The 10th congressional district of Illinois lies in the northeast corner of the state and mostly comprises northern suburbs of

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. It was created after the 1860 census. The district is currently represented by Democrat Brad Schneider. The area of the district was originally represented by one of

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'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,

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, 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

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in the 2010 election. He was succeeded by Republican Robert Dold. The 10th is home to several Fortune 500 companies, including, but not limited to: CDW, Walgreens, Underwriters Laboratories, Caterpillar, Inc., Baxter Healthcare, AbbVie, Allstate Insurance, and Mondelez International. The

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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. Copyright National Journal.

History

2011 redistricting

The district covers parts of Cook and

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counties, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the 2010 census. All or parts of Beach Park, Buffalo Grove, Deerfield, Fox Lake, Glencoe, Grayslake, Highland Park, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Lake Villa, Lindenhurst, Libertyville, Morton Grove, Mundelein, North Chicago, Northbrook, Prospect Heights, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach, Vernon Hills,

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, Wheeling, and Zion are included. The boundaries became effective on January 3, 2013.

Composition

Cities and CDPS with 10,000 or more people

– 89,321 * Glenview – 48,705 * Buffalo Grove – 43,212 * Wheeling – 39,137 * Northbrook – 35,222 * Mundelein – 31,560 * North Chicago – 30,759 * Gurnee – 30,706 * Highland Park – 30,177 * Wilmette – 28,710 * Round Lake Beach – 27,252 * McHenry – 27,135 * Vernon Hills – 26,850 * Zion – 24,655 * Grayslake – 21,248 * Libertyville – 20,579 * Lake Forest – 19,367 * Deerfield – 19,196 * Round Lake – 18,721 * Prospect Heights – 16,058 *

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– 14,622 * Lindenhurst – 14,406 * Beach Park – 14,249 * Winnetka – 12,475 * Fox Lake – 10,978 * Gages Lake – 10,637

2,500 – 10,000 people

* Hawthorn Woods – 9,062 * Glencoe – 8,849 * Lake Villa – 8,741 * Long Grove – 8,366 *

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– 7,940 * Park City – 7,885 * Round Lake Park – 7,680 * Winthrop Harbor – 6,705 * Johnsburg – 6,355 * Lakemoor – 6,182 * Volo – 6,122 * Northfield – 5,751 * Lake Bluff – 5,616 * Spring Grove – 5,487 * Grandwood Park – 5,297 * Highwood – 5,074 * Green Oaks – 4,128 * Wonder Lake – 3,973 * Riverwoods – 3,790 * Long Lake – 3,663 * Hainesville – 3,546 * Wadsworth – 3,517 * Pistakee Highlands – 3,237 * Venetian Village – 2,761 * Fox Lake Hills – 2,684 * Round Lake Heights – 2,622 * Kenilworth – 2,514 Following the 2020 redistricting, this district will be primarily based in Lake County, bordering the state of

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, as well as northeast McHenry County and a part of northern Cook County. The 10th district takes in the Cook County communities of Winnetka, Kenilworth, and Deerfield (shared with Lake County); most of Glencoe, Northbrook, and Wheeling; northern Wilmette; eastern Buffalo Grove (shared with Lake County) and Northfield; and part of Glenview and Prospect Heights. Lake County is split between this district, the 9th district, and the 11th district. They 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, N Fairfield Rd, W Chardon Rd, N Wilson Rd, W Townline Rd, N US Highway 12, W Brandenburg Rd, and Volo Bog State Natural Area. The 10th district takes in the communities of

, Fox Lake (shared with McHenry County), Lake Villa, Grayslake, Mundelein, Vernon Hills,

, Highland Park, North Chicago, Park City, Lake Forest, Gurnee, Zion, Libertyville, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach, Round Lake Heights, Round Lake Park, Riverwoods, Deerfield (shared with Cook County), Highwood, Bannockburn,

, Indian Creek, Mettawa, Lake Forest, Green Oaks, Knollwood, Lake Bluff, Beach Park, Winthrop Harbor, Old Mill Creek, Grandwood Park, Gurnee, Gages Lake, Lindenhurst, Long Lake, Fox Lake Hills; eastern Buffalo Grove (shared with Cook County), Venetian Village, Third Lake, Hainesville, Lake Catherine, and Channel Lake; northeastern Long Grove; and part of Hawthorn Woods and Volo. McHenry County is split between this district, the 11th district, and the 16th district. The 10th, 11th, and 16th districts are partitioned by Lily Lake Drain, W Rand Rd, Fox River, N Riverside Dr, Illinois Highway 31, Petersen Farm, Dutch Creek, McCullom Lake Rd, White Oak Ln, McCullom Lake, W Shore Dr, W Martin Rd, Bennington Ln, N Martin Rd, N Curran Rd, Old Draper Rd, Farmstead Dr, S Ridge Rd, N Valley Hill Rd, Barber Creek, Wonder Lake, Illinois Highway 120, Thompson Rd, Nusbaum Rd, Slough Creek, Johnson Rd, and Nicholas Rd. The 10th district takes in the communities of Spring Grove, Richmond,

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, Wonder Lake, Johnsburg, Fox Lake (shared with McHenry County), Pistakee Highlands, Ringwood, Greenwood, and Solon Mills; northwest McHenry; part of Lakemoor

Recent election results from statewide races

List of members representing the district

Recent election results

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

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. Independent candidate Allan Stevo was also nominated. Mark Kirk defeated Dan Seals in their rematch from 2006 by 54% to 46%, thus winning a fifth term in the House.

2010

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

2012

Robert Dold no longer lives in the redrawn district, but said he would move into the district if he won re-election. Candidates for the Democratic nomination were: Ilya Sheyman, a

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, Brad Schneider, a business consultant, John Tree, a business executive and Colonel in the Air Force Reserve, and Vivek Bavda, an intellectual property attorney. In the March 20, 2012, primary, Brad Schneider won the Democratic nomination. Schneider defeated Dold in the general election in November.

2014

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

Brad Schneider defeated Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering for the Democratic nomination on March 15. 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

Brad Schneider, the incumbent, defeated his republican challenger Douglas R. Bennett with 65.6% of the vote. There were three Republican candidates who ran in the primary: 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. Robert Dold declined to run for a fifth time. On March 20, Douglas Bennett narrowly beat Wynes and Shah in the primary.

2020

Incumbent representative Brad Schneider faced two Democratic primary challengers in 2020. Progressive activist Andrew Wang was the first to announce a challenge to Schneider, followed shortly by fellow progressive Adam Broad. After Wang dropped out and threw his support to Broad, Broad fell short of qualifying for the ballot and mounted a write-in campaign. Broad ultimately received less than 1% of the primary vote. In the general election, which was held on November 3, 2020, Schneider defeated Republican challenger Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee, earning nearly two-thirds of the vote.

2022

2024

References

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

''Washington Post'' page on the 10th District of IllinoisU.S. Census Bureau - 10th District Fact Sheet
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