Illinois's 16th congressional district

Illinois's 16th congressional district
	Illinois's 16th congressional district since January 3, 2013
	Adam Kinzinger; R–Channahon
Area	7,918 sq mi (20,510 km2)
Distribution	71.0% urban; 29.1% rural;
Population (2019)	694,262
Median household; income	$62,868
Ethnicity	91.2% White; 8.7% Hispanic; 4.2% Black; 1.8% other; 1.4% Two or more races; 1.2% Asian; 0.1% Native American; 0.0% Pacific Islander Americans;
Cook PVI	R+8

The 16th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Republican Adam Kinzinger.

2011 redistricting[edit]

The congressional district covers parts of DeKalb, Ford, Stark, Will and Winnebago counties, and all of Boone, Bureau, Grundy, Iroquois, LaSalle, Lee, Livingston, Ogle and Putnam counties, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the 2010 census. All or parts of Belvidere, Channahon, DeKalb, Dixon, Loves Park, Machesney Park, Ottawa, Morris, Pontiac, Rockford and Streator are included.^[4] The representatives for these districts were elected in the 2012 primary and general elections, and the boundaries became effective on January 5, 2013.

History[edit]

Prominent past representatives from the 16th district have included Everett Dirksen, who went on to become the Republican leader in the United States Senate; John B. Anderson, who became the 3rd highest ranking Republican in the House and went on to run as a major independent candidate in the 1980 Presidential election; and Lynn Martin, who later served as United States Secretary of Labor.

For more than six decades, the shape of the 16th district fluctuated far less than that of any other Illinois congressional district. In this time, it generally included the northwest corner of the state, extending just far enough to the east to contain its largest city, Rockford.^[5] By the 1990s, it alos extended eastward to include part of McHenry County, an outer suburb of Chicago. This geographic stability also contributed to electoral stability. It first became a Rockford-based district for the 1948 election, and from then until 2012 it was represented by just five people, all but one of whom was a Republican. The sole Democrat to have held it in that period, John W. Cox, Jr., only did so for one term.

However, with the new map drawn for 2012, the familiar shape of the 16th was rendered unrecognizable. It was pushed well to the east to include the southwestern exurbs of the Chicago metropolitan area, and stretches from the Wisconsin border to the Indiana border. While it still included most of Rockford's suburbs, half of Rockford itself—essentially the more Democratic portion of the city—was shifted to the 17th district.

Elections[edit]

2012[edit]

Illinois's 16th congressional district, 2012^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adam Kinzinger (incumbent)	181,789	61.8
	Democratic	Wanda Rohl	112,301	38.2
Total votes			294,090	100.0
	Republican hold

2014[edit]

Illinois's 16th congressional district, 2014^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adam Kinzinger (incumbent)	153,388	70.6
	Democratic	Randall Olsen	63,810	29.4
Total votes			217,198	100.0
	Republican hold

2016[edit]

Illinois's 16th congressional district, 2016 ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adam Kinzinger (incumbent)	259,722	99.9
	Independent	John Burchardt (write-in)	131	0.1
Total votes			259,853	100.0
	Republican hold

2018[edit]

Illinois's 16th congressional district, 2018^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Adam Kinzinger (incumbent)	151,254	59.1
	Democratic	Sara Dady	104,569	40.9
	Independent	John M. Stassi (write-in)	2	0.0
Total votes			255,825	100.0
	Republican hold

2020[edit]

Illinois's 16th congressional district, 2020^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Adam Kinzinger (incumbent)	218,839	64.71	+5.59%
	Democratic	Dani Brzozowski	119,313	35.28	-5.60%
	Write-in		7	0.00	N/A
Total votes			338,159	100.0
	Republican hold

Recent election results in statewide races[edit]

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Bush 54 - 43%
2004	President	Bush 55 - 44%
2008	President	Obama 50 - 48%^[3]
2012	President	Romney 53 - 45%^[3]
2016	President	Trump 55 - 38%^[3]
2020	President	Trump 56 - 40%^[3]

List of members representing the district[edit]

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1873
James S. Martin	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing]
William A. J. Sparks	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883	44th 45th 46th 47th	[data unknown/missing]
Aaron Shaw	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing]
Silas Z. Landes	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	[data unknown/missing]
George W. Fithian	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895	51st 52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]
Finis E. Downing	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – June 5, 1896	54th	Lost contested election
John I. Rinaker	Republican	June 5, 1896 – March 3, 1897	54th	Won contested election
William H. Hinrichsen	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	55th	[data unknown/missing]
William E. Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	56th	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas J. Selby	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph V. Graff	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911	58th 59th 60th 61st	Redistricted from the 14th district. [data unknown/missing]
Claude U. Stone	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917	62nd 63rd 64th	[data unknown/missing]
Clifford C. Ireland	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923	65th 66th 67th	[data unknown/missing]
William E. Hull	Republican	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing]
Everett Dirksen	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1949	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	[data unknown/missing]
Leo E. Allen	Republican	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th	Redistricted from the 13th district. [data unknown/missing]
John B. Anderson	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1981	87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th	[data unknown/missing]
Lynn Morley Martin	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st	[data unknown/missing]
John W. Cox Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993	102nd	[data unknown/missing]
Don Manzullo	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	[data unknown/missing] Lost renomination.
Adam Kinzinger	Republican	January 3, 2013 – Present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Historical district boundaries[edit]

2003 - 2013

References[edit]

^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=17&cd=16
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Barone, Michael; McCutcheon, Chuck (2013). The Almanac of American Politics 2014. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 591–593. ISBN 978-0-226-10544-4. Copyright National Journal.
^ Illinois Congressional District 16, Illinois Board of Elections
^ Sweeny, Chuck. "Manzullo gears up for primary with new map". Illinois Conservatives (Source: Rockford Register Star). Retrieved 2014-09-17.^{[dead link]}
^ "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 General Election 2016".
^ "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

External links[edit]

Coordinates: 41°23′29″N 88°47′58″W / 41.3914°N 88.7994°W / 41.3914; -88.7994

[1] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=17&cd=16

[Cook-2] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[Barone2014-3] Barone, Michael; McCutcheon, Chuck (2013). The Almanac of American Politics 2014. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 591–593. ISBN 978-0-226-10544-4. Copyright National Journal.

[4] Illinois Congressional District 16, Illinois Board of Elections

[5] Sweeny, Chuck. "Manzullo gears up for primary with new map". Illinois Conservatives (Source: Rockford Register Star). Retrieved 2014-09-17.^{[dead link]}

[genelex-6] "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_2014-7] "Illinois General Election 2014".

[Illinois_General_Election_2016-8] "Illinois General Election 2016".

[Generalresults-9] "2018 General Election Official Vote Totals Book".

[ILSBE-10] "Election Results 2020 GENERAL ELECTION". Illinois State Board of Elections. 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2020-12-04.

[STGeneral-11] "Illinois 2020 Election Results". Chicago Sun-Times. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

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