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United States House Of Representatives Elections In Illinois, 2016
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois were held on November 8, 2016, to elect the 18 U.S. representatives from the state of Illinois, one from each of the state's 18 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The filing deadline for candidates for major parties was November 30, 2015. The candidates listed below were the official filed candidates for the party primaries for each district, per the Illinois State Board of Elections. Objections to a candidate's nomination papers needed to be filed by December 7, 2015. The primaries were held on March 15. Statewide By district Results of the 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois by district: District 1 The incumbent was Democrat Bobby Rush, who had represented the district since 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States House Of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of the United States Constitution, Article One of the Constitution of the United States, U.S. Constitution to pass or defeat federal legislation, known as Bill (United States Congress), bills. Those that are also passed by the Senate are sent to President of the United States, the president for signature or veto. The House's exclusive powers include initiating all revenue bills, Impeachment in the United States, impeaching federal officers, and Contingent election, electing the president if no candidate receives a majority of votes in the United States Electoral College, Electoral College. Members of the House serve a Fixed-term election, fixed term of two years, with each seat up for election before the start of the next Congress. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois's 7th Congressional District
The 7th congressional district of Illinois covers parts of Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, as of the 2023 redistricting that followed the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. All or parts of Broadview, Illinois, Broadview, Bellwood, Illinois, Bellwood, Chicago, Forest Park, Illinois, Forest Park, Hillside, Illinois, Hillside, Oak Park, Illinois, Oak Park, La Grange Park, Illinois, La Grange Park, Maywood, Illinois, Maywood, and Westchester, Illinois, Westchester are included. Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Danny K. Davis has represented the district since January 1997. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+36, it is the most Democratic district in Illinois. Due to reapportionment every ten years, the 7th district like other districts has relocated in Illinois throughout its history. In the mid-1800s, Abraham Lincoln represented the 7th district before being elected president, although his home now lies within Illinois's 13th congressional district and mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cook Partisan Voting Index
The Cook Partisan Voting Index, abbreviated PVI or CPVI, is a measurement of how partisan a U.S. congressional district or U.S. state is. This partisanship is indicated as lean towards either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party, compared to the nation as a whole, based on how that district or state voted in the previous two presidential elections. History The Partisan Voting Index was developed in 1997 by Charlie Cook of ''The Cook Political Report'', in conjunction with Clark Bensen and his political statistical analysis firm, Polidata, "as a means of providing a more accurate picture of the competitiveness". It is based on the methodology introduced by Rob Richie of the Center for Voting and Democracy for the Center's July 1997 Monopoly Politics report. The Cook Political Report has since released new PVI scores every two years. In 2021, the newsletter ended its relationship with Polidata and instead used Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections to cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Rush
Bobby Lee Rush (born November 23, 1946) is an American politician, activist, and pastor who served as the U.S. representative for for three decades, ending in 2023. A civil rights activist during the 1960s, Rush co-founded the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party. Rush was first elected to Congress in 1992. He won consecutive reelections until his retirement. His district was originally principally on the South Side (Chicago), South Side of Chicago, with a population from 2003 to early 2013 that was 65% African-American, a higher proportion than any other congressional district. In 2011 the Illinois General Assembly redistricted this area after the 2010 census. Although still minority-majority, since early 2013 it is 51.3% African American, 36.1% White, 9.8% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Rush is the only politician to have defeated Barack Obama in an election, which he did in the 2000 Illinois's 1st congression ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois's 18th Congressional District
The 18th congressional district of Illinois covered central and western Illinois, including all of Jacksonville, Illinois, Jacksonville and Quincy, Illinois, Quincy and parts of Bloomington, Illinois, Bloomington, Peoria, Illinois, Peoria, and Springfield, Illinois, Springfield. It covered much of the territory represented by Abraham Lincoln during his single term in the House. It was last represented by Republican Party (United States), Republican Darin LaHood, who took office in September 2015 following a special election. Republican Aaron Schock previously represented the district from January 2009 until his resignation in March 2015. Darin LaHood is the son of Schock's predecessor, Ray LaHood, and was reelected in 2016, 2018, and 2020. From 1949 to 2015, the district was always represented by an attendee or graduate of Bradley University. Due to reapportionment after the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, the 18th district was eliminated ahead of the 2022 United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois's 17th Congressional District
The 17th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Democrat Eric Sorensen (politician), Eric Sorensen. It includes most of the northwestern portion of the state, with most of its population living on the Illinois side of the Quad Cities, as well as parts of Peoria, Illinois, Peoria and Rockford, Illinois, Rockford. The 17th congressional district has shifted northward after redistricting in 2012. It subsequently lost Quincy, Illinois, Quincy and Decatur, Illinois, Decatur, as well as its share of Springfield, Illinois, Springfield. It was generally thought that the redrawn map would allow the district to revert to the Democrats, who held it without interruption from 1983 to 2011. As expected, incumbent Representative Bobby Schilling was defeated, after serving only one term, by Democratic opponent Cheri Bustos in the 2012 United States House of Representatives elections, 2012 election cycle, who served until 2023. The boundaries were drawn in a bipartisan deal to prot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois's 16th Congressional District
The 16th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Republican Darin LaHood. 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. At this time, it generally included the northwest corner of the state, extending just far enough to the east to grab its largest city, Rockford. By the 1990s, it also 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 ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois's 15th Congressional District
The 15th congressional district of Illinois is currently located in central Illinois. It was located in eastern and southeastern Illinois until 2022. It is currently represented by Republican Party (United States), Republican Mary Miller (politician), Mary Miller. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+20, it is one of the most Republican-leaning districts in Illinois. In most of the district, there are no elected Democrats above the county level, and Donald Trump carried over 65% of the district's vote in all of his bids for president. History 2011 redistricting The congressional district covers parts of Bond County, Illinois, Bond, Champaign County, Illinois, Champaign, Ford County, Illinois, Ford and Madison County, Illinois, Madison counties, and all of Clark County, Illinois, Clark, Clay County, Illinois, Clay, Clinton County, Illinois, Clinton, Coles County, Illinois, Coles, Crawford County, Illinois, Crawford, Cumberland County, Illinois, Cumberland, Douglas Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois's 14th Congressional District
The 14th congressional district of Illinois is currently represented by Democrat Lauren Underwood. It is located in northern Illinois, surrounding the outer northern and western suburbs of Chicago. Joseph Gurney Cannon, who also served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives during four congresses and after whom the Cannon House Office Building is named, represented the district early in his career (1873–83), although he was representing the when he was speaker from 1903 to 1911. The 14th district was represented from 1987 to 2007 by Republican Dennis Hastert, who served as Speaker of the House during the 106th United States Congress, 106th through 109th United States Congress, 109th Congresses. Hastert resigned from Congress in November 2007 and on March 8, 2008, the 2008 Illinois's 14th congressional district special election was held to fill the vacancy. Democrat Bill Foster (Illinois politician), Bill Foster defeated Republican Jim Oberweis by 52.5% to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois's 13th Congressional District
The 13th congressional district of Illinois is currently represented by Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Nikki Budzinski. Recent election results from statewide races Composition Following the 2020 United States census, 2020 census and the subsequent 2020 United States redistricting cycle, redistricting cycle, the 13th congressional district was significantly altered to include Champaign, Illinois, Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, Urbana, most of Decatur, Illinois, Decatur and Springfield, Illinois, Springfield, and most of the Metro East of St. Louis. All of Macoupin County, Illinois, Macoupin County, and sections of Champaign County, Illinois, Champaign, Macon County, Illinois, Macon, Madison County, Illinois, Madison, Piatt County, Illinois, Piatt, Sangamon County, Illinois, Sangamon, and St. Clair County, Illinois, St. Clair Counties, are included in the new 13th. The redistricting turned the 13th district from a fairly even district to a more heavily Democratic Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois's 12th Congressional District
The 12th congressional district of Illinois is a congressional district in the southern part of U.S. state of Illinois. It has been represented by Republican Mike Bost since 2015. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+22, it is the most Republican district in Illinois. History 2011 redistricting The district covers parts of Madison County, Illinois, Madison and St. Clair County, Illinois, St. Clair counties, and all of Alexander County, Illinois, Alexander, Franklin County, Illinois, Franklin, Hamilton County, Illinois, Hamilton, Jackson County, Illinois, Jackson, Jefferson County, Illinois, Jefferson, Monroe County, Illinois, Monroe, Perry County, Illinois, Perry, Pulaski County, Illinois, Pulaski, Randolph County, Illinois, Randolph, Union County, Illinois, Union and Williamson County, Illinois, Williamson counties, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census. All or parts of Belleville, Illinois, Belleville, Cahokia, Illinois, Caho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois's 11th Congressional District
The 11th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Democrat Bill Foster. From 1865 to 1867, the district included Bureau, LaSalle, Livingston and Woodford counties. From 1901 until 1947 the 11th congressional district included Kane, DuPage, McHenry and Will Counties. Following the Congressional Apportionment Act of 1947, the district covered a portion of Cook County and the far northwest side of Chicago roughly centered on Norwood Park. The district was not changed by 1951's redistricting. In 1961, the district was widened westward to the Des Plaines River and east into parts of Lincoln Square. The district covered the northwest side of Chicago until the early 1990s when it moved closer to its current area, encompassing most of LaSalle and Grundy Counties, the southern part of Will County, the northern part of Kankakee County and a small portion of southeastern Cook County along the Indiana state line. The Illinois Congressional Reapportionment Act of 2001 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
