Illinois's 9th congressional district

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Illinois's 9th congressional district
Illinois's 9th congressional district (since 2023).svg
Illinois's 9th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Area172.3 sq mi (446 km2)
Distribution
  • 100.0% urban
  • 0.0% rural
Population (2022)730,979
Median household
income
$86,692 [1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI D+19 [2]

The 9th congressional district of Illinois covers parts of Cook, Lake, and McHenry counties as of the 2021 redistricting which followed the 2020 census. It includes all or parts of Chicago, Evanston, Glenview, Skokie, Morton Grove, Niles, Northfield, Prospect Heights, Wilmette, Buffalo Grove, Hawthorn Woods, Wauconda, Island Lake, Long Grove, Lake Barrington, Algonquin Township, Cary, Crystal Lake, Lake in the Hills, Lakewood, Oakwood Hills, Trout Valley, Algonquin, Port Barrington, Barrington Hills, and Fox River Grove. 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.

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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.

Composition as of 2023

#CountySeatPopulation
31 Cook Chicago 5,173,146
97 Lake Waukegan 711,239
111 McHenry Woodstock 311,122

As of the 2020 redistricting, this district will still be based largely in Chicago's Far North Side and northern Cook County, as well as now parts of southwest Lake County and southeast McHenry County.

The 9th district takes in the Chicago neighborhoods of Rogers Park, Edgewater, and West Ridge; most of Uptown; and part of Lincoln Square.

Outside of the Chicago city limits, the district takes in the Cook County municipalities of Evanston, Glenview, Skokie, Morton Grove, and Niles; most of Northfield and Prospect Heights; and half of Wilmette south of Lake Ave.

Lake County is split between this district, the 5th district, the 10th district, and the 11th district. The 9th and 5th districts are partitioned by partitioned by the Fox River, Kelsey Rd, W Miller Rd, Echo Lake Rd, Sacomano Meadows Pond 1, Midlothian Rd, N Old Henry Rd, N Quentin Rd, Lake Zurich Rd, Twin Orchard Country Club, Mundelein Rd, Hicks Rd, Bridgewater Farm, Crossing Pond Park, and Arlington Heights Rd.

The 9th, 10th, and 11th districts are partitioned by Buffalo Grove Golf Course, Buffalo Grove Rd, Arboretum Golf Club, W Half Day Rd, Promontory Ridge Trail, Port Clinton Rd, Mundelein Rd, Highland Pines Park, Diamond Lake Rd, Breckinridge Dr, N Midlothian Rd, Illinois Route 60, W Hawley St, N Chevy Chase Rd, Steeple Chase Golf Club, W Lakeview Parkway, N Gilmer Rd, Hawley St, W Ivanhoe Rd, Liberty St, High St, Kimball Ave, E Liberty St, S Church St, Bangs St, W Liberty St, Westridge Dr/N Lakeview Cir, Carriage Hill Ct/Wood Creek Dr, Greenleaf Ave, Ridge Rd/Burr Oak Ln, and E Burnett Rd/Northern Ter. The 9th district takes in the municipalities of Buffalo Grove; most of Hawthorn Woods; and part of Wauconda, Island Lake, Long Grove, and Lake Barrington.

McHenry County is split between this district and the 11th district. They are partitioned by E Crystal Lake Ave, Meridian Ln, Crystal Lake Country Club, Woodscreek Park, Boulder Ridge Country Club, and Fairway View Dr. The 9th district takes in the entirety of Algonquin Township, which includes the municipalities of Cary, Crystal Lake, Lake in the Hills, Lakewood, Oakwood Hills, and Trout Valley; north Algonquin; and part of Port Barrington, Barrington Hills, and Fox River Grove.

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.
YearOfficeResults
2000 President Al Gore 66% - George W. Bush 30%
2004 President John Kerry 68% - George W. Bush 31%
2008 President Barack Obama 69% - John McCain 30%
2012 President Barack Obama 65% - Mitt Romney 33%
2016 President Hillary Clinton 70% - Donald Trump 25%
2020 President Joe Biden 71% - Donald Trump 27%

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.
YearOfficeResults
2016 President Hillary Clinton 68.2% – Donald Trump 25.8%
Senate Tammy Duckworth 62.7% – Mark Kirk 32.4%
2018 Governor J. B. Pritzker 65.7% – Bruce Rauner 30.6%
Attorney General Kwame Raoul 66.7% – Erika Harold 31.2%
Secretary of State Jesse White 77.9% – Jason Helland 19.7%
2020 President Joe Biden 69.8% – Donald Trump 28.5%
Senate Dick Durbin 67.2% – Mark Curran 27.8%
2022 Senate Tammy Duckworth 71.4% – Kathy Salvi 27.3%
Governor J. B. Pritzker 71.4% – Darren Bailey 26.3%
Attorney General Kwame Raoul 70.2% – Tom DeVore 28.1%
Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias 70.2% – Dan Brady 27.9%

Recent election results

2012

Illinois's 9th congressional district, 2012 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jan Schakowsky (incumbent) 194,869 66.3
Republican Timothy Wolfe98,92433.7
Independent Hilaire Fuji Shioura (write-in)80.0
Independent Susanne Atanus (write-in)60.0
Total votes293,807 100.0
Democratic hold

2014

Illinois's 9th Congressional District, 2014 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jan Schakowsky (Incumbent) 141,000 66.06
Republican Susanne Atanus72,38433.91
Independent Phil Collins660.03
Total votes213,450 100
Democratic hold

2016

Illinois's 9th congressional district, 2016 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jan Schakowsky (incumbent) 217,306 66.5
Republican Joan McCarthy Lasonde109,55033.5
Independent David Earl Williams III (write-in)790.0
Independent Susanne Atanus (write-in)130.0
Total votes326,948 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

Illinois's 9th congressional district, 2018 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jan Schakowsky (incumbent) 213,368 73.5
Republican John Elleson76,98326.5
Total votes290,351 100.0
Democratic hold

2020


Illinois's 9th congressional district, 2020 [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jan Schakowsky (incumbent) 262,045 70.98 −2.51%
Republican Sargis Sangari107,12529.02+2.51%
Total votes369,170 100.0
Democratic hold

2022


Illinois's 9th congressional district, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jan Schakowsky (incumbent) 179,615 71.69
Republican Max Rice70,91528.31
Total votes250,530 100.0
Democratic hold

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral history
District created March 4, 1853
Willis Allen
(Marion)
Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1852.
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Samuel S. Marshall
(McLeansboro)
Democratic March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1859
34th
35th
Elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
[ data missing ]
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John A. Logan
(Benton)
Democratic March 4, 1859 –
April 2, 1862
36th
37th
Elected in 1858
Re-elected in 1860.
Resigned to join the Union Army.
VacantApril 2, 1862 –
June 2, 1862
37th
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William J. Allen
(Marion)
Democratic June 2, 1862 –
March 3, 1863
Elected to finish Logan's term.
Redistricted to the 13th district .
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Lewis W. Ross
(Lewiston)
Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1869
38th
39th
40th
Elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
[ data missing ]
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Thompson W. McNeely
(Petersburg)
Democratic March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1873
41st
42nd
Elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
[ data missing ]
Granville Barrere
(Canton)
Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rd Elected in 1872.
[ data missing ]
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Richard H. Whiting
(Peoria)
Republican March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
44th Elected in 1874.
[ data missing ]
Thomas A. Boyd
(Lewiston)
Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1881
45th
46th
Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
[ data missing ]
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John H. Lewis
(Knoxville)
Republican March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
47th Elected in 1880.
[ data missing ]
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Lewis E. Payson
(Pontiac)
Republican March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1891
48th
49th
50th
51st
Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
[ data missing ]
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Herman W. Snow
(Sheldon)
Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
52nd Elected in 1890.
[ data missing ]
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Hamilton K. Wheeler
(Kankakee)
Republican March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
53rd Elected in 1892.
[ data missing ]
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Robert R. Hitt
(Mount Morris)
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1903
54th
55th
56th
57th
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 13th district .
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Henry S. Boutell
(Chicago)
Republican March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1911
58th
59th
60th
61st
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
[ data missing ]
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Lynden Evans
(Chicago)
Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913
62nd Elected in 1910.
[ data missing ]
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Frederick A. Britten
(Chicago)
Republican March 4, 1913 –
January 3, 1935
63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
Elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Lost re-election.
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James McAndrews
(Chicago)
Democratic January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1941
74th
75th
76th
Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Lost re-election.
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Charles S. Dewey
(Chicago)
Republican January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1945
77th
78th
Elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Lost re-election.
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Alexander J. Resa
(Chicago)
Democratic January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947
79th Elected in 1944.
Lost re-election.
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Robert Twyman
(Chicago)
Republican January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949
80th Elected in 1946.
Retired.
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Sidney R. Yates
(Chicago)
Democratic January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1963
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
Elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
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Edward R. Finnegan
(Chicago)
Democratic January 3, 1963 –
December 6, 1964
88th Redistricted from the 12th district and re-elected in 1962.
Resigned when appointed Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, IL.
VacantDecember 6, 1964 –
January 3, 1965
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Sidney R. Yates
(Chicago)
Democratic January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1999
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
Elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Retired.
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Jan Schakowsky
(Evanston)
Democratic January 3, 1999 –
present
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
Elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
2003–2013
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2013–2023
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2023–present
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