Illinois's 12th congressional district

Illinois's 12th congressional district
Illinois's 12th congressional district
	Illinois's 12th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
	Mike Bost; R–Murphysboro
Area	5,008 sq mi (12,970 km2)
Distribution	75.4% urban; 24.6% rural;
Population (2019)	679,002
Median household; income	$53,008
Ethnicity	76.6% White; 16.8% Black; 3.1% Hispanic; 2.0% Two or more races; 1.2% Asian; 0.3% other;
Cook PVI	R+9

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.

2011 redistricting[]

The district covers parts of Madison county, and all of Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Monroe, Perry, Pulaski, Randolph, St. Clair, Union and Williamson counties, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the 2010 census. All or parts of Belleville, Cahokia, Carbondale, Collinsville, East St. Louis, Granite City, Herrin, Marion, Mt. Vernon, O'Fallon, Shiloh and Swansea 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.

Voting[]

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2020	President	Trump 56 - 41%
2016	President	Trump 55 - 40%
2012	President	Obama 50 - 48%^[3]
2008	President	Obama 55 - 44%^[3]
2004	President	Kerry 52 - 48%
2000	President	Gore 53 - 44%

List of members representing the district[]

Name	Party	Years	Cong– ress	Electoral history	Counties
District created March 4, 1863.
William Ralls Morrison	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Elected in 1862. Lost re-election.	1863–1873 Clinton, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, St. Clair, and Washington
Jehu Baker	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869	39th 40th	Elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Retired.
John B. Hay	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Redistricted to the 17th district and lost re-election.
James Carroll Robinson	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1872. Retired.	1873–1883 Cass, Christian, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, and Scott
William McKendree Springer	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883	44th 45th 46th 47th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Redistricted to the 13th district.
James M. Riggs	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Retired.	1883–1895 [data unknown/missing]
George A. Anderson	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Elected in 1886. Retired.
Scott Wike	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	51st 52nd	Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Lost renomination.
John James McDannold	Democratic	March 4, 1893– March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892. Retired.
Joseph Gurney Cannon	Republican	March 4, 1895– March 3, 1903	54th 55th 56th 57th	Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 18th district.	1895–1903 Iroquois, Kankakee, Vermillion, and Will
Charles Eugene Fuller	Republican	March 4, 1903– March 3, 1913	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Lost re-election.	1903–1913 Boone, DeKalb, Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, and Winnebago
William H. Hinebaugh	Progressive	March 4, 1913– March 3, 1915	63rd	Elected in 1912. Lost re-election.	1913–1949 Boone, DeKalb, Grundy, Kendall, LaSalle, and Winnebago
Charles Eugene Fuller	Republican	March 4, 1915– June 25, 1926	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Died.
Vacant		June 25, 1926– March 3, 1927	69th
John T. Buckbee	Republican	March 4, 1927– April 23, 1936	70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th	Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Died.
Vacant		April 23, 1936– January 3, 1937	74th
Noah M. Mason	Republican	January 3, 1937– January 3, 1949	75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	Elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Redistricted to the 15th district.
Edgar A. Jonas	Republican	January 3, 1949– January 3, 1955	81st 82nd 83rd	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Lost re-election.	1949–1953 Cook
Edgar A. Jonas	Republican	January 3, 1949– January 3, 1955	81st 82nd 83rd		1953–1963 Cook
Charles A. Boyle	Democratic	January 3, 1955– November 4, 1959	84th 85th 86th	Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Died.
Vacant		November 4, 1959– January 3, 1961	86th
Edward Rowan Finnegan	Democratic	January 3, 1961– January 3, 1963	87th	Elected in 1960. Redistricted to the 9th district.
Robert McClory	Republican	January 3, 1963– January 3, 1973	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	Elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 13th district.	1963–1967 Boone, Lake, and McHenry
Robert McClory	Republican	January 3, 1963– January 3, 1973	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd		1967–1973 Cook, Lake, and McHenry
Phil Crane	Republican	January 3, 1973– January 3, 1993	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	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. Redistricted to the 8th district.	1973–1983 Cook and Lake
Phil Crane	Republican	January 3, 1973– January 3, 1993	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd		1983–1993 Cook, Lake, and McHenry
Jerry Costello	Democratic	January 3, 1993– January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 21st district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-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. Retired.	1993–2003 Alexander, Jackson, Madison, Monroe, Perry, Randolph, St. Clair, Union, and Williamson
Jerry Costello	Democratic	January 3, 1993– January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th		2003–2013 Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Madison, Monroe, Perry, Pulaski, Randolph, St. Clair, Union, Williamson
William Enyart	Democratic	January 3, 2013– January 3, 2015	113th	Elected in 2012. Lost re-election.	2013–present Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Perry, Pulaski, Randolph, St. Clair, Union, and Williamson
Mike Bost	Republican	January 3, 2015– present	114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Elections[]

2012[]

Illinois's 12th congressional district election results, 2012^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Enyart	157,000	51.7
	Republican	Jason Plummer	129,902	42.7
	Green	Paula Bradshaw	17,045	5.6
	Write-in	Shon-Tiyon Horton	2	0.0
Total votes			303,947	100

2014[]

Illinois's 12th congressional district, 2014^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Bost	110,038	52.5
	Democratic	William Enyart (incumbent)	87,860	41.9
	Green	Paula Bradshaw	11,840	5.6
Total votes			209,738	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

2016[]

Illinois's 12th congressional district, 2016^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Bost (incumbent)	169,976	54.3
	Democratic	C.J. Baricevic	124,246	39.7
	Green	Paula Bradshaw	18,780	6.0
Total votes			313,002	100.0
	Republican hold

2018[]

Illinois's 12th congressional district, 2018^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Bost (incumbent)	134,884	51.6
	Democratic	Brendan Kelly	118,724	45.4
	Green	Randall Auxier	7,935	3.0
Total votes			261,543	100.0
	Republican hold

2020[]

Illinois's 12th congressional district, 2020^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Bost (incumbent)	194,839	60.43	+8.86%
	Democratic	Raymond Lenzi	127,577	39.57	-5.82%
Total votes			322,416	100.0
	Republican hold

References[]

^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=17&cd=12
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Barone, Michael; McCutcheon, Chuck (2013). The Almanac of American Politics 2014. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 581–583. ISBN 978-0-226-10544-4. Copyright National Journal.
^ Illinois Congressional District 12, Illinois Board of Elections
^ "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 State Board of Elections. November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
^ "Illinois General Election 2016". Illinois State Board of Elections. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
^ "2018 General Election Official Vote Totals Book".
^ "Election Results 2020 GENERAL ELECTION". Illinois State Board of Elections. December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
^ "Illinois 2020 Election Results". Chicago Sun-Times. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

Sources[]

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, bioguide.congress.gov; accessed November 10, 2016.

External links[]

Coordinates: 38°00′N 89°15′W / 38.000°N 89.250°W / 38.000; -89.250

[1] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=17&cd=12

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

[Barone2014-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Barone, Michael; McCutcheon, Chuck (2013). The Almanac of American Politics 2014. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 581–583. ISBN 978-0-226-10544-4. Copyright National Journal.

[4] Illinois Congressional District 12, Illinois Board of Elections

[genelex-5] "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.

[6] "Illinois General Election 2014". Illinois State Board of Elections. November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014.

[7] "Illinois General Election 2016". Illinois State Board of Elections. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2016.

[Generalresults-8] "2018 General Election Official Vote Totals Book".

[ILSBE-9] "Election Results 2020 GENERAL ELECTION". Illinois State Board of Elections. December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.

[STGeneral-10] "Illinois 2020 Election Results". Chicago Sun-Times. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

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