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The governor of Illinois has the power to veto proposed congressional district maps, but the General Assembly has the power to override the veto, with the support of 3/5ths of both chambers. In 1971, 1981, and 1991, the General Assembly was unable to come to an agreement, and the map was drawn up by a panel of three federal judges chosen by ...
The Illinois Congressional Reapportionment Act of 2001 (10 ILCS 76) defined its boundaries following the 2000 U.S. census. Following the 2010 U.S. census the district includes Joliet in Will County, parts of Naperville in southern DuPage County, and Aurora in Kane County.
The 14th district was represented from 1987 to 2007 by Republican Dennis Hastert, who served as Speaker of the House during the 106th through 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
2024 Illinois's 4th congressional district election [16] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Chuy García (incumbent) 139,343 : 67.5 : Republican: Lupe Castillo 56,323 27.3 Working Class: Ed Hershey 10,704 5.2 Write-in: 26 0.0 Total votes 206,396 : 100.0 : Democratic hold
The district was previously represented by former U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, who was forced to run in a deep-red Illinois Congressional District 15 due to redistricting and ultimately ...
District District District Congress 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th; Martin Emerich (D) James R. Mann (R) William W. Wilson (R) George P. Foster (D) James McAndrews (D) William Lorimer (R) Philip Knopf (R) William F. Mahoney (D) Henry S. Boutell (R) George E ...
District with the greatest area: Alaska at-large, same as in 2010. District with the greatest area that comprises less than an entire state: Montana's 2nd. In 2010: New Mexico's 2nd. District with the smallest area: New York's 12th. In 2010: New York's 13th.
Republican Mark Kirk of the 10th district did not seek re-election in order to run for the U.S. Senate, while Democrats Melissa Bean of the 8th district, Debbie Halvorson of the 11th district, Bill Foster of the 14th district and Phil Hare of the 17th district were defeated in the general election. [11]