Illinois's 5th congressional district

Illinois's 5th congressional district
Illinois's 5th congressional district
	Illinois's 5th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
	Mike Quigley; D–Chicago
Area	96 sq mi (250 km2)
Distribution	100.0% urban; 0.0% rural;
Population (2019)	739,401
Median household; income	$94,144
Ethnicity	68.3% White; 19.7% Hispanic; 6.9% Asian; 2.8% Black; 2.1% Two or more races; 0.2% other;
Cook PVI	D+22

The 5th congressional district of Illinois covers parts of Cook and DuPage counties, as of the 2011 redistricting which followed the 2010 census. All or parts of Chicago, Elmhurst, Elmwood Park, Franklin Park, Hinsdale, La Grange Park, Norridge, Northlake, River Grove, Schiller Park, and Oakbrook Terrace are included.^[4]

It has been represented by Democrat Mike Quigley since a special election in April 2009.

History[]

The district was created as part of the 28th United States Congress, which first met on March 4, 1843; it was initially represented by Stephen A. Douglas, whose Kansas–Nebraska Act prompted the creation of the Republican Party. Since the 1990s redistricting, it has covered most of Chicago's North Side; the 2010 redistricting extended it into DuPage County.

It was represented by Democrat Rahm Emanuel from January 2003 until he resigned on January 2, 2009, to become White House Chief of Staff. On April 8, 2009, Mike Quigley won a special election to fill the seat.^[5]

George W. Bush received 33% of the vote in this district in 2004.^{[citation needed]} The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of D +20.^[6] The district and its predecessors have been in Democratic hands for all but four years since 1909. Two of those years came after Dan Rostenkowski lost his seat to Republican Michael Patrick Flanagan because of the Congressional Post Office scandal. On a national level, the scandal helped prompt the Republican Revolution of 1994. However, Flanagan was defeated after only one term by State Representative Rod Blagojevich in 1996, and no Republican has managed even 35 percent of the vote in the district since then. Blagojevich handed the seat to Emanuel in 2003.

Mike Quigley was challenged for the seat by Republican nominee David Ratowitz and Green Party nominee Matt Reichel in the 2010 congressional elections.

Recent election results[]

Presidential elections[]

Year	Result
2000	Gore 63–33%
2004	Kerry 67–33%
2008	Obama 70–29%^[3]
2012	Obama 66–32%^[3]
2016	Clinton 71–24%
2020	Biden 72–26%

List of members representing the district[]

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1843
Stephen A. Douglas	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Elected in 1842. Re-elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
Vacant		March 3, 1847 – December 6, 1847	30th
William A. Richardson	Democratic	December 6, 1847 – August 25, 1856	30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th	Elected to finish Douglas's term. Re-elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Re-elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. Resigned.
Vacant		August 25, 1856 – November 4, 1856	34th
Jacob C. Davis	Democratic	November 4, 1856 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected to finish Richardson's term. [data unknown/missing]
Isaac N. Morris	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. [data unknown/missing]
William A. Richardson	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – January 29, 1863	37th	Elected in 1860. Re-elected in 1862. Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
Vacant		January 29, 1863 – March 3, 1863	37th
Owen Lovejoy	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 25, 1864	38th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1862. Died.
Vacant		March 25, 1864 – May 20, 1864	38th
Ebon C. Ingersoll	Republican	May 20, 1864 – March 3, 1871	38th 39th 40th 41st	Elected to finish Lovejoy's term. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. [data unknown/missing]
Bradford N. Stevens	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1870. [data unknown/missing]
Horatio C. Burchard	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1879	43rd 44th 45th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. [data unknown/missing]
Robert M.A. Hawk	Republican	March 4, 1879 – June 29, 1882	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Died.
Vacant		June 29, 1882 – November 7, 1882	47th
Robert R. Hitt	Republican	December 4, 1882 – March 3, 1883	47th	Elected to finish Hawk's term. Redistricted to the 6th district.
Reuben Ellwood	Republican	March 4, 1883 – July 1, 1885	48th 49th	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Died.
Vacant		July 1, 1885 – December 7, 1885	49th
Albert J. Hopkins	Republican	December 7, 1885 – March 3, 1895	49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd	Elected to finish Ellwood's term. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Redistricted to the 8th district.
George E. White	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. [data unknown/missing]
Edward T. Noonan	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	56th	Elected in 1898. [data unknown/missing]
William F. Mahoney	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th	Elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 8th district.
James McAndrews	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1902. [data unknown/missing]
Anthony Michalek	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	Elected in 1904. [data unknown/missing]
Adolph J. Sabath	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – January 3, 1949	60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-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. 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. Redistricted to the 7th district.
Martin Gorski	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – December 4, 1949	81st	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1948. Died.
Vacant		December 4, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st
John C. Kluczynski	Democratic	January 3, 1951 – January 26, 1975	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-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 1974. Died.
Vacant		January 26, 1975 – July 8, 1975	94th
John G. Fary	Democratic	July 8, 1975 – January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th	Elected to finish Kluczynski's term. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. [data unknown/missing]
Bill Lipinski	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
Dan Rostenkowski	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1992. Lost re-election.
Michael P. Flanagan	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997	104th	Elected in 1994. Lost re-election.
Rod Blagojevich	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Retired to run for Governor of Illinois.
Rahm Emanuel	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 2, 2009	108th 109th 110th	Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2008. Resigned to become White House Chief of Staff.
Vacant		January 2, 2009 – April 7, 2009	110th 111th
Mike Quigley	Democratic	April 7, 2009 – present	111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected to finish Emanuel's term. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Incumbent.

Election Results[]

2012[]

Illinois's 5th congressional district, 2012^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Quigley (incumbent)	177,729	65.7
	Republican	Dan Schmitt	77,289	28.6
	Green	Nancy Wade	15,359	5.7
Total votes			270,377	100.0
	Democratic hold

2014[]

Illinois's 5th congressional district, 2014^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Quigley (incumbent)	116,364	63.3
	Republican	Vince Kolber	56,350	30.6
	Green	Nancy Wade	11,305	6.1
Total votes			184,019	100.0
	Democratic hold

2016[]

Illinois's 5th congressional district, 2016 ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Quigley (incumbent)	212,842	67.8
	Republican	Vince Kolber	86,222	27.5
	Green	Rob Sherman	14,657	4.7
	Independent	Michael Krynski (write-in)	3	0.0
Total votes			313,724	100.0
	Democratic hold

2018[]

Illinois's 5th congressional district, 2018^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Quigley (incumbent)	213,992	76.7
	Republican	Tom Hanson	65,134	23.3
	Independent	Frank Rowder (write-in)	5	0.0
Total votes			279,131	100.0
	Democratic hold

2020[]

Illinois's 5th congressional district, 2020^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mike Quigley (incumbent)	255,661	70.77	-5.89%
	Republican	Tom Hanson	96,200	26.63	+3.30%
	Green	Thomas J. Wilda	9,408	2.60	N/A
	Write-in		2	0.00	N/A
Total votes			361,271	100.0
	Democratic hold

References[]

^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=17&cd=05
^ "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. p. 564. ISBN 978-0-226-10544-4. Copyright National Journal.
^ Illinois Congressional District 5, Illinois Board of Elections
^ "Topic Galleries". Chicago Tribune.
^ "Cook Political Report, PVI for the 110th Congress" (PDF). Cook Political Report. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2008. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
^ "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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Illinois General Election 2014". Illinois State Board of Elections. November 4, 2014. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
^ "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.

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[]

District Fact Sheet from the U.S. Census Bureau

Coordinates: 41°55′49″N 87°49′51″W / 41.93028°N 87.83083°W / 41.93028; -87.83083

[MYCD-1] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=17&cd=05

[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. p. 564. ISBN 978-0-226-10544-4. Copyright National Journal.

[4] Illinois Congressional District 5, Illinois Board of Elections

[5] "Topic Galleries". Chicago Tribune.

[cpvi-6] "Cook Political Report, PVI for the 110th Congress" (PDF). Cook Political Report. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2008. Retrieved October 8, 2008.

[genelex-7] "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.

[Generalelection-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Illinois General Election 2014". Illinois State Board of Elections. November 4, 2014. Archived from the original on December 15, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2015.

[Generalresults-9] "2018 General Election Official Vote Totals Book".

[ILSBE-10] "Election Results 2020 GENERAL ELECTION". Illinois State Board of Elections. December 4, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.

[STGeneral-11] "Illinois 2020 Election Results". Chicago Sun-Times. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

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