 Kirk 69 Perritt 31
2004 Kirk 65 Goodman 35
2006 Kirk 53.4 Seals 46.6
2008 Kirk 52.6 Seals 47.4
2010 Dold 51.1 Seals 48.8
2012 Dold 49.4 Schneider 50.6
2014 Dold 51.3 Schneider 48.7
2016 Dold 47 Schneider 53
2018 Bennett TBD Schneider TBD

List of representatives[edit]

Representative Party Years Electoral history
District created March 4, 1863
AnthonyLKnapp.jpg Anthony L. Knapp Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865 		Redistricted from the 6th district.
Anthony Thornton.jpg Anthony Thornton Democratic March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1867 		[Data unknown/missing.]
Albert G. Burr.jpg Albert G. Burr Democratic March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1871 		[Data unknown/missing.]
No image.svg Edward Y. Rice Democratic March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873 		[Data unknown/missing.]
No image.svg William H. Ray Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875 		[Data unknown/missing.]
JohnCBagby.jpg John C. Bagby Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877 		[Data unknown/missing.]
Benjamin F. Marsh.jpg Benjamin F. Marsh Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1883 		[Data unknown/missing.]
No image.svg Nicholas E. Worthington Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1887 		[Data unknown/missing.]
PhilipSPost.jpg Philip S. Post Republican March 4, 1887 –
January 6, 1895 		Died
Vacant January 6, 1895 –
December 2, 1895
No image.svg George W. Prince Republican December 2, 1895 –
March 3, 1903 		Redistricted to the 15th district.
GeorgeEdmundFoss.jpg George E. Foss Republican March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1913 		Redistricted from the 7th district.
No image.svg Charles M. Thomson Progressive March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915 		[Data unknown/missing.]
GeorgeEdmundFoss.jpg George E. Foss Republican March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1919 		[Data unknown/missing.]
CarlRChindblom.jpg Carl R. Chindblom Republican March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1933 		[Data unknown/missing.]
No image.svg James Simpson, Jr. Republican March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935 		[Data unknown/missing.]
Ralph E. Church.jpg Ralph E. Church Republican January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1941 		First elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
No image.svg George A. Paddock Republican January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943 		[Data unknown/missing.]
Ralph E. Church.jpg Ralph E. Church Republican January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1949 		Elected again in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Redistricted to the 13th district.
No image.svg Richard W. Hoffman Republican January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1957 		[Data unknown/missing.]
Harold R. Collier 93rd Congress 1973.jpg Harold R. Collier Republican January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1973 		Redistricted to the 6th district.
Samuel H. Young.jpg Samuel H. Young Republican January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1975
Lost re-election.
Abner Mikva.jpg Abner Mikva Democratic January 3, 1975 –
September 26, 1979 		Resigned to become judge of U.S. Court of Appeals
Vacant September 26, 1979 –
January 22, 1980
John Edward Porter.jpg John Edward Porter Republican January 22, 1980 –
January 3, 2001 		[Data unknown/missing.]
Retired.
Mark Steven Kirk, official photo portrait color.jpg Mark Kirk Republican January 3, 2001 –
November 29, 2010 		First elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Retired to run for run for U.S. Senate, and then resigned when elected.
Vacant November 29, 2010 –
January 3, 2011
Robert Dold, Official Portrait, 112th Congress.jpg Bob Dold Republican January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2013 		Elected in 2010.
Lost re-election.
Brad Schneider official photo.jpg Brad Schneider Democratic January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2015 		Elected in 2012.
Lost re-election.
Robert Dold official portrait 114th Congress.jpg Bob Dold Republican January 3, 2015 –
January 3, 2017 		Elected in 2014.
Lost re-election.
Brad Schneider official photo.jpg Brad Schneider Democratic January 3, 2017 –
 Elected in 2016.

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 10th congressional district[edit]

As of September 2017, three former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 10th congressional district are alive. The most recent to die was Samuel H. Young (1973–1975) on September 23, 2017. The most recently serving representative to die was Abner J. Mikva (1975–1979) on July 4, 2016.

Representative Term in office Date of birth (and age)
John Porter 1980 – 2001 (1935-06-01) June 1, 1935 (age 83)
Mark Kirk 2001 – 2010 (1959-09-15) September 15, 1959 (age 58)
Robert Dold 2011 – 2013
2015 – 2017 		(1969-06-23) June 23, 1969 (age 49)

Historical district boundaries[edit]

2003 - 2013

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017. 
  2. ^ a b c d Barone, Michael; McCutcheon, Chuck (2013). The Almanac of American Politics 2014. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 577–578. ISBN 978-0-226-10544-4.  Copyright National Journal.
  3. ^ Illinois Congressional District 10, Illinois Board of Elections
  4. ^ "David J. Kalbfleisch for U.S. House, IL-10 in 2010". Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2014-02-16. 
  5. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20090813090041/http://www.pioneerlocal.com/evanston/news/1001476%2Cpp-greenparty-061208-s1.article. Archived from the original on August 13, 2009. Retrieved January 20, 2008.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ "Allan Stevo for Congress". Archived from the original on 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2014-02-16. 
  7. ^ McKinney, Dave; Sweet, Lynn; Pallasch, Abdon M. (May 28, 2011). "Illinois Democrats target GOP with redrawing of congressional map". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved May 28, 2011. 
  8. ^ Sadin, Steve (June 2, 2011). "Dold Will Run in Remapped 10th". Libertyville Patch. Retrieved June 26, 2011. 
  9. ^ "Waukegan Dem announces bid for congressional seat". WALS-TV. April 28, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2011. 
  10. ^ Sweet, Lynn (May 25, 2011). "Brad Schneider running in Illinois 10 Democratic primary". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved May 25, 2011. 
  11. ^ "Long Grove man enters 10th Democratic race". Daily Herald. November 10, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2011. 
  12. ^ "Third democrat enters 10th congressional race". Buffalo Grove Patch. September 19, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011. 
  13. ^ Schneider survives in 10th district Dem primary, Chicago Sun-Times, March 20, 2012.
  14. ^ https://ballotpedia.org/Illinois'_10th_Congressional_District_election,_2016
  15. ^ :http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170918/another-republican-joins-race-for-10th-district-seat.html
  16. ^ http://www.chicagotribune.com/g00/news/local/politics/ct-robert-dold-10th-district-no-rematch-met-0510-20170509-story.html
  17. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/20/us/elections/results-illinois-primary-elections.html

External links[edit]

Coordinates: 42°16′47″N 87°56′21″W / 42.27972°N 87.93917°W / 42.27972; -87.93917

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