Illinois's 16th congressional district
Illinois's 16th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Area | 7,918 sq mi (20,510 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2019) | 694,262 | ||
Median household income | $62,868[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+10[2][3] |
The 16th congressional district of Illinois is represented by Republican Adam Kinzinger.
2011 redistricting[]
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[]
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 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 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[]
2012[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Adam Kinzinger (incumbent) | 181,789 | 61.8 | |
Democratic | Wanda Rohl | 112,301 | 38.2 | |
Total votes | 294,090 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2014[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Adam Kinzinger (incumbent) | 153,388 | 70.6 | |
Democratic | Randall Olsen | 63,810 | 29.4 | |
Total votes | 217,198 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2016[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Adam Kinzinger (incumbent) | 218,839 | 64.7 | |
Democratic | Dani Brzozowski | 119,313 | 35.2 | |
Write-in | 7 | 0.0 | ||
Total votes | 338,159 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Recent election results in statewide races[]
Year | Office | Results |
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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[]
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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District created March 4, 1873 | ||||
James S. Martin |
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | Elected in 1872. [data unknown/missing] |
William A. J. Sparks |
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. [data unknown/missing] |
Aaron Shaw |
Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th | Elected in 1882. [data unknown/missing] |
Silas Z. Landes | Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 |
49th 50th |
Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. [data unknown/missing] |
George W. Fithian |
Democratic | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895 |
51st 52nd 53rd |
Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. [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 | Elected in 1896. [data unknown/missing] |
William E. Williams |
Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 |
56th | Elected in 1898. [data unknown/missing] |
Thomas J. Selby |
Democratic | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 |
57th | Elected in 1900. [data unknown/missing] |
Joseph V. Graff |
Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 |
58th 59th 60th 61st |
Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. [data unknown/missing] |
Claude U. Stone |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1917 |
62nd 63rd 64th |
Elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. [data unknown/missing] |
Clifford C. Ireland |
Republican | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923 |
65th 66th 67th |
Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. [data unknown/missing] |
William E. Hull |
Republican | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933 |
68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. [data unknown/missing] |
Everett Dirksen |
Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1949 |
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th |
Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. [data unknown/missing] |
Leo E. Allen |
Republican | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961 |
81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th |
Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. [data unknown/missing] |
John B. Anderson |
Republican | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1981 |
87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th |
Elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. [data unknown/missing] |
Lynn Morley Martin |
Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991 |
97th 98th 99th 100th 101st |
Elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. [data unknown/missing] |
John W. Cox Jr. |
Democratic | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
102nd | Elected in 1990. [data unknown/missing] |
Don Manzullo |
Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th |
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 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. Retiring at the end of term. |
Historical district boundaries[]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "My Congressional District". US Census Bureau.
- ^ "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). Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (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". Archived from the original on March 6, 2018.
- ^ "Illinois General Election 2016". Archived from the original on March 27, 2019.
- ^ "Official Canvas; General Election; November 6, 2018". Scribd.
- ^ "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.
- 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[]
- Congressional districts of Illinois
- Boone County, Illinois
- Carroll County, Illinois
- DeKalb County, Illinois
- Jo Daviess County, Illinois
- McHenry County, Illinois
- Ogle County, Illinois
- Stephenson County, Illinois
- Whiteside County, Illinois
- Winnebago County, Illinois
- Constituencies established in 1873
- 1873 establishments in Illinois